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Former Australia spinner Brad Hogg praised youngster Prithvi Shaw who is going to take part in the 2020 Indian Premier League for Delhi Capitals. The veteran spinner said that Shaw was a bit of legends like Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar.

“The Delhi Capitals’ top six looks very formidable, a mixture of experience with youngsters. They have got Dhawan at the top, along with Prithvi Shaw, Pant and Iyer. So, they are going to make plenty of runs,” Hogg said on his YouTube channel.

“The standout for the Delhi Capitals I think is going to be Prithvi Shaw. I think it is time for him to make runs and show the world how good he actually is because he is a talent. I would say he is a bit like Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar,” Hogg further added.

Prithvi Shaw has played four Tests and three ODIs for India so far where he has scored 335 and 84 runs respectively. Delhi Capitals bought him in the 2018 season of IPL and since then he has been going well.

On the other hand, Tendulkar and Lara have scored over 56000 international runs combinedly. Meanwhile, the veteran also praised Delhi's decision to get experienced spinner R Ashwin from Kings XI Punjab as well.

“The acquisition of Ashwin is an absolute beauty, quality leadership, good spinner, also can handle the bat in the middle overs. That adds a little bit of depth to their batting and spin department,” he said.

Hogg told, “Their flaw is their depth in pace. They rely too heavily on Rabada. If Rabada gets injured, Delhi Capitals are in a lot of trouble. The other flaw they have is that they don’t have depth and quality in their overseas contingent.”