In the first innings of the fourth Test match against England, Team India's Sai Sudharsan played a knock of 61 runs off 151 deliveries. He also smashed seven boundaries (Pic: X/@BCCI)

With this, he became the first number three Indian batsman to score a fifty outside India since December 2022. The last fifty was scored by Cheteshwar Pujara in the Test series against Bangladesh (Pic: File Pic)

His knock also marked the first fifty by an Indian batsman outside Asia since January 2022. Before him, Pujara played a knock of 53 runs against South Africa in 2022 (Pic: X/@BCCI)

Sudharsan's 61-run knock also marked the first fifty by a number three Indian batsman irrespective of the country since November 2024. In the previous year, Shubman Gill scored 90 runs against New Zealand at the Wankhede Test match (Pic: X/@BCCI)

After being benched post first Test match, Sudharsan has made a solid comeback in the fourth game. He is still left with one more innings of the ongoing match in Manchester (Pic: File Pic)