Sarfaraz Khan slams maiden double ton against UP in a bid to uplift Mumbai's fallen spirit

Uplifting Mumbai's fallen spirits in Ranji Trophy this season, youngster Sarfaraz Khan slammed his maiden double century on Wednesday against Uttar Pradesh on day 4 at Wankhede Stadium. With skipper Aditya Tare holding fort from or end, Sarfaraz Khan laced his double century with 23 fours and six maximums off 277 deliveries he faced to breach 200-run mark. Despite, Tare and Sarfaraz's combined effort, Mumbai still trail by 85 runs at Tea Break on day 4. 

Sarfaraz celebrated his achievement by ackwledging his teammates and far-cum-coach Naushad Khan who watched his son's spectacular innings from stands. Mumbai skipper Aditya Tare also contributed significantly as he tched up 97 runs before falling to Rinku Singh. Uttar Pradesh's mammoth first innings total rested on shoulders of Upendra Yadav who also remained unbeaten as he tched up his double century as well. 

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Sarfaraz-Lad take UP bowlers to cleaners

Sarfaraz, who was playing against UP for first time since returning to Mumbai from UP made most of opportunity which had come his way. Lad and Sarfaraz took UP bowlers to task and once again rallied innings. While Lad played his usual game, Sarfaraz was more aggressive in his approach as y shared an unbroken 115-run stand till tea. Mumbai went to tea at 243/4, 382 runs behind. After tea, duo kept frustrating opposition bowlers and kept score-board ticking.

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Lad got a life on 77 when Wajid dropped a hard chance on his own bowling. Sarfaraz completed his second first-class hundred off 107 balls with a fluent on-drive off Saurabh Kumar and n he was going all guns blazing. He hammered consecutive sixes off pacer Wajid Ali as Mumbai reduced deficit. Lad, however, missed his ninth first-class hundred, after he was caught by Yadav off slow-left arm bowler Mohammed Saif. He was dismissed at fag-end of day, after batting with Sarfaraz for 215 minutes.

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Im Credits: PTI