If you want to play 5-day cricket, you have to be patient, Sarfaraz Khan

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Visakhapatnam. Right-handed batsman Sarfaraz Khan believes that to play a five-day Test match, one has to be patient and practice every day, which is one of the reasons why he can play the whole day.
Sarfaraz is one of three players included in the Indian Test squad as Ravindra Jadeja (hamstring injury) and KL Rahul (right quadriceps soreness) have been ruled out of the second Test against England starting on Friday at the ACA-VDCA Stadium. Has gone, which has given him a chance. Long-awaited international call-up. Sarfaraz, who has been a prolific run-scorer for Mumbai in the last three seasons of domestic cricket, played a brilliant inning of 161 off 160 balls as India A defeated England Lions in the second four-day match in Ahmedabad. And lost by 16 runs. His first-class cricket average is 69.85. “My strength is that I am not satisfied easily. I play 500-600 balls every day. If I cannot play at least 200-300 balls in a match, I Feels like I haven’t done anything special. Now it has become a habit. Practice in the morning, afternoon and evening.” Sarfaraz told GeoCinema, “I am addicted to only one thing, batting and facing the balls. . If you want to play five-day cricket, you have to be patient and practice every day. I play cricket all day long and that’s why I can stay on the pitch for a long time. He also revealed which cricketers he likes to watch play and how he tries to increase his understanding of the game. “I love watching Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Sir Vivian Richards and even Javed Miandad because my father tells me I play like them. I also watch Joe Root bat.”Whoever To be successful, I’m watching them see how they’re doing it so I can learn and apply it while I’m in the middle. I want to continue to do that, whether it is in Ranji Trophy or playing for India in the future. Sarfaraz also talked about the role of his father Naushad in his development as a cricketer. “My father introduced me to cricket, and I always wondered why I was playing. By nature I am an aggressive batsman and I used to get out earlier than others and was finding it difficult to score big runs. It was disappointing to see him succeed. I wouldn’t have been involved in the runs. “Even when I moved from Mumbai to UP, he would take flights to see me. He used to start bowling to me on the terrace or on the road before the selection trials. Now I realize the impact and importance of those efforts. He concludes, “When I came back to Mumbai from UP, I was scared that it would end my career and I strongly felt that there was no future ahead of me. But my father always stood by me. There are no guarantees in life if you don’t do that. But my father always believed in hard work, and whatever I have is the result of that work. ”–IANS

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