Sarfaraz Khan, the young Indian cricketer who plays for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy finally got the chance to make his international debut in the ongoing test match which is being played between India and England at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot.
This is the third test match of the 5-match series which is leveled at 1-1 and by the end of the day 1, India managed to put 326/5 on the score board.
Sarfaraz Khan is certainly one of the most talented young cricketers of the present times. He has a brilliant record in First Class cricket with 3912 runs in 45 matches with the average of 69 and has 14 centuries and 11 fifties in his name.
There is no denying the fact that with his blistering batting performances in the domestic circuits, Sarfaraz Khan was knocking the doors of the selection committee in a pretty hard manner for a long time now and nobody has a satisfying answer to the question as to why he was not selected earlier.
In fact, many former Indian cricketers also lost their cool at the selectors for not giving a chance to Sarfaraz Khan but the selectors always chose other players and made Sarfaraz Khan wait.
However, the good thing was that finally today his wait for getting the national cap came to an end and he got his test cap from the legendary former Indian spinner Anil Kumble.
That was certainly an emotional moment for Sarfaraz and his family members, especially for his father who was present at the stadium at that time and he saw the cap ceremony from close quarters.
After Sarfaraz Khan got his test cap, he went to meet his father who took the test cap in his hands, kissed the cap and the tears of happiness were continuously flowing from his eyes.
Here is a video and some photos:
Sarfaraz Khan's debut.#SarfarazKhan #INDvENG #TestCricket #INDvsENGTest pic.twitter.com/lfugXi2W2a
— Thre@ds (@xdailyfactx) February 15, 2024
🏏 Exciting times in Test cricket as Sarfaraz Khan makes his debut! A special moment for both him and India. 🇮🇳👏
All the best Sarfaraz Khan 🎉#INDvsENGTest #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/xX6PMU1m7P
— 𝙕𝙄𝙈𝘽𝙐 😎 𝕏 (@Zimbu12_) February 15, 2024
Sarfaraz Khan’s father kissing his son Test debut Cap for India.
– This is emotional moment…!!! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Z1OYwLbgle
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) February 15, 2024
As far as the match is concerned, Sarfaraz Khan proved his worth by hitting a half-century (62 runs, 66 balls, 9 fours & 1 six) in his debut test match. He would have created more troubles for England bowlers if he had not got run-out by Mark Wood.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma (131 runs, 196 balls, 14 fours & 3 sixes) played a brilliant knock and stabilized the innings with Ravindra Jadeja (110 runs not out, 212 balls, 9 fours & 2 sixes) after India lost Yashasvi Jaiswal (10 runs), Shubman Gill (0) and Rajat Patidar (5 runs) in quick succession.
Till now, the most successful bowler for England was Mark Wood who ended the first day with the figures of 69/3.
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