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Sarfaraz Khan posts heartwarming story for Rohit Sharma on Instagram

Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan is living his long-waited dream after making his Test debut for India in the third Test match against England in Rajkot. Sarfaraz Khan has posted a heart-touching story on Instagram with India captain Rohit Sharma.

In the first innings, Sarfaraz Khan scored 62 runs from 66 balls before getting run out by Mark Wood. He missed his first Test hundred for India because of a wrong call from Ravindra Jadeja. India ended up posting a total of 445 runs in their first innings.

As the mix-up happened with Ravindra Jadeja and Sarfaraz Khan which led to getting out of Sarfaraz Khan India captain Rohit Sharma seemed to get angry as he was seen throwing his cap down on the floor. Sarfaraz Khan came up with a story on his official Instagram handle with a picture of Rohit Sharma hugging him.  Earlier Sarfaraz stated that Rohit Sharma is his favourite player.

“Rohit Sharma is my favourite player – he has got very good pull shots, even in my dressing room, everyone talks about the 3 double hundreds of Rohit,” Sarfaraz said. Sarfaraz Khan also praised Rohit Sharma for his captaincy and wants to learn many things from him.

Brilliant start to Sarfaraz’s career!

Sarfaraz Khan came to bat as Rohit Sharma was dismissed on 131 runs. Sarfaraz had a slow start in the beginning but later started hitting the ball hard against the England spinner. Against Joe Root, he started to play sweep shots with ease. He also targeted Tom Hartley.

He scored his first Test half-century from just 48 balls. He is the joint record holder with Hardik Pandya to hit the fastest century by an Indian batter in Test cricket. Before getting run-out Sarfaraz Khan scored 62 runs from 66 balls. On his way to 62 runs, he hit 9 fours and one six.