The wait is soon to end on Sunday for the fans. The expected thrilling ODI series will be played between India and Sri Lanka. But before this series, India has one problem and that is who will open the innings with captain Shikhar Dhawan. The team has three options for this, which include the names of Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, and Ruturaj Gaikwad. WV Raman, former India opener and coach of the women's team, feels that Shaw should be given the responsibility of opening batting along with Dhawan. Raman has argued that this young player needs to be given a lot of chances to succeed in the comeback.

Shaw was dropped for India's tour of Australia in the first Test played in Adelaide for not performing well, but later he showed his potential in the domestic one-day competition, Vijay Hazare, and then mind blowing performance in IPL. Raman said that Shaw has played for India in the past and that is why he should open with Dhawan. Raman told PTI on Friday, "I think you will definitely see Shikhar (Dhawan) opening the innings because the first thing is he is the captain and second you can probably see Prithvi Shaw with him because He has played for the country before and he has done well. You have to try to give him as many chances as possible to get back in form because he is young and has a lot of talent.''

Raman had a very close link-up with the National Cricket Academy (NCA) and has seen junior cricketers progress, following which he was appointed the head coach of the women's team. Apart from Dhawan and Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad are in the Indian team and it provides a very young strength to the team. Raman said, "Yes, you have a lot of talent (Devdutt) Padikkal and there are others but having experience in international cricket, I think Prithvi Shaw will be preferred over others because that has always been the case.

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