NEW DELHI: 'Chase your dreams, they do come true' - that's what master blaster Sachin Tendulkar said in front of a jam-packed Wankhede Stadium while bidding adieu to international cricket in 2013. That statement fits perfectly into the script of Mumbai cricketer Sarfaraz Khan who has put in the hard yards in domestic cricket to earn an India call-up.
The BCCI selection committee on Monday added Sarfaraz, left-arm spinner Sourabh Kumar, and all-rounder Washington Sundar to the squad for the second Test against England.
It is a maiden national call-up for Sarfaraz after a stellar domestic cricket show and more recently in the India A series against England Lions.
1/10:India vs England 1st Test: Statistical Highlights
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2/10:Ollie Pope
<p>Ollie Pope's 196 is his second highest Test score behind the 205 vs Ireland at Lord's in June 2023. </p>IANS
3/10:Joe Root
<p>Just three England batters have amassed more runs in an innings in India - 218 by Joe Root in 2021; 207 by Mike Gatting in 1985 and 201 by Graeme Fowler in 1985 - all three at Chennai. </p>IANS
4/10:Tom Hartley
<p>Tom Hartley's figures of 7/62 are the fifth best bowling performance against India on Test debut and also the best for an England spinner on Test debut in the post-war era (since 1945). </p>PTI
5/10:9 wickets
<p>Tom Hartley's nine wickets in a match are the joint-most since Robert Berry's 9/116 vs West Indies in Manchester in 1950. </p>PTI
6/10:2nd highest losing 1st innings score
<p>India's total of 436 is their second highest losing first innings score in India, resulting in a defeat behind the 449 against Pakistan at Bengaluru in 2005. </p>PTI
7/10:Shubman Gill
<p>Shubman Gill averages 17.30 (173 runs in his last 11 innings without a 50), the highest being 36 against South Africa at Cape Town this month) since making 128 against Australia at Ahmedabad (March 2023). </p>AFP
8/10:Defeat for India
<p>190 is the second highest first innings lead resulting in a defeat for India in a Test match - the highest being 192 against Sri Lanka at Galle in 2015. </p>AFP
9/10:4th narrowest Test defeat
<p>This is the fourth narrowest Test defeat for India by runs (28), behind 12 runs vs Pakistan in Chennai 1999, 16 runs vs Australia in Brisbane 1977 and 16 vs Pakistan in Bengaluru 1987. </p>AFP
10/10:England seamers
<p>This is the first instance that there was no wicket for England seamers in a Test in post war era (since 1945), where they have taken all 20 opposition wickets. </p>ReutersSarfaraz was included in the squad after India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and batter KL Rahul were ruled out due to injuries. Jadeja sustained a hamstring injury while going for a quick single on Sunday while Rahul complained of pain in his right quadriceps.
After the maiden call-up, Sarfaraz, who scored 220 runs in 2 matches against England Lions at an average of ___, took to Instagram and shared a series of pictures.
Sarfaraz shared a heartwarming Instagram story featuring his father, as the motivational song ‘Badal Pe Paon Hain’ from the Bollywood film Chak De India plays in the background.
