Twitterati wants Prithvi Shaw replacing KL Rahul in the fourth Test

He has already made it in the squad in place of the out-of-form Murali Vijay. And now, the Twitterati wants teenage sensation, Prithvi Shaw, to replace opener KL Rahul in the fourth Test against England scheduled to begin at Rose Bowl on August 30. It would be a dream coming true for the 18-year-old if he goes on to make his Test debut in a year which is proving to be a great one in his career.

India tried all three openers they brought to the series and already, enough of a musical chair has already been played with them. In the first Test at Edgbaston, the visitors played all the three openers – Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan and Rahul with the third coming in place of Cheteshwar Pujara at No.3. After all of them failed, they axed Dhawan and sent Vijay and Rahul to open in the second Test at Lord’s.

Vijay returned with a pair on that occasion and the third Test at Trent Bridge saw the combination of Dhawan and Vijay taking guard as openers. It was a comparatively better show by the Indian openers at Trent Bridge and they won the match but the openers are yet to score a fifty in the series.

Call for Prithvi to replace out-of-form Rahul

The clamour has now grown for sending Shaw to open the innings in place of Rahul. The Karnataka batsman played in the T20I series and also scored an unbeaten fifty in the side game against Essex but in the three Tests that followed, he could muster only 94 runs at a poor average of 15.66.

India went for 20-year-old Rishabh Pant as their wicketkeeper at Trent Bridge, making his debut in Tests in place of an out-of-form Dinesh Karthik. Shaw has already made some runs in England in the opening position for India ‘A’ – including a number of hundreds – and the Twitterati feels that like Pant, this young cricketer, too, has a big heart to make the most of his Test debut in a series which is at a crucial stage at the moment.

Here’s what the fans on Twitter had to say:

#prithvishaw should be given chance to Open tests with #dhawan#KLRahul To be rested #IndvsEng

— 400 not out (@sankranthiPunju) August 22, 2018

I hope Prithvi Shaw gets chance in Playing Xi in 4th match.. Much better than KL Rahul..

— R A J E E V 🏑 (@AkkiYuvi_4ever) August 22, 2018

Prithvi Shaw should open in the 4th Test in place of KL Rahul. The 18-year- old deserves a chance to show his ability.#ENGvIND #Prithvishaw

— rakesh ranjan (@rk8501761) August 28, 2018

Should the 18-year-old Prithvi Shaw replace KL Rahul in the playing XI?#ENGvIND #prithvishaw #klrahul pic.twitter.com/BGbVaj72z2

— Hit wicket (@sukhiaatma69) August 28, 2018

Is kl rahul is better than @ImRo45 😁 or @PrithviShaw 😂😂 iska to baat hi nhi kro. Anderson or broad ke samne 😂😂

— Rishabh (@Rishabh38190425) August 28, 2018

Prithvi Shaw for KL Rahul?

— Lakshya Khurana (@lakshya_k93) August 24, 2018

Replace KL rahul with Prithvi Shaw, he deserves atleast 2 Test to show what he is capable of. Vihari can replace Pujara, he might bring some variety in batting. Pujara is too slow. He should be picked only for home series.

— NI3 (@NI3INDIAN) August 23, 2018

Kl Rahul 3 test – 94 runs
2 Odi – 9. Runs
3 T20 – 126 runs
He basically didn't score above 40 after 1st Hundred in T20 match .
Time for Prithvi Shaw to play ,but he won't after the performance of Rahul in slips

— itsadit_hya (@adithya_naik97) August 22, 2018

Please make prithvi shaw play in the next test at 3. Make KL Rahul keep wickets to make way for him. Shaw is a great potential. Must give him opportunity.

— Gaurav Thapliyal (@thapliyalg) August 22, 2018

Sir, my prediction is Prithvi shaw should open the batting with dhawan that will be great combination, yes kl rahul played well but want to see prithvi shaw in this stage….tell me your views sir @vikrantgupta73 @MadanLal1983 @Ateet_Sharma @sports_tak

— Sohom Mukherjee (@SohomMukherje10) August 22, 2018

I think it’s the right time to give a chance to prithvi shaw in test matches in place of Murali vijay or KL Rahul
He has been brilliant in 1st class & in recent series while playing in India A #ENDvIND #KyaHogaIssBaar #TeamIndia #IndiavsEngland

— jitz03 (@jitzvijan03) August 12, 2018