India vs Australia | Virender Sehwag wants Prithvi Shaw and KL Rahul to open in Tests

India will fly to Australia after the conclusion of the ongoing T20 series against the Windies and the Men in Blue will be playing four Test matches in between three T20Is and three ODIs. Sehwag, who himself had a great record in Australia during the 2003 and 2008 tours, is of the opinion that attacking batsmen have always scored runs in Australia so going on with Prithvi Shaw and KL Rahul as the openers will benefit the Indian side during the Test matches.

“Prithvi and Rahul should open. Because the trend Down Under is that whoever is an attacking batsman makes a lot of runs and wins matches for the team,” Sehwag told India TV.

Sehwag also backed Rohit Sharma to find a place in the playing XI for the Test matches as well and said, “Definitely Rohit should be part of the playing XI. A player who has scored 3 double hundreds in ODIs shouldn’t be sitting out of Tests. I have been repeating this for a long time now.”

India will start the tour with the T20Is from November 21 while the first Test match will be played in Adelaide from December 6. The Indian team will travel to Perth, Melbourne and Sydney for the remaining games of the series.