Sarfaraz Khan’s dream was actuality on Thursday, February 15 because the batter obtained his debut cap for the continued third Check in opposition to England in Rajkot. For lengthy, Sarfaraz has been knocking on the door for his choice, amassing tons of runs for years within the Ranji Trophy, India’s premiere four-day red-ball event. Regardless of scoring runs for enjoyable Sarfaraz was typically ignored by selectors. Nonetheless, each Sarfaraz and his father Naushad Khan emphasised on following the method.

It was an emotional day for Sarfaraz’s household because the batter obtained his maiden Check cap from former India captain Anil Kumble.

With tears rolling down his eyes, Sarfaraz’s father, Naushad took the cap from his son and kissed the badge on it.

Sarfaraz did not get the possibility to bat within the first session on Day 1 as Ravindra Jadeja was promoted up the order after India misplaced three early wickets.

Mark Wooden struck twice on his return to the XI whereas Tom Hartley additionally received his reward after Ben Stokes gave the ball to him early within the session.

With Yashsvi Jaiswal (10), Shubman Gill (0) and Rajat Patidar (5) again within the hut, Jadeja was promoted up the order.

As Sarfaraz’s Ranji Trophy numbers popped up on the display screen, former England spinner Graeme Swann and ex-India head coach Ravi Shastri reserved excessive reward for the batter.

“This lad has been making quite a lot of runs, make no mistake about it. Take a look at that, a median of 154. Phew. A few of these numbers are completely bonkers,” Swann stated on-air.

“He is been banging on the door for someday now. Actually ready for the selectors to have a look at these scores and provides him and entry, which he has received as we speak,” Shastri quipped.

Over the previous 4 seasons in Ranji Trophy, Sarfaraz went on a rampage scoring 2466 runs from 27 innings. He scored almost 1000 runs in two of those 4 seasons – – 928 in 2019/20 and one other 982 in 2022/23.

In the meantime, aside from Sarfaraz, wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel additionally obtained his maiden Check cap from veteran cricketer Dinesh Karthik.

Each Sarfaraz and Jurel will hope to get some runs below their belt each time the chance arrives.