Sarafaraz Khan was in his components in the course of the first India vs New Zealand Take a look at in Bengaluru. Along with his group in precarious scenario, Sarfaraz stepped up and scored his first Take a look at ton. With each match, the Mumbai batter is rising in confidence. After his newest century, it’s anticipated that he’ll get an extended rope within the taking part in XI. Although India misplaced the match, there was some excellent news for the Khan family as Sarfaraz welcomed his child boy.
In the meantime, expressing his delight after scoring his maiden Take a look at century towards New Zealand on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India’s right-hand batter, Sarfaraz Khan, mentioned he felt like he was ‘flying’ within the sky. He additionally recalled how star batter and former RCB teammate Virat Kohli motivated him to again his abilities and play his pictures freely.
“It felt excellent. Once I was celebrating my century it felt just like the grass was blue, not inexperienced. It felt like I used to be within the sky. I used to be so comfortable. My dream was to attain 100 for India, and it got here true,” Sarfaraz Khan mentioned within the video shared by the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI).
“I’ve watched Virat Kohli since childhood and I all the time needed to play with him. That dream got here true in RCB, however to play with him within the Indian group, that was particular. He stored saying that ‘again your pictures, play freely’ and he gave me a whole lot of confidence. When somebody like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma pat your again and say that you’ve executed nicely, it’s clearly a proud second,” the Mumbai-born cricketer added.
Coming to the fourth day of the match, India, who have been going nice weapons of their second innings and have been 407-3 at one level, misplaced seven wickets in lower than 60 runs. The dismal efficiency within the first innings, after they might rating solely 46 runs, continues to hang-out them.
Sarfaraz Khan continued his good type and notched up 150. Rishab Pant additionally made a beneficial contribution of 99.
With ANI inputs
Subjects talked about on this article
