Wednesday, 13 April 2016

IPL 2016: Sarfaraz Khan is like my son, says Chris Gayle

West Indies superstar batsman Chris Gayle praises young Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman  Sarfaraz Khan, who he feels is one of the future stars of the Indian cricket team.

In match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium ,RCB lost his first wicket veyr early, Despite the early loss of Gayle (1) in the second over, AB De Villiers (82) and skipper Virat Kohli (75) hit fifties,

However, it was young India batsman Sarfaraz who blasted unbeaten 35 off just 10 deliveries to set the tempo towards the end.

The 18-year-old young guy Sarfaraz continued his hitting stroke-play in the final over too, hitting Bangladesh fast blower Mustafizur Rahman for a six and four to take RCB to the final big total.

On his camaraderie with Sarfaraz, Gayle said: "We get along well. Sarfaraz keeps texting me and the way he played today was fantastic. He's too young and he's like a son to me. He's definitely one for the future and one must keep an eye on him," he concluded.


Sarfaraz, RCB, IPL 2016
Sarfaraz, RCB, IPL 2016

0 comments:

Post a Comment