5 Opening combinations Team India can try in the 2021 T20 World Cup
With plenty of players in form, the Indian team management has the tough task of picking the opening combination.
5. Rohit Sharma and Prithvi Shaw
The year 2021 has brought in a different vitality to Prithvi Shaw’s overall batting which also now has raised an outside chance of him getting picked for the upcoming World T20. Although he might be miles behind even to cast himself as a reserve opener, his recent truckload of runs and his mounting strike rate can become an alluring option to instantaneously infuse him in case the team gets brimmed with injuries.
Now although the 21-year old is yet to score a run in T20Is, Shaw had an outbursting IPL 2021 where he was belting bowlers for fun and runs. From all of his 8 IPL games, the right-hander in total had scored 308 runs at a hefty strike rate of 166.48. Even his shot selection seems to have gotten improved especially in the power plays where he recklessly used to take the aerial root.
Overall, while the remainder of the IPL 2021 in UAE can certainly pose some different challenges to his explosive style of batting, the DC-based cricketer also has an excellent chance to soar himself in the big 25-member squad of the upcoming World T20.
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