Manchester, July 23 -- India left-hand batter Sai Sudarshan's maiden half-century on Wednesday during the third session of the first day of the ongoing fourth Test at Old Trafford in Manchester against England is the first by an Indian number three outside India since December 2022.

The last fifty was scored by right-hand batter Cheteshwar Pujara (90 and 102), which came against Bangladesh in the first Test of the series at Chattogram.

Sai Sudarshan scored 61 runs off 151 balls before going back to the dressing room, which was laced with seven boundaries in his innings.

This 50-run knock was the first by an Indian outside Asia since January 2022. The last one came from Pujara hitting 53 against South Africa at Johannesburg back in Janu...