New Delhi. Sarfaraz Khan played a brilliant inning of 150 runs in the first match of the three-match Test series being played between India and New Zealand. Even after this excellent innings, there is doubt about his playing in the second match. He had played in the first match in place of Shubman Gill, now after his return there is discussion about whether this player will play or not. Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra said that this has happened before also. Karun Nair was out of the playing eleven in the next match after scoring a triple century.
The Indian cricket team had to face defeat by eight wickets at the hands of New Zealand in the Bengaluru Test. In the match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, India was reduced to 46 runs in the first innings. Making a comeback in the second innings, the team scored 462 runs. In this innings, Sarfaraz Khan scored 150 runs in 195 balls which included 18 fours and three sixes.
Sarfaraz got a place in the playing eleven of the Bengaluru Test because Shubman Gill was out due to neck strain. After the end of this match, he was seen practicing batting in Bengaluru. Gill's return in the second test is considered certain, so the question before the team management is that who among KL Rahul or Sarfaraz will be dropped so that Gill can be included in the team?
In this regard, former Indian opener Aakash Chopra reminded Karun Nair how India's second triple centurion after Virender Sehwag was dropped from the playing eleven even after scoring 303 unbeaten runs against England in Chennai in 2016. . He was played in place of Ajinkya Rahane and after Rahane's return, Nair was dropped.
Chopra said on Geo Cinema, “There is a theory, Karun Nair scored 300 runs, but he was dropped in the next match, why? Because he was playing in place of Ajinkya Rahane in that match and with the return of Rahane, Nair was dropped. The Test career of a player which perhaps could have been better…did not happen. According to this theory, Sarfaraz will have to sit out, but I think this will not happen. There is another important thing in Indian cricket – external noise – and it is in Sarfaraz's favor at the moment,”
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FIRST PUBLISHED : October 23, 2024, 07:00 IST
