Prithvi Shaw gave us another peek into his immense talent while making a 136 for India 'A' against the South Africa 'A' here yesterday. It immediately sparked an online discussion about the need to have Shaw in the Indian team currently touring England. By now, the Mumbaikar, 18, might be familiar with that massive level of expectation on him. But for Shaw, it has a motivational effect on him rather than hanging around him like a millstone.

"People's expectations are a challenge for me. People will say Prithvi has scored a 50 and now he should score 100. If you want to play for national team you need to have that consistency, score hundreds. So I don't really worry about what outside people are saying as I try to focus on every game that I play," said Prithvi, who combined with Mayank Agarwal (220*) to take India 'A' to 411 for two at close on day two of the four-day game.