India opener Prithvi Shaw had the extremely tough year 2020 as he began the year with an average New Zealand tour followed by a horrific IPL season in the UAE. Shaw however was backed to play the Adelaide Test but was shown the door after another poor outing.

After about 7 months, the Mumbai batsman is back on the national side and is preparing for the upcoming white-ball tour of Sri Lanka which is slated to begin on 13 July.

While the 21-year-old will be looking to make a case for the upcoming T20 World Cup that will be played later this year, former India cricketer Aakash Chopra also backed the youngster to make the job tougher for the selectors.

“I will include a left-field selection in Prithvi Shaw as well. I am enjoying the way he plays his cricket. His brand of cricket takes the world by storm. It is not necessary that he will score runs in every match, but the day he scores, he will ruin the opposition,” Chopra said in his latest YouTube video.

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As the right-hand batsman, who plays for Delhi Capitals (DC) in the IPL, will be eying a spot at the top of the order, Chopra believes KL Rahul and Virat Kohli will be the front-runners to open with Rohit Sharma in the upcoming ICC showpiece event.

“In the end, it might just be a toss-up between Rahul and Kohli. Rahul might just win that race because now Pant will definitely play; he will come in the middle order, and it is not necessary for Rahul to play in the middle order,” the 43-year-old said.

“You can manage the lower order with Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, and Jaddu. I will have Rahul right at the top. If not open, then at three. If he comes at three, then Kohli opens. That's where I think things are moving,” he signed off.