Sarafaraz Khan was in his parts in the course of the first India vs New Zealand Test in Bengaluru. With his crew in precarious scenario, Sarfaraz stepped up and scored his first Test 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. Though India misplaced the match, there was some excellent news for the Khan family as Sarfaraz welcomed his child boy.
Meanwhile, expressing his delight after scoring his maiden Test century in opposition to New Zealand on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India’s right-hand batter, Sarfaraz Khan, stated 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 expertise and play his pictures freely.
“It felt superb. When I used to be 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 completely happy. My dream was to attain 100 for India, and it got here true,” Sarfaraz Khan stated within the video shared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
“I’ve watched Virat Kohli since childhood and I all the time wished to play with him. That dream got here true in RCB, however to play with him within the Indian crew, that was particular. He stored saying that ‘again your pictures, play freely’ and he gave me a number of confidence. When somebody like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma pat your again and say that you’ve got completed 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 may rating solely 46 runs, continues to hang-out them.
Sarfaraz Khan continued his good kind and notched up 150. Rishab Pant additionally made a helpful contribution of 99.
With ANI inputs
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