He scored a superb 36-ball ton against Sunrisers Hyderabad last month and has another two half-centuries to his name to sit near the top of the run-getters list this season.
The left-handed opener has amassed 440 runs from 11 innings at a staggering strike rate of 236.56. This includes a whooping 40 maximums – more than any other batter so far this season.
“The door would be three-fourths open,” Shastri told host Sanjana Ganesan on the latest episode of The ICC Review.
“I can tell you that, for sure, because if you want to encourage or get someone young and into the setup as quickly as possible, then it’s the T20 format of the game and he is not short by any margin.
“This guy can walk into a lot of sides in world cricket at this current moment in time. Just when you look at the exuberance of youth and that youth shows on his face.”
