5 debutants India need to try as openers in tests

#5. Prithvi Shaw

Prithvi Shaw is having a brilliant time with India A team

England tried Haseeb Hameed. Australia tried Matt Renshaw. So why shouldn't India try a teenage sensation to open the innings for them? The faith selectors have in the 18-year-old Mumbai opener was evident when he was called up as a replacement for Murali Vijay in India's recent tour of England. Although he did not get a chance, the youngster would be high in confidence.

Prithvi Shaw averages a brilliant 56.72 in his 14 first-class matches. This includes a brilliant 188 he made against West Indies A in July this year in England. If India is looking to groom a long-term prospect, Prithvi Shaw is the guy whom India should back.