Former India opener Virender Sehwag has supported Yeshsavi Jaiswal Once to become a regular member of India’s ODI setup Rohit Sharma A step away from the format after next year’s World Cup in South Africa and Zimbabwe. According to Sehwag, Jaiswal has the potential to succeed in all three formats, but the current composition of the Indian team leaves little room for him at the moment.Jaiswal has played in four ODIs so far and has already made a strong impression. His impressive performance came in his most recent ODI appearance against South Africa in Visakhapatnam last year, where he remained unbeaten on 116 off 121 balls to register his maiden century in the format.Despite his high rating, Sehwag admitted that India’s current opening combination makes it difficult for Jaiswal to break into the team on a regular basis.“But there is no place yet. Shabman Gul is the captain. Rohit Sharma is playing. As soon as Rohit Sharma retires, you will see Jaiswal playing white-ball and ODI cricket. Rituraj Gaikwad It may have a competitor, though. But if you take three openers, you will definitely see Jaiswal among them,” Sehwag said on the Cricbuzz show.The former opener pointed out that Jaiswal’s ODI opportunities mostly came when senior players were unavailable due to permanent openings in the team. However, he asserted that the youngster has consistently delivered whenever given the opportunity.“Look, he came into the ODI team only because nobody like Gill or Sharma was available. It wasn’t that he got an opportunity and then he didn’t perform. When he got an opportunity, he did very well. It wasn’t that he was dropped for not performing. He was in the team because nobody was playing.“Ishan Kishan One-day cricket is also not part of it. He has scored the fastest double century in ODIs. So he is also a player to be reckoned with. But I would definitely like to see Jaiswal in ODI cricket and T20Is, I mean in all three formats. He is a player who can play all three formats,” explained Sehwag.Former Indian batsman Manoj Tiwari.who was also part of the debate, shared a similar view and put Jaiswal at the top of the list of future ODI openers. Tiwary believes the left-hander should be India’s first choice after the senior players move on after the World Cup next year.“He is number one on my list. After the World Cup next year, two players will retire, although they can be picked before then, but if not, Jaiswal will definitely be the first name after the retirement of those players. After that, you will pick names. [the host] Sai Sudharsan, Ishan Kishan and Devdutt Padikal have been taken. This should be the order,” Tiwari said.With competition from the likes of Rituraj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Ishan Kishan and Devdutt Padikal, the race for India’s future opening spots remains fierce. However, both Sehwag and Tiwary believe that Jaiswal has done enough to establish himself firmly at the front of the line-up whenever the opportunity finally arises.
