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Arun Jaitley Stadium: India’s team management remains optimistic about B. Sai Sudharsan performing to his high potential very soon, said assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate ahead of the second Test against the West Indies, starting at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here on Friday.

The upcoming game could prove pivotal for the Chennai-based left-handed batter, whose early Test career has yet to yield consistent returns – seven games and 147 runs, including just one fifty. Sudharsan’s dismissal in Ahmedabad – trapped lbw for just seven on a straight delivery from Roston Chase - was a missed opportunity for him on a benign surface against a modest West Indies attack.

“It's probably a little bit early to be sort of worried or panicked. It doesn't help that you have five test matches in the UK, and then you wait six weeks to play the next Test to stay connected after this test next week. We don't have a Test match for another three and a half weeks, so there's no sort of string of fixtures to get your rhythm and to get yourself going.”