Legendary South African batter AB de Villiers expressed happiness at India batter Sarfaraz Khan lastly getting an opportunity to make debut at worldwide degree, calling the teenager a “level-headed” and “down-to-earth” man. Sarfaraz lastly received his much-anticipated Test debut and scored twin half-centuries (62 and 68*) throughout India’s 434-run win towards England in third Test at Rajkot. Speaking on his YouTube Channel, de Villiers stated he was pleased with his ex-Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) teammate. “I have played with this boy before and he is a very level-headed and down-to-earth guy. I am really proud of him. It was great to see his dad blow kisses after Sarfaraz reached fifty and it was heartwarming for me to watch.”
Sarfaraz represented RCB between 2015 and 18 within the Indian Premier League (IPL) and received to share the dressing room with the Proteas legend. In 25 matches with the franchise, Sarfaraz scored 228 runs at a median of 20.73, with a strike charge of over 159 in 18 innings. His finest rating was 45*.
Former Proteas batter additionally lauded younger opener Yashasvi Jaiswal for making the “game look so easy”.
“There are not enough words…It is aggressive batting and just makes the game look so easy. I love watching him (Jaiswal) play and it seems like the pressure is always on the bowlers,” stated de Villiers.
Jaiswal achieved a outstanding feat as he turned the primary Indian to attain two double-hundreds towards England in Tests throughout the fourth day of the third Test match in Rajkot on Sunday.
Jaiswal’s first double ton towards England got here within the second Test match in Visakhapatnam, the place he scored 209 runs in India’s first inning. The 22-year-old scored an unbeaten 214-run knock within the third Test match.
Other than the 22-year-old, Virat Kohli, Sunil Gavaskar, Vinod Kambli, Gundappa Viswanath, Rahul Dravid, Cheteshwar Pujara, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi all smashed one Test double hundred towards England.
Jaiswal has additionally smashed essentially the most sixes in a Test collection for India and have become the first-ever participant to hit 20 sixes in a Test collection worldwide with 22 overhead boundaries towards England within the ongoing collection.
He made his Test debut in 2023 towards West Indies. Following that Jaiswal took half in 7 lengthy format matches and 13 innings through which he scored 861 runs at a median of 71.75.
De Villiers additionally praised 24-year-old Shubman Gill for his essential knock of 91 that gave him some “breathing space” within the extremely aggressive setting of Team India.
“He (Gill) has been under pressure and is not in the best of forms. But he played such a crucial knock under pressure and that too at a crucial point in his career. This innings was crucial for him to get some breathing space in that Indian team,” stated de Villiers.
The Punjab batter is the fourth-highest run-scorer within the ongoing collection, aggregating 252 runs throughout six innings at a median of 42 and with a century and a fifty to his identify. After a poor run of kind, Gill has redeemed himself with some fantastic performances within the collection thus far.
The fourth Test will happen in Ranchi from Friday.
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