Washington Sundar’s meteoric rise from age-group to international cricket in a quick span of time was an inspiration for his younger state-mate B Sai Sudharsan, who is all set to make his Test debut against England at Leeds on June 20.

Sai Sudharsan, who is two years junior to Washington, spoke about how his “senior’s” journey goaded him to work harder in order to achieve his goal of donning the India colours.

“I had played a few games against him [junior level]. So, it’s always special. We have looked up to him a lot and the way he went up and played for the country, it was real quick, I had that in my mind,” Sai Sudharsan told BCCI.tv on the sidelines of the intra-squad warm-up game with a beaming Washington by his side.