IND vs NZ 1st Test Sarfaraz Khan Century: In the first test match against New Zealand, Team India's first innings was reduced to just 46 runs, after which the New Zealand batsmen looked brilliant in the first innings and took a lead of 356 runs by scoring 402 runs in the first innings against Team India, after which Team India had the challenge of overcoming this lead and setting a big target for New Zealand to win, after which Team India made a good start in the second innings thanks to the partnership of 72 runs for the first wicket between captain Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal. After which Virat Kohli, understanding the needs of the team, came back to his rhythm and played a valuable inning of 70 runs.
This is how Team India handled the game on the third day
Team India got the first blow on 72 runs, second on 95 runs and third blow on 231 runs and after that came the acquittal of Sarfaraz Khan who had returned to the pavilion without opening the account in the first innings and he had better coordination with Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant. While playing together, he scored his first century in Test cricket. Indian team's assistant coach Abhishek Nayar (Abhishek Nayar on Sarfaraz Khan Century vs NZ) hopes that Sarfaraz Khan will continue his excellent domestic form in international cricket as well. The Mumbai batsman scored his first Test century in the first session of the fourth day being played against New Zealand on Saturday.
Sarfaraz started playing ahead of the 70 runs scored on Friday evening and along with Rishabh Pant continued to try to get India out of trouble. This innings was very important after India's first innings was reduced to only 46 runs, because it was India's lowest score at home in Test cricket. Both the players together made a partnership of 113 runs, in which Pant scored his 12th Test half-century. After this rain stopped the game. At that time India had scored 344/3 in 71 overs and was 12 runs behind New Zealand. Sarfaraz had made an important partnership of 136 runs with Virat Kohli (70), before Glenn Phillips dismissed Kohli on the last ball of the third day.
Abhishek Nair said about Sarfaraz Khan
“We know Sarfaraz Khan for centuries, double centuries and triple centuries. So I hope at the end of the day we can make him the best in domestic cricket,” Nair said in a video posted by the BCCI on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). We will see Sarfaraz Khan playing in the same style at the international level and he will score a triple century.” Nair further said, “Sometimes when the circumstances are against you, you expect Indian players to make a comeback, and this is the spirit we have in our dressing room. When you are in trouble, this attitude of fighting is there in us.” “It happens naturally.”
“If we play the first 15-20 overs without losing wickets, I think we can score 300-350 runs by the end of the day and then challenge New Zealand on the last day. The ideal situation would be that we get on the board.” But score 250 runs and put New Zealand on the backfoot.”
Coach Ryan ten Doeschate also praised the team's spirit.
India's second assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate also praised the team's spirit after the big setback in the first innings. He said, “Today was a good day. We worked hard and played brilliantly till the last ball. Maybe it was a big turning point in the Test, but it means we have given ourselves a chance to get back into the game. Whatever the situation, we find solutions and I think it would have been easy to give up after such a big deficit, but we feel that we are still in the match, and our team. Has shown the spirit of never giving up, this is our way.”
(With IANS inputs)
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