Irfan Pathan wonders if India can get back Sai Sudharsan for 4th Test against England

Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan believes India can look to play Sai Sudharsan in the fourth Test against England. The left-hander had returned with scores of 0 and 30 in his debut Test at Leeds, Headingley.

But Sudharsan was dropped in the second and third Test match against the home team. Meanwhile, Karun Nair has failed to deliver while batting at one drop in the last two Test matches.

Nair returned with scores of 40 and 14 in the third Test and once again failed to convert his start into a substantial score. 

“Karun Nair got chances in three games. Will they persist with him further at No.3 or bring in a left-handed batter? England have not been able to bowl as well to the left-hander. Pant has scored two hundreds and Jadeja has also made consecutive fifties. Can they bring back Sai Sudharsan? India will think about this,” he said on his YouTube channel ‘Irfan Pathan’.

The fourth Test match will start from July 23 and thus there is a nine-day break for Indian bowlers. Pathan wants India’s think tank to put the workload management talk on the back burner as the series is on the line

“There is a nine-day gap. Can they put the workload management talk away because you have to win the series now. The bowling is going well. Bumrah is in good form, Siraj is in good form. Akash Deep appeared like he was slightly tired and could not adjust to the slope but he will get the recovery time. But you must not be desperate. If you get desperate, you will fall into trouble,” he said. 

The fourth Test match between England and India will be played at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, from July 23 onwards.