Sarfaraz Khan’s Test debut turned a significant eye-puller during the India vs England third Test in Rajkot. From feelings flowing to massive hits galore, the 26-year-old had time to recollect on the sector on the Niranjan Shah Stadium. He turned simply the fourth Indian and forty third general to attain fifty-plus scores in each innings of Test debut however his blistering knocks helped him set a world record.
Sarfaraz scored 62 from 66 balls within the first innings earlier than falling run-out in a mixup with Ravindra Jadeja. He went on to hit one other blistering fifty when he made 68 from 72 deliveries. Sarfaraz had a mixed strike charge of 94.20, which is by far the best amongst all of the 43 cricketers to attain two fifty-plus scores on Test debut.
He is simply the fourth Indian with knocks of over fifty in each innings after Dilawar Hussain, Sunil Gavaskar and Shreyas Iyer. During each of his innings, the 26-year-old scored a complete of 4 sixes and 15 fours.ÂÂ
After his first innings, Sarfaraz got here to the post-match press convention and addressed the media. The Mumbai batter stated he’s feeling {that a} burden has come off his again. “Coming to the ground for the first time and getting the cap in front of my father. I was six years old when he started my cricket (training). It was my dream to play for the Indian team in front of him,” Sarfaraz advised the media after the tip of the primary day in Rajkot.
He additionally stated that he has fulfilled his father’s dream who additionally needed to play for India. “It was my father’s dream to play for India but unfortunately it couldn’t happen due to some reasons, there wasn’t much support from home then. He worked very hard on me and is now doing the same with my brother. It was the proudest moment of my life,” he stated.
