Tamil Nadu’s rising star Sai Sudharsan made the minimize for India’s 18-member Check squad on Saturday, together with his maiden call-up into the red-ball facet coming forward of a frightening five-match tour to England.
The left-hander’s batting approach has acquired a number of plaudits within the IPL 2025 season, the place he has seemingly raised the bar in his white-ball repertoire. Nevertheless, Sudharsan’s current batting methods wouldn’t be sufficient to face up to the challenges of the Dukes ball in England, feels former Tamil Nadu coach Sulakshan Kulkarni.
Kulkarni, who labored with Sudharsan through the 2023-24 season when he was answerable for the TN staff, picked up on his underwhelming First-Class document and stated the teenager wants to strengthen his approach to counter the shifting ball.
“His home document is just not nice. After I was the coach, I noticed him play on a seaming observe in not less than two matches. And he didn’t play nicely there. His approach in opposition to the shifting ball wants to enhance,” Kulkarni was quoted as saying by Occasions of India.
The previous Mumbai captain who has had minor county stints up to now stated that Sudharsan should curb the vary of his strokes to succeed in opposition to the English assault.
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“He tends of taking part in away from the physique whereas the key of success in England is to play late and play the ball proper beneath your nostril. He has to curb a few of his strokes and will play straight and near the physique. He has to work to get the approach proper earlier than the tour,” Kulkarni added.
Sudharsan has beforehand featured in two County stints with Surrey in 2023 and 2024, averaging 35. In his final outing for the facet, Sudharsan cracked his maiden First-Class century in English conditons whereas batting at No. 6. General, the 23-year-old averages 39.93 for 1957 runs in 29 FC outings since his debut in 2022.
Main the batting charts within the IPL, Sudharsan has racked up 679 runs in 14 innings for the Titans. Publish the IPL Playoffs, Sudharsan and skipper Gill are slated to take part in a match for India A in opposition to the England Lions beginning June 6 earlier than the Assessments start two weeks later.