#2 Good opening partnership

India failed to get a noteworthy opening partnership in England and it had an impact in the Test series. Hence, the Men in Blue will be determined to get a good start from the openers. A solid opening partnership builds the foundation to get a big score and the Indian openers will play a gigantic role to win the Test series.
Meanwhile, there are three openers in the Test squad against Australia and the openers are Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul and Murali Vijay. As a matter of fact, Shikhar Dhawan has been dropped from the Indian Test squad and it will be interesting to see the opening combinations for the Test series.
Murali Vijay had a forgettable Test series in England where he was dropped after two matches. The experienced opener will be eager to score plenty of runs in this series. Similarly, KL Rahul had a substandard series in England where he had only one big score.
However, youngster Prithvi Shaw will be the player to watch in the series. He made his India debut in the recent Test series against West Indies and his performance was stupendous where he scored a century in his debut match.
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