Sarfaraz Khan has expressed his excitement at the prospect of sharing the Indian team dressing room with the legendary Virat Kohli during the upcoming two-match Test series against Bangladesh, which begins on Thursday, September 19 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
While Sarfaraz has already shared a dressing room with Kohli during his stint with the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), he is particularly excited about the opportunity to do so with the Indian national team. Kohli was not part of Sarfaraz’s debut international series earlier this year against England due to personal reasons. However, both players have been selected for the squad for the first Test against Bangladesh.
“His passion and spirit are unmatched. Whenever I saw him, even in pre-match meetings, he would take charge and tell everyone how many runs he would score with a particular bowler and explain it to everyone. Having the courage to stand up and speak with such positivity in front of everyone and then give it his all the next day is a unique skill,” Sarfaraz told JioCinema. (‘A different style, but not…’: Rohit Sharma compares Gautam Gambhir’s coaching staff with Rahul Dravid’s)
“I met him at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium for the first time. He had scored 45 runs off 21 balls here and he bowed to me. I had a lot of fun that day. It was a dream to share the dressing room with him in the Indian team; it will come true in the future if I get a chance,” he added.
Sarfaraz made his international debut for India during the home Test series against England this year, which Virat missed due to the birth of his second child. In three matches, Sarfaraz has scored 200 runs at an average of 50.00, with three fifties in five innings and a best score of 68*.
The two-match series between India and Bangladesh will begin on September 19 in Chennai at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. The second long-format match will begin on September 27 in Kanpur. In his first Test assignment, head coach Gautam Gambhir will be keen to secure a series win.
For Rohit Sharma’s team, this series against Bangladesh will be followed by New Zealand’s tour of India for three Tests starting from October 16, and then the much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia starting from November 22.
India squad for the first Test against Bangladesh: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), R Ashwin, R Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal.
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