Last Updated: February 19, 2024, 13:43 IST
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan (AP)
Former chief selector MSK Prasad hailed hailed Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan as the way forward for Indian cricket.
India’s younger batters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan slammed the English bowlers earlier than India went on to trash England by 434 runs in the third Test of the five-match collection at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, now often known as Niranjan Shah Stadium, in Rajkot on Sunday.
Former India chief selector MSK Prasad, on Monday, joined the refrain to hail Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan as the way forward for Indian cricket.
“We need to see him in a few more Test matches,” MSK Prasad was quoted as saying by The Telegraph.
“Jaiswal definitely has the ingredients to be the next superstar. He’s proving to be an all-format player,” he added.
“The opportunities came knocking at their door just ahead of the transition period for Indian cricket, and it was really good to see these players grabbing the chances with both hands.”
The left-handed Jaiswal, hit an unbeaten 214 and placed on a harmful 172-run partnership with debutant Sarfaraz to arrange India’s 434-run win in Rajkot on Sunday.
The 22-year-old Jaiswal scored a double century in Rajkot for the second match in a row and Sarfaraz, aged 26, making 62 and 68 on his first Test outing.
The pair of Yashasvi and Sarfaraz, who come from the similar faculty in Mumbai, had been celebrated by none aside from cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on social media.
“Double hundred. Double fifty. This duo of Yashasvi & Sarfaraz has been double trouble for England,” Sachin Tendulkar wrote on X, previously Twitter.
Double hundredDouble fiftyThis duo of Yashasvi & Sarfaraz has been double bother for England. I couldn’t watch them play stay, however was very happy to hear about their knocks. Keep it up! #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/54XVb35HCs
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 18, 2024
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Jaiswal, as soon as a homeless boy in Mumbai who bought road meals to pursue his sporting ardour, scored 171 on debut in the West Indies final yr and has by no means appeared again.
He averages 71.75 in seven Tests, leads the collection batting chart with 545 runs, and wants 139 in his subsequent innings to turn out to be the fourth-quickest batsman in historical past to 1,000 Test runs, and the quickest in 75 years.
Sarfaraz, 26, was offered with his Test cap by spin nice Anil Kumble, with his teary-eyed spouse and father wanting on, and he dealt with the England spinners with panache and was unfortunate to be run out in the first innings.
India lead the collection 2-1 with video games left in Ranchi and Dharamsala.
