Sarfaraz Khan brought up his maiden Test century for India during Day 4 of the ongoing India vs New Zealand Test match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on October 19 (Saturday). Sarafarz’s ton came in just 110 balls as he played a significant role in reducing India’s run deficit in the third innings of the first IND vs NZ Test in the three-match series.
Sarfaraz Khan registered his second duck in Tests in the first innings of the IND vs NZ match when India were bundled out for just 46 runs, recording their lowest innings total in a Test at home. However, a strong fight back followed in the second innings, led by Sarfaraz. He came to the crease after Indian captain Rohit Sharma's wicket, who fell after a half-century. Along with Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz formed a crucial 136-run partnership before Kohli lost his wicket on the final ball of Day 3.
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Come Day 4, Sarfaraz started right from where he left and continued his stroke-making against the NZ bowlers. In his innings of 107 runs off 130 balls (at the time of writing), Sarfaraz hit 14 boundaries and three sixes. Notably, over 45% of Sarafarz's runs came in the third-man region.
Coming to the first half of the IND vs NZ Test, after bowling India out for just 46 runs, New Zealand posted a strong total of 402 runs, with help from Rachin Ravindra's hundred and half-centuries off the bats of Devon Conway and Tim Southee.