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If Shubman Gill plays the Pune Test, who among KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan will sit out? | Cricket News

If Shubman Gill plays the Pune Test, who among KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan will sit out? | Cricket News

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The net bowlers were tiring, the support staff members were busily packing their kitbags, most of his colleagues had retreated. Yet, Shubman Gill refused to leave the nets, driving throw-downs from 18 yards and lofting spinners over mid-on by standing in the crease and just extending his arms. Often, one of the support staff would drop by and enquire about his neck. Gill would give the thumbs up and on cue, twist his neck sideways for a paddle sweep, to show that he was ready for Pune. After missing the Bengaluru Test due to a neck sprain, Gill could return to the eleven in Pune, provided the doctors certify him as fully fit, and straightaway retain his No.3 spot. Batting coach Ryan ten Doeschate was classically non-committal: “He’s batted last week in Bengaluru (nets), he had a few nets. He’s got a little bit of discomfort, but I’ll think he will be good to go for the Test.” If Gill is brought in, it will bring a selection dilemma because only one among KL Rahul …

How Rishabh Pant’s chef is helping Sarfaraz Khan get fitter for India’s tour of Australia | Cricket News

How Rishabh Pant’s chef is helping Sarfaraz Khan get fitter for India’s tour of Australia | Cricket News

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To get fitter for India’s tour of Australia, Sarfaraz Khan has been using the services of a chef suggested by Rishabh Pant. Suryakumar Yadav told The Indian Express about Sarfaraz’s effort to get fitter for the nearly two-month long five-Test series in Australia. “Sarfaraz is working on his fitness with the Indian team strength and conditioning coach and Rishabh (Pant) has provided him with a chef who is taking care of his food. The intent is that by the time he reaches Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, his body is in a better shape. Fitness is important in this sport as he gets older, body will change. He is working hard now, he will be fine in future,” Suryakumar told The Indian Express. In the past, Sarfaraz has come under criticism for his fitness, and Suryakumar explained how it’s an unfair perception. “His body type might make him look fat but if you ask him to bat 450 balls, score double hundred, triple hundred, daddy hundred, he has that skill. I think the team has …

EXCLUSIVE: Suryakumar Yadav raves on Sarfaraz Khan hundred: ‘What matters is getting runs and he knows how to get them’ | Cricket News

EXCLUSIVE: Suryakumar Yadav raves on Sarfaraz Khan hundred: ‘What matters is getting runs and he knows how to get them’ | Cricket News

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Sarfaraz Khan’s shots might look awkward sometimes, or one can argue that he scores more square of the wicket, as he did in this Bengaluru Test, but for me and him, what matters is getting runs. Be it anyhow, anywhere. Run toh run hota hai. And Sarfaraz knows how to get them. I have known him for more than 15 years now; he made his Mumbai Ranji debut under my captaincy. He has revived his game, especially in the past three years; he has scored everywhere. It’s his grit and determination that has taken him here. Today the Ranji game started at 9:30 am and only our manager has phone access. Just 15-20 minutes in, the manager told us that he was batting on 93. I thought he was joking; so we took the phone to check. In 20 minutes, he had gone from 70 to 93 runs! We all saw his hundred in the dressing room. It was a different feeling for me because there is a connection with him and his family. I …

Sarfaraz Khan is giving the finger to ‘Mumbai school of batting’: Manjrekar | Cricket News

Sarfaraz Khan is giving the finger to ‘Mumbai school of batting’: Manjrekar | Cricket News

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Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar heaped praise on Sarfaraz Khan after his maiden Test hundred helped India come out of the doldrums against New Zealand in the first Test in Bengaluru on Saturday. The 26-year-old has waited for a long time to receive his India cap. While he relished it with a couple of fifites in the home series against England earlier this year, Sarfaraz was out from the playing XI during last month’s Test series against Bangladesh. The Mumbaikar responded with a double hundred in the Irani Cup before replacing an injured Shubman Gill in the ongoing clash against the Kiwis. Putting a first-innings blob behind him with an innings replete of uncharacteristic shot-making comprising late cuts, upper-cuts and slog-sweeps, Sarfaraz reached his maiden Test ton in only 110 balls. Leading the applause for Sarfaraz was Manjrekar, who commended his style, uncommon for a cricketer from the Mumbai cricketing circles, typically known for their ‘khadoos’ batting. Love how Sarfaraz Khan is giving the finger to the ‘Mumbai school of batting’ 😉Finally, it’s all about …

Sarfaraz Khan slays demons, snubs critics with his hundred, and his deadly late-cut | Cricket News

Sarfaraz Khan slays demons, snubs critics with his hundred, and his deadly late-cut | Cricket News

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A back-foot punch to the cover fence rang in the moment Sarfaraz Khan had waited for all his life. A Test hundred. As he watched the ball tumble to the boundary cushion, from the corner of his eyes, even as he was running his second run, he took off. He sprinted aimlessly in cathartic joy, in the direction of square leg, then skidded and stopped, leapt as high as he could, landed and stood like a statue, hands aloft. He strolled back, kissed his helmet and badge, and gazed skywards, still drowned in a child-like, unalloyed joy. A deluge of memories would have flooded his mind. The childhood years when his cricket tragic father Naushad, who used to hawk track pants and caps on railway platforms, devoted endless mornings honing his son’s batting skills in a makeshift practice platform in a corner of the Azad Maidan. He was making his son live his own unfulfilled cricketing dream, the reason he squeezed into the general compartment of a Mumbai-bound train from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh. The …