Overview
- India elevated Washington Sundar to first drop in the Eden Gardens Test after choosing four spinners, moving him ahead of Sai Sudharsan for this match.
- Sundar top-scored for application with 29 and 31 on a difficult Kolkata surface and faced the most deliveries of any batter in the game.
- Despite his batting workload, he was used for only one over with the ball in the first Test against South Africa.
- Dinesh Karthik warned that sustained No. 3 duties would push Sundar to prioritize batting practice, which he argued would weaken his bowling over time.
- Shaun Pollock praised Sundar’s temperament at the position and recommended a four-to-five-Test run to evaluate the experiment, with no long-term role change announced.