Mumbai's historic Wankhede Stadium has completed 50 years. Another grand program will be organized to commemorate this occasion on January 19. Earlier recently, a felicitation ceremony was organized for many former captains of Mumbai in the stadium. Young player Prithvi Shaw also participated on this occasion. Prithvi has been struggling with his fitness and form for a long time. Keeping in mind his cricket career, the past considerable period has been very bad for him. However, in the meantime, Prithvi has remembered his special friend and Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun Tendulkar. He has shared a special anecdote from the 2011 World Cup final.

Prithvi came to Wankhede for the first time at the age of 11.

In 2011, the World Cup final was played between Sri Lanka and India. Team India had won this title. Crowds of spectators had gathered to watch the title match played at Wankhede Stadium. Prithvi Shaw watched this match with Arjun Tendulkar. Then Prithvi came to Wankhede Stadium for the first time. His age was only 11 years. Prithvi told in an interview, 'I can never forget my first memory of this stadium. When I came here to watch the World Cup final. I was only 11 years old.

Prithvi-Shaw watched the 2011 World Cup final together

Prithvi further said, 'Arjun and I sat together and watched the final match live. I can never forget that moment when Team India lifted the trophy. As a child, I always wished that I would get a chance to play at Wankhede Stadium someday and now look, we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of this stadium. I think we all should celebrate this special occasion together. Further, Prithvi appealed to the people of Mumbai and said, you all come on 19th January and make the program special.

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Shaw made his debut for Team India in Test in 2018, ODI in 2020 and T-20 International in 2021. Sometimes he was compared with legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Virender Sehwag. But then due to continuous poor form and fitness, it became difficult for him to progress in international cricket. Prithvi was not bought by any team even in the IPL 2025 auction. He was also dropped from Mumbai team in Ranji Trophy.