IND VS NZ: Sarfaraz started jumping on the field like Miandad, remembered the incident of 1992 World Cup

New DelhiSarfaraz Khan scored his first Test century at the Bangalore ground and his trouble-shooting partnership with Rishabh Pant brought India back into the match.
During this partnership, a scene was seen on the field which brought to mind the 1992 World Cup. Rishabh Pant narrowly escaped being run out on the first ball of the 56th over of the innings. Actually, Sarfaraz bowled a good length delivery from Matt Henry. He pushed the ball at deep backward point and took out a single, but without looking at the fielder, he went for the second run. In such a situation, Sarfaraz stopped him by shouting.

Virat Rohit Gautam laughed

Sarfaraz Khan was so eager to send Pant back that he started jumping on the pitch to convince Rishabh Pant not to run away. Seeing Sarfaraz Khan's jump, the entire Indian team including Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma sitting in the dressing room could not stop themselves from laughing. Pant was lucky that Daryl Mitchell was well ahead of the stumps while the throw did not hit the stumps. Commentator Ravi Shastri said while enjoying, 'Sarfaraz Khan is enjoying rain dance here.

Remembered Miandad Kiran More controversy

Seeing the way Sarfaraz Khan jumped on the pitch, a 32-year-old incident came to mind. The dispute between Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad and Indian wicketkeeper Kiran More during the 1992 World Cup match between India and Pakistan is still discussed a lot. Javed Miandad did the famous frog jump to tease Kiran More in that match. World Cup match played between India and Pakistan on 4 March 1992

Sarfaraz became hero from zero

Meanwhile, Sarfaraz Khan scored his first Test century on the morning of the fourth day. He achieved this milestone in just 110 balls. Sarfaraz Khan was seen happily waving his bat towards the Indian dressing room. In this way, he made Test history. Became the 22nd Indian batsman to score a duck and a century in the same Test. Shubman Gill, who was sitting out of this match due to fitness problem, had recently achieved a similar feat in the Chennai Test against Bangladesh.

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