Sarfaraz Khan will celebrate his 27th birthday October 22. He has given himself and his Abbu a gift in advance by scoring his maiden Test ton on the hallowed turf of KSCAs Chinnaswamyu Stadium, Bengaluru.
Sarfaraz a school cricket prodigy from Mumbai has fulfilled dream of scoring a Test Century that too a big one of 150.
Sarfaraz Khan, Pruthvi Shaw and Aarmaan Jaffer (nephew of Test star Wasim Jaffer ) were rated very highly from their schooldays. The days of Harris and Giles Shield Cricket Tournament. Local as well as national newspapers were always carrying their news with photo on the sports pages. Sarfaraz Khan was lucky enough to play in two world cups (2014 and 2019).
Pruthvi Shaw got selected to play for Mumbai as well as India. Not only that he scored a century for India on his Test debut whereas Sarfraz had to wait for pretty long time to make his India debut.
Sarfaraz’s career has many ups and downs. He faced disciplinary action from Mumbai Cricket Association from his junior age group level cricket days. He got an IPL contract at young age. RCB picked him up and he showed promise by hitting 45 off just 21 balls against Rajasthan Royals but he flattered to deceive.
He was retained by RCB who had big Super Stars like Virat Kohli, AB Devilliers, Chris Gayle. Then his career took a jolt. He left Mumbai and went to play for UP which was a turning point in his career. After two futile years in UP Sarfaraz’s father Naushad Khan thought it was enough and he returned to Mumbai.
Coming back to Mumbai was a key moment in Sarfaraz’s Career. He scored heavily for Mumbai crossing 900 + mark twice in a row and it ultimately paved the way for his India debut after a long wait.
Sarfaraz made his Test debut against England at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot. Former India Skipper Anil Kumble handed him India Cap and Sarfaraz played breezy knock of 62 and won the hearts of his many supporters.
Naushad was happy to see his son earning India Cap and scoring brilliant breezy knock. He played three Tests against England earlier this year. Now, against New Zealand Sarfaraz fulfilled his earlier promise of scoring a century at his favourite ground of his first IPL teams.
Sarfaraz has potential to score runs not only in domestic cricket but at an international level too. He showed his class in Bengaluru. His cover driven four had the stamp of authority. On damp Chinnaswamy outfield Sarfaraz has made imprint. With the Down Under trip round the corner the cricket loving fraternity expecting runs by tons in International Cricket.
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