Shubman Gill earned a recall to the Indian ODI side this year, and has taken his opportunities with both hands, winning the Player of the Series award against both West Indies and Zimbabwe.
In the six matches he has played against the Windies and Zimbabwe, Gill scored three half-centuries and a century. He could have had another ton as well, but rain played spoilsport and left him stranded on 98 in the 3rd ODI against West Indies.
Former New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris said the 22-year-old has "a huge future in front of him" and that he is putting pressure on veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan, with the World Cup set to be played in India next year. "That is such a tough question and the reason I say that is because you've got four or five players who could all open up and do a terrific job," Styris said on Sports18 on whether Gill can become India's first-choice opener.
Captain Rohit Sharma and Dhawan are the preferred openers at the moment. "The question you have is, do you simply pick on who's in the best form at that time, or does there what they've done in the past count for anything?