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India National Cricket Team vs West Indies Cricket Team Match Scorecard: India's newly-appointed number three batter, Sai Sudharsan, revealed that he was seeking a big score at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday. Sudharsan, who has one fifty in seven innings so far from four Tests, fell just 13 runs short of his maiden Test ton. The youngster from Tamil Nadu, who got out cheaply in Ahmedabad during the first Test, was under immense pressure to put on a big score to justify his place in the side.

Notably, batters like KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel and Ravindra Jadeja scored individual tons which were crucial for India's victory against West Indies by an innings and 140 runs.

Sudharsan, who made his debut amidst challenging conditions during the England tour, scored 61 in the first innings of the Manchester Test for his maiden fifty.

"I am definitely grateful for whatever I've done today but there's always a monkey in our mind that wants more, wants that hundred and so I was looking forward to a lot more," Sudharsan, who made 87 off 165 balls with 12 fours, told the broadcaster after the match.

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Sudharsan and opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (173*) carefully negotiated the West Indies bowling attack sword with a robust 193-run stand for the second wicket.

He said he was looking to bat freely in this innings.

"It was a good contribution and very good partnership with (Yashasvi) Jaiswal. I was not thinking about getting runs, I was a bit more free and I expressed a bit better in this innings," Sudharsan said.

"I was able to take a bit more time and let things happen instead of trying to make things happen."

"It's fascinating and so thrilling to watch him from the other end. He plays a lot of exciting shots. He converts a lot of good balls into boundaries, so it's really good to watch. He's giving me more awareness of what kind of shots to be played," he said.

Sudharsan said he is trying to be judicious with his shot selection.

"There's no competing there, but I am learning a lot more and being more aware of what shots to play if I want to convert good balls into runs," he said.

The 23-year-old fell to spinner Jomel Warrican as he was adjudged LBW in front of the wickets.

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The dismissal was somewhat similar to how he fell in the Ahmedabad Test, being hit on the back foot by a delivery from Roston Chase that skidded off the surface and beat his defence.

"I feel it's staying a bit low and it will start to turn more from tomorrow. Even when you hit the ball, it's not flying off your bat. Hopefully off the rough it will start turning," he said.