India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate assured that misfiring number three batter Sai Sudharsan isn’t living in a delusion about his spot in the team, despite his tumultuous start to his Test journey. As Sudharsan is toiling for runs, Doeschate urged the young southpaw to believe in himself while declaring that he has the captain and coaching staff’s support.

Sudharsan earned his maiden Test cap during India’s tour of England during the series opener at Headingley in June. After falling for a duck in the first innings, Sudharsan showed promise in the second, notching 30(48), but flicked the ball to Zak Crawley off Ben Stokes. He was dropped for the next two fixtures and returned during the fourth Test in Manchester.

He top-scored for India in the first innings, engineering a 61-run kno

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