India batter Sarfaraz Khan’s laborious work got here to fruition when he smashed a trendy 62 of 66 balls whereas coming in at quantity six as he placed on a glowing present of batting on Day 1 of the third Test towards England and regarded on target to hit a giant rating. However, miscommunication with star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja within the center minimize brief his beautiful debut innings as he was run out by Mark Wood on the non-striker’s finish. Sarfaraz spiced up a strong day for the hosts slamming a spectacular 62 off 66 deliveries earlier than falling prey to a miscommunication.

After his dismissal, Sarfaraz regarded visibly distraught whereas sitting contained in the dressing room. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ravichandran Ashwin have been fast to console him after his dismissal.

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Sarfaraz was requested concerning the incident in the course of the press convention following the day’s play in Rajkot, and the batter appeared unconcerned.

“There was a little miscommunication. This is part of the game. Sometimes there is a run-out, sometimes there is a run, and sometimes there is not. So all this goes on. He (Jadeja) said that there was a little miscommunication. And I said that it is okay. It happens. There is nothing big in it,” Sarfaraz stated throughout a post-day press convention.

The 26-year-old thanked the all-rounder for helping him by means of his debut. Sarfaraz was apprehensive within the first few balls of his innings, even top-edging a slog sweep. Sarfaraz claimed that Jadeja calmed his nervousness and suggested him to play a prolonged innings.

“When I was batting with Jadeja, I told him to play while communicating with me. I like to play that way. He helped me out a lot and supported me. He helped me control my nerves and told me to spend as much time as possible on the crease to understand everything. That is what I did and I scored runs,” he added.

As India selected to bat first, Sarfaraz was able to go from ball one, because the hosts misplaced three wickets within the first hour. But Sarfaraz needed to wait as Rohit Sharma and Jadeja teamed for an important fourth-wicket stand of 204 runs.

“I had been sitting for almost 4 hours padded up. So I was just thinking that I have kept so much patience in life, I’ll keep a little more. Then after that, I went inside, initially, I was a little nervous because it was my first time, but I had practised and put in so much hard work that everything went well,” the 26-year-old stated.

“I felt a little strange in the first couple of overs. Because I was coming for the first time. And for so long, it was a dream to play. But later it felt like I had done this thing. When I went into the zone, I didn’t feel so difficult after that,” he added.

India completed the opening day 326/5 on board with Jadeja (110) and Kuldeep Yadav (1) standing unbeaten on the crease.

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