India, June 13 -- Former India opener Virender Sehwag believes Yashasvi Jaiswal will be given a place in the ODI team as an opener once Rohit Sharma retires next year after the World Cup in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Sehwag believes Jaiswal is an all-format player but there has to be a vacancy for him to begin with.

Jaiswal has played four ODIs so far and has a century to his name. It came in his last ODI innings last year against South Africa at Visakhapatnam. He scored 116 not out off 121 balls. Sehwag says Jaiswal has great potential in white-ball cricket, but he has to wait for his chances - at least for now.

"But there is no space right now. Shubman Gill is the captain. Rohit Sharma is playing. As soon as Rohit Sharma retires, you ...