Prithvi Shaw, who made a sensational start to his Test career, is likely to open with Rohit Sharma during this One-day International series against West Indies. Post the review meeting with the team management last week, the selectors are keen to rotate senior players to ensure they stay fresh before next year’s World Cup and try out new faces in the process. The discussions are still on about the possibility of giving Shaw a game, but it won’t be a surprise if he does get to make his debut in this series.
The way Dhawan and Rohit have successfully opened in ODIs, they remain the first-choice pair for the team, but the management is keen on trying out Shaw to give themselves more options. Also, importantly, the motive is to keep the senior players fresh.
In 22 List A games (the domestic 50-over matches), Shaw has scored 938 runs at an average of 42.33 and at a strike rate of 115.37. He has already hit five fifties and three hundreds. In the 50-over leg of the India A tour of England in July, Shaw was the second highest, after Mayank Agarwal, scoring 353 runs at 58.33 at a strike rate of 122.56.
