Brad Hogg while answering a fan's question on Twitter, named the ideal replacement for Cheteshwar Pujara in Test cricket for the Indian team.
Cheteshwar Pujara has been under the firing line for his strike rate and lack of intent since the Indian team lost the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final to New Zealand.
India’s No.3 in Test cricket managed only 841 runs at an average of 28 from 18 matches during the two-year cycle of WTC and scored his last century in Australia, Sydney in January 2019, where he registered 193 runs.
With Pujara not being able to score runs consistently and with his poor outings in the WTC, there have been talks to drop the right-handed batsman from the Test side.
Speaking on the same former Australian spinner Brad Hogg on his Twitter account said that if anyone has to replace Cheteshwar Pujara it has to be Prithvi Shaw as he’s more suited at No.3 than opening and has a lot of talent in him.
"If anyone was going to replace Pujara it would be Prithvi Shaw. Feel he is more suited there than opening. Has a lot of talent and a long future. He is not in the tour group but a wild card choice," Brad Hogg tweeted.
With India set to lock horns against England in the five-Test, it would be interesting to see if Cheteshwar Pujara would feature in the Indian XI or not.
