Finally, Sarfaraz Khan gets his most awaited debut for India

Playing for one’s country and playing cricket for India while you are chasing your dream to play cricket for your country is surreal when Sarfaraz Khan gets his test debut today against England in the 3rd test in Rajkot India.

The scene was very emotional but it was evident that all was happiness tears and how important is for a player who is chasing his dream every day with his family since childhood. It was seen today in the selection of Mumbai’s young player Sarfaraz Khan in the Indian cricket team.

Apart from Sarfaraz Khan young and talented wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurail has also been included in the country’s team.

Sarfaraz Khan’s father Naushad Khan could not control his tears

Sarfaraz Khan’s father Naushad Khan could not control his tears of joy and he was seen emotional at the occasion. . Sarfaraz’s wife was also present at the stadium and she was  also cried bitterly and kissed the cap.

Sarfaraz was waiting  for the last two years by performing brilliantly in domestic circuit to get into the Indian team, today finally his dream came true he was rewarded the cap at the hands of legendary spin bowler Anil Kumble. While wicket keeper batsman Jurail did not have to wait that long for his debut.

India had a bad start

After the toss India came to bat first  but top 3 players did not perform as per expectation . Shubman Gill was out for duck  afterfacing 9 balls, Rajat Patidar 5 and Yashasvi Jaiswal 10 also did not prolonged the inning.though Skipper Rohit Sharma played a vital knock with long awaited century and did good partnership stand with  Jadeja. both Player completed respective century , After falling Rohit Sharma wicket at his personal score of 131 Sarfaraz came to bat he partnered with Jadeja .

Sarfaraz scored his half century , he was batting really well but fell to run out on Jadeja call to take a single , Sarfaraz scored 62 runs , on stumps India scored 326 runs with 5 wicket in hand , Jadeja is still batting on crease .

Performance of Sarfaraz and Jurel

Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv  Jurel are the 311th player and  312th player respectively  to represent India in Tests. Both have the responsibility to prove themselves by performing well in this test. Sarfaraz’s performance in domestic cricket has been excellent. In the last few years, he has scored a lot of runs with his bat in whole  Ranji season . He has 3912 runs to his name in 45 first-class matches. During this period his average has been 69.85. His highest score during this period is 301 runs unbeaten. Sarfaraz has scored 14 centuries and 11 half-centuries in first class.

At the same time, Dhruv has scored 790 runs in 15 first-class matches at an average of 46.47. These include one century and five half-centuries. With the arrival of these two, India’s middle order is looking completely young. Shubhman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraz and Dhruv are batting in the middle order.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss in the third Test and decided to bat first. There are four changes in the Indian team. Apart from Sarfaraz and Dhruv ,Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj came back to squad .

Sarfaraz  wife’s emotional reaction

Sarfaraz Khan’s wife, Romana, jumped from her seat and started to clap wholeheartedly as soon her husband scored his first runs in international cricket for India. Naushad, Sarfaraz’s father, joined Romana soon as the duo continued with their vociferous claps. The end-to-end smile on their faces narrated a story of relief, grit and determination. Sarfaraz got off the mark in Test cricket with three runs on Day 1 of the third test .

Sarfaraz and his Abbu living their dream

Sarfaraz and his Abbu Naushad Khan has one dream from long since he came to Mumbai and that was to hone the talent of his son so that they play for his country .

Sarfaraz Unfortunate run Out

Sarfaraz Khan addressed his unfortunate run out caused by an error in judgment from his senior partner Ravindra Jadeja on Day 1 of the 3rd India vs England Test

An innings that began with a bang, ended in a whimper as Sarfaraz Khan was unfortunately run out after making one of the most entertaining debuts by an Indian cricketer. Striking a 48-ball half-century, the joint second-fastest by an Indian on debut. He was batting on 62 off 66 balls before his innings came to a brutal halt.