India, Oct. 10 -- Sai Sudharsan, 23, was under all sorts of pressure when he entered the Arun Jaitley Stadium for the second Test of the two-match series against the West Indies on Friday. The left-hander was yet to make the No.3 slot his own, and questions were slowly but steadily growing about his position in the team. However, the youngster was able to block out the outside noise, playing an 87-run knock off 165 balls with the help of 12 boundaries. The Gujarat Titans batter looked set for a century, but he ended up losing his wicket to Jomel Warrican against the run of play.

Sudharsan walked back to the dressing room in the 69th innings, and this brought an end to the 193-run stand for the second wicket between him and Yashasvi Jaisw...