Despite proving himself time and again in domestic cricket, the selectors were not impressed with Sarfaraz Khan and never considered his name for selection in India’s Test team. However, with Virat Kohli and KL Rahul unavailable in the third Test against England, Sarfaraz got the first call up for Team India and he made the most of the opportunity by scoring two consecutive half-centuries.

The Mumbai-born cricketer scored 62 runs in his first innings, followed by an unbeaten 68 runs in the second innings as India registered a massive win against England by 434 runs in the match. With this, this young player has confirmed his place in the playing XI for the remaining two Test matches.

Sarfaraz Khan used to play 500 balls every day – coach’s big revelation

Playing on spin-friendly pitches in Mumbai, Sarfaraz looked good against the England spinners, which also impressed captain Rohit Sharma. Meanwhile, he also took training from his father Naushad Khan and other coaches during the COVID-19 lockdown. Meanwhile, one of Sarfaraz’s coaches revealed that the 26-year-old used to play 500 balls every day and travel a lot to play in different conditions.

The coach was quoted by NDTV as saying, “This was possible by playing 500 balls of off, leg and left-arm spinners every day at the Oval, Cross and Azad grounds in Mumbai. During the (Covid) lockdown, he traveled 1600 km by car. Mumbai to Amroha, Moradabad, Meerut, Kanpur, Mathura and Dehradun.

He played in areas where the ball turned a lot, some balls bounced a lot and some remained low. Sarfaraz, who uses his moves with ease against the spinners, has worked hard to hone his skills.

Sarfaraz However, the credit for preparing it does not go to Naushad alone. Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s coach Sanjay Rastogi, Mohammed Shami’s coach Badruddin Sheikh, Kuldeep Yadav’s coach Kapil Dev Pandey, Gautam Gambhir’s coach Sanjay Bhardwaj and India A captain Abhimanyu Easwaran’s father RP Easwaran also contributed in improving Sarfaraz. Have given. All of them organized Sarfaraz’s net sessions against the spinners, especially during the Covid lockdown.