sarfaraz khan
Sarfaraz Khan Indian Cricket Team: Sarfaraz Khan, who performed brilliantly in domestic cricket, made his debut for India in the third Test match against England. He presented an excellent example of batting. He played the spinners well and scored half-centuries in both the innings of the Test match. He has become the fourth Indian player to score a half-century in his debut Test match. Sarfaraz has shown with his batting that he has a bright future in the team. The 26-year-old player has honed his cricket skills in his father’s ‘Macho Cricket Club’. In the third test match, Sarfaraz performed amazingly against spinners like Tom Hartley, Joe Root and Rehan Ahmed.
played so many balls every day
A coach who has closely followed Sarfaraz Khan’s progress said that this was possible due to playing 500 balls from 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.
However, the credit for preparing Sarfaraz 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.
Had faced Kuldeep Yadav during lockdown
Kapil Pandey told PTI that Naushad called me during the lockdown because we both are from Azamgarh and we have played club cricket in Mumbai when I was an employee of the Indian Navy. So when he wanted his son to get a chance to practice, I felt it was my responsibility. He said that during the lockdown, Sarfaraz faced Kuldeep a lot in our Kanpur Academy. They did a lot of net sessions together.
Shami’s coach said this
Kapil Pandey said that having grown up playing in the red soil of Mumbai, Sarfaraz’s game against spin is perfect and he makes good use of his moves. Mohammed Shami’s coach Badruddin said that yes, I arranged for his training and net sessions in Ahmedabad. There is no doubt that both father and son have worked hard. I arranged for him to stay in the hostel and play several matches.
(Input: PTI)
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