Sarfraz Khan's maiden Test century reduced India's deficit

Sarfraz Khan's maiden Test century reduced India's deficit

Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant heaped on 113 runs in the first part of the day meeting on Day 4 to help India to 344 for 3, cutting down the shortfall to 12 runs at Lunch on Saturday (October 19). Downpour carried an early finish to the meeting, with 105 minutes of play conceivable, during which Sarfaraz proceeded to indent up his maiden Test ton and Pant blasted away to another 50 years.

Sarfaraz Khan found opportunity to get rolling, hitting William O'Rourke for several limits over the slips in the second over of the day, and then, at that point, spotted Matt Henry through crevasse for another limit. The limit fest went on in the accompanying overs with Pant additionally joining the demonstration before long.

The choice to test Sarfaraz Khan with an outside the offstump line didn't deliver profits as he utilized the spots, flicks, lofts and uppercuts to great impact in transit to his hundred years, which accompanied a punch through cover.

Pant, who had taken on a supporting role till then, got rolling by muscling Tim Southee for a six straight down the ground prior to slicing him through point and cover. He dispensed a more extreme treatment to Ajaz Patel, pursuing the left-arm spinner. He crushed two sixes and a four off one over to guarantee the scoring rate was solid in any event, when Sarfaraz had moved to a marginally safe methodology.

It required 48 minutes into Day 4 for New Zealand to convey the principal maiden over of the day, when Ajaz kept Sarfaraz Khan calm. There were just interesting minutes whenever New Zealand felt they got an opportunity. There were several legbefore requests, and a short snapshot of miscommunication among Pant and Sarfaraz which luckily for the hosts didn't bring about anything extreme.