Sarfaraz Khan‘s dream was actuality on Thursday, February 15 because the batter obtained his debut cap for the continuing third Test 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 match. Despite scoring runs for enjoyable Sarfaraz was usually ignored by selectors. However, 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 Test 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 prospect to bat within the first session on Day 1 as Ravindra Jadeja was promoted up the order after India misplaced three early wickets.

Mark Wood struck twice on his return to the XI whereas Tom Hartley additionally acquired 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 a lot of runs, make no mistake about it. Look at that, an average of 154. Phew. Some of those numbers are absolutely bonkers,” Swann stated on-air.

“He’s been banging at the door for sometime now. Literally waiting for the selectors to look at those scores and give him and entry, which he has got today,” Shastri quipped.

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

Meanwhile, other than Sarfaraz, wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel additionally obtained his maiden Test cap from veteran cricketer Dinesh Karthik.

Both Sarfaraz and Jurel will hope to get some runs underneath their belt at any time when the chance arrives.