Sarfaraz Khan scored his first worldwide hundred through the opening Take a look at between India and New Zealand on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday. It took him seven innings to take action.
Sarfaraz introduced it up in 110 balls, smashing 13 fours and three sixes.
He changed Shubman Gill, who’s nursing a stiff neck, within the taking part in XI. The 26-year-old made his Take a look at debut towards England in Rajkot earlier this 12 months.
Within the first innings towards the Kiwis, he was out for a duck however made a terrific comeback within the second, making this the twenty second occasion of an Indian batter registering a duck and 100 in the identical Take a look at.
After the openers fell in fast succession, he constructed up a hundred-plus stand with Virat Kohli for the third wicket earlier than the latter was dismissed.
Sarfaraz is coming off a double century within the Irani Cup for Mumbai towards Remainder of India earlier this month. In First-Class cricket, he has scored 15 centuries.