‘Just love the way …’ Sai Sudharsan earns praise from former World Cup winner ahead of Test series against England

Indian batter Sai Sudharsan is on his first Test tour and could potentially make his debut against England in the first Test starting next Friday. The 23-year-old had a tremendous time with the bat in the IPL 2025 season. Sudharsan scored over 750 runs to take the orange cap and also earned his maiden call-up to the Test side. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s retirement’s have seen huge voids in the batting line-up. 

Former Australian spinner, Brad Hogg has said that Sai Sudharsan could be one of the players to watch out for in the upcoming series against England. The former left-arm wrist spinner was speaking to Revsportz where Hogg praised Sudharsan’s ability with the bat in hand. 

Hogg in his chat with Revsportz said “Sudharsan, the way that he played in the T20 games, I just thought he’s got a fantastic technique. Just love the way that he plays the ball late. He’s able to hit those gaps behind point while still playing a straight bat and work off his pads. So I think he’s got an excellent technique for playing the ball late. I’d like to have him opening the batting. You might have Gill at number three, but I still like that right-hand and left-hand combination."

Brad Hogg names Karun Nair as ideal opening partner for Yashasvi Jaiswal 

The former Aussie spinner while speaking how Sai Sudharsan could fit into the playing XI said “I think Sudharsan is probably going to be the best bat out of those three going forward. So I think he’s probably best suited at three, or maybe four, and have the experience of Nair coming in at three. Then you have Rahul, Pant and Jadeja coming in that middle order where you’ve got that experience”

Rohit Sharma’s retirement has meant that, Yashasvi Jaiswal will most probably have KL Rahul back as his partner. Brad Hogg though feels that Karun Nair could do well as an opener if he is given a chance by the team management to replace the former Indian captain. 

“I’d like to see Nair play a lot more. Shubman Gill will be opening the batting and I’d have him opening the batting with Jaiswal as well, probably. Then you’ve got Pant coming in at six, as I said. You’d have KL Rahul, Nair there. I’d actually have Sudharsan in there as well, coming in at number three. So you’ve got a lot of youth up there." Said Brad Hogg.