NEW DELHI: Sarfaraz Khan spearheaded India’s fightback with an exhilarating knock of 150 runs within the second innings of the primary Take a look at towards New Zealand on Saturday.
Seizing the chance after being drafted in for Shubman Gill, who missed the match on account of a stiff neck, Sarfaraz made his presence felt.
After a disappointing duck within the first innings, the right-hander bounced again with a stroke-laden maiden Take a look at century.He introduced up the milestone with a boundary off Tim Southee and celebrated with a jubilant dash.
Sarfaraz’s teammates and the help workers joined within the celebration from the dressing room, beaming with pleasure and satisfaction as they shared in his second of triumph.
The BCCI rapidly put collectively a montage of two moments separated by greater than 9 years. Regardless of the hole, two acquainted faces featured in each movies – Sarfaraz and Virat Kohli. One clip was from IPL 2015, whereas the opposite captured the continued Take a look at match between India and New Zealand.
It was April 29, 2015 and 17-year-old Sarfaraz had simply scored a cracking 21-ball 45 for Royal Challengers Bengaluru down the order to propel his facet to 200 for 7 in an IPL conflict towards Rajasthan Royals.
And as quickly as Sarfaraz wrapped up his unbeaten knock, skipper Kohli got here onto the sphere with an enormous smile on his face and a stunning gesture.
Recalling the second, Sarfaraz shared particulars about his first ever interplay with Kohli and the way his gesture made his day.
“I met him on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium for the primary time. I had scored 45 runs in 21 balls right here and he bowed at me. I had loads of enjoyable that day. It was a dream to share an Indian crew dressing room with him it should come true sooner or later if I get the chance,” Sarfaraz advised Jio Cinema.
Sarfaraz shared his expertise of taking part in alongside the batting nice in RCB and highlighted Kohli’s love and keenness for the sport.
“His (Virat Kohli’s) ardour and spirit are unmatched. At any time when I noticed him, even within the pre-match conferences, he’d take cost and inform everybody what number of runs he’d rating off a specific bowler and break that down for everybody. To be gutsy sufficient to face up and discuss with such positivity in entrance of everybody after which ship the subsequent day is a really distinctive capability,” Sarfaraz stated.
