India, June 5 -- India head coach Gautam Gambhir has supported Sai Sudharsan ahead of the one-off Test against Afghanistan, but will he live up to expectations?

Until a few days ago, he was playing in the Indian Premier League for Gujarat Titans where his team played the final on May 31. What are the odds of his doing well against Afghanistan, considering just a few days before, he was playing a totally different format, a format where one is not accustomed to letting the ball go peacefully to the wicketkeeper?

It's definitely not an ideal scenario for Sudharsan. No matter how lesser a bowling unit is, it's no easy task to face it in the morning at a time when the pitch invariably supports fast bowlers. Sudharsan had another fantastic I...