"I Am On 0": Unhappy Sunil Gavaskar Serves 'Don Bradman' Reminder To Sarfaraz Khan After Dismissal vs England

Sarfaraz Khan's good run since he made his Test debut continued on Friday with his third half-centiry in five innings. After consistent performances in domestic cricket and much wait, Sarfaraz Khan made his Test debut in Rajkot and scored half-centutres in both the innings. In Dharamsala, on the second day of the fifth Test against England, Sarfaraz Khan 56 off 60 balls. His entertaining knock consisted eight fours and one six.

However, just when it looked likr, Sarfaraz was going to get a big score, he fell on the first ball of the third session to Shoaib Bashir. Sarfaraz was caught by Joe Root at slips as his late cut went wrong. Before that, Sarfaraz Khan and Devdutt Padikkal had struck a 95-plus stand. After Sarfaraz's dismissal, India lost wickets in quick succession.

Former Indian cricket team captain Sunil Gavaskar was not satisfied with the attempt by Sarfaraz Khan.

"The ball was pitched up; it wasn't short enough for that shot. Goes for it and pays the price. I mean you are playing the first ball after tea. Give yourself a little sighter. Don Bradman said to me 'Every ball that I face, even if I am on 200, I think I am on 0.' And here is [Sarfaraz] is… playing such a shot first ball of the session," Gavaskar said during commentary in JioCinema.

England mounted a comeback in the final session of the second day with a clinical bowling performance but India's resilient tail end kept the hosts in front in the final Test at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium on Friday.
At the end of the day's play, India posted a total of 473/8 on the board, leading by 255 runs with Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah unbeaten with scores of 27(55) and 19(55) respectively.

Shoaib Bashir lifted England's spirits by removing