Hyderabad: Indian batter Sarfaraz Khan became the youngest Mumbai batter to score a double century in the Irani Cup. The 26-year-old achieved the feat on the second day of the ongoing Irani Cup fixture in Lucknow. He reached 200 from 253 deliveries. Sarfaraz Khan scored a double-century at the age of 26 years and 346 days. Yashasvi Jaiswal is the youngest batter to do so in the tournament as he scored a 200 at the age of 21 years and 63 days.
Sarfaraz inked history by amassing the highest individual score by a Mumbai batter in the Irani Cup. He surpassed the previous record of 195 set by Ramnath Parkar in 1972. His knock put Mumbai in a dominant position courtesy of the 15th first-class century.
The other batters to achieve the feat at a young age are Pravin Amre (22 years and 80 days) and the legendary Gundappa Viswanath (25 years and 255 days). Sarafaraz stayed Not Out at 221 by the end of the day. Mumbai were at 536/9 after two days of play thanks to Sarfaraz’s brilliance in the field.
Ajinkya Rahane also played a key role in the total of the team with a knock of 97 runs. Shreyas Iyer and Tanush Kotian also contributed by scoring fifties.
Along with becoming the youngest Mumbai batter, he joined an elite list of star cricketers including Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Shikhar Dhawan, and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Sarfaraz continues to be one of the emerging talents in the Indian cricket.
