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Sarfaraz Khan smashed his maiden Take a look at hundred for India batting at No. 4 within the first Take a look at on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.
Forging a agency counter with Virat Kohli on Day 3 after India have been left with a mammoth 356-run pursuit within the second-innings by the Kiwis, Sarfaraz sped to 70 on Friday.
Regardless of shedding Kohli on the final ball of the day before today, the 26-year-old Sarfaraz continued his assault with Rishabh Pant for firm on Day 4 morning, reaching his maiden Take a look at ton in solely 110 balls.
Sarfaraz is barely the seventh Indian No. 4 to attain a Take a look at hundred this century, becoming a member of an elite record comprising Sachin Tendulkar, Kohli, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly and Ajinkya Rahane.
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Changing an injured Shubman Gill within the XI, Sarfaraz fell for a duck within the first-innings as India have been skittled for 46, their lowest complete at residence. Accommodating Sarfaraz at No. 4, India’s senior batter Kohli additionally moved as much as No. 3 for the primary time in a Take a look at in eight years.
The hundred marked Sarfaraz’s 16 First-Class ton and a second in consecutive matches. After lacking out on a spot within the not too long ago concluded Take a look at sequence in opposition to Bangladesh, Sarfaraz made an announcement with a double hundred for Mumbai within the Irani Cup tie in opposition to ROI in Lucknow earlier this month. Sarfaraz turned the primary Mumbai batter to file an Irani Cup double hundred.
Curiously, Sarfaraz has extra FC a whole bunch than fifties (14) to date in his profession. Sarfaraz’s First Class common is presently the best amongst all lively cricketers, at 69.56*, throughout 52 matches.
On his Take a look at debut in opposition to England in Rajkot, Sarfaraz smashed twin half-centuries and adopted up with one other fifty within the Dharamsala Take a look at as India gained the sequence 3-1.
Recognized to hit huge ‘daddy’ a whole bunch, Sarfaraz has transformed 10 of those 15 tons into 150-plus scores, 4 of them being double a whole bunch. Sarfaraz notched his highest rating, a whopping 301 not out for Mumbai in a 2019-20 Ranji Trophy match in opposition to Uttar Pradesh, his former aspect.
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