Sarfaraz was adjudged Man of the Match for scoring 74, taking four catches and picking up a wicket.
Prithvi Shaw, Armaan Jaffer and Sarfaraz Khan are the country’s most talked about school cricketers who have grabbed the eyeballs with their amazing batting efforts. Nishad Pai Vaidya explores their tales and the sacrifices made by their respective fathers.
Sarfaraz Khan, the precocious 15-year old batsman from Mumbai, made a name for himself by smashing 101 from only 66 deliveries for India Under-19s against South Africa in the ongoing quadrangular tournament at Visakhapatnam. Nishad Pai Vaidya and Sarang Bhalerao go behind the scenes and talk to the people responsible in the making of Sarfaraz.
In 2011, six-year-old Musheer Khan, left-arm spinner from Anjuman-I-Islam Allana English school became the youngest cricketer to play Giles Shield Under-14 tournament.
At a time when children of his age are busy playing video games or watching cartoons, eight-year-old Musheer Khan leads the life of a professional cricketer. Two weeks after he became the youngest cricketer to feature in the prestigious Kanga League tournament, Musheer added another feather to his cap by becoming the youngest to take a five-wicket haul in the tournament’s 65-year-old history.
Musheer Khan, aged eight, on Sunday became the youngest cricketer to play the Dr HD Kanga Cricket League.