New Delhi. Indian cricket team's promising batsman Sarfaraz Khan scored a brilliant double century in the Irani Cup. Sarfaraz could not make it to the playing eleven in the test series against Bangladesh. After which he was released from the team from the second test match. After being released from Team India, Sarfaraz scored a double-century for Mumbai against the remaining eleven in the Irani Cup. After scoring a double century in Lucknow, Sarfaraz said that he had promised his younger brother Mushir Khan that he would score a double century in this match. Mushir was also a part of the Mumbai team in the Irani Cup but he was out of the team after a road accident.

26-year-old right-handed batsman Sarfaraz Khan played an unbeaten innings of 222 runs in this match. With this, Mumbai scored 537 runs in the first innings. Mushir, who was in great form, was coming to Lucknow by car with his father Naushad Khan to participate in this match but his car crashed. Sarfaraz said after the third day's play, 'Yes, it has been an emotional week for me. I had promised my family and teammates that if I was able to spend some time at the crease, I would score 200. In this, one for me and one for my brother.'

'If Musheer was a part of the match…'
The veteran domestic cricket batsman said, 'If he (Musheer) was a part of this match, then Abbu would have been very proud. Unfortunately, he had to face an accident. In such a situation, I thought that I would try to score a double century in this match.' Sarfaraz said that he has talked to his brother who is seven years younger than him. Sarfaraz is a part of the Indian team while Musheer is also knocking on the door for it.

Sarfaraz is the first player to achieve this feat. Sarfaraz
, who scored a half-century against England in the Dharamsala Test in March, said, 'Yes, I spoke to him. He is fine but it will take two to three months to recover completely.' Sarfaraz is the first player to score a double century in the Irani Cup for Mumbai.