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Arun Jaitley Stadium: India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak lauded B Sai Sudharsan for never being looked at from the outside as being under pressure or changing his style of batting after the left-hander compiled a composed 87 on day one of the second and final Test against West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday.

Sudharsan’s innings, his second Test fifty and first fifty in India, laced with 12 boundaries, came in a game-defining 193-run stand with Yashasvi Jaiswal and helped India reach 318/2 at stumps.

Sudharsan, who had scored just 147 runs in seven Tests so far and had been under a bit of scrutiny coming into the clash, walked in early after K.L. Rahul’s dismissal and showed no signs of pressure. His back-foot dominant game against spin was on full display, with several crisp punches and drives through the off side -- two of which stood out against spinner Jomel Warrican.