Fitter, leaner Sarfaraz gears up for upcoming India A tour of England

In red ball cricket

- Sanjjeev K Samyal

MUMBAI: Sarfaraz Khan is eagerly looking forward to playing his first match for India A in England. It is going to be a perfect platform for the batter to showcase the kind of preparation he has done for the upcoming five-Test series in England. Under the guidance of his father-coach, Naushad Khan, the Mumbai batter has left no stone unturned in his bid to prove that he has the game to perform in all conditions, and not just on home tracks.

Apart from going through long hours of batting drills, he has worked extra hard on fitness over the last two months. He has switched to a strict diet plan, and the benefits were evident when he came for the T20 Mumbai League auctions as the icon player of the Aakash Tigers Mumbai Western Suburbs along with Suryakumar Yadav. His leaner look earned compliments from everyone.

"Looking at Sarfaraz, I am also following him. We have stopped making rice and rotis at home. It's mainly grilled chicken, grilled fish, boiled eggs, vegetables etc. Sarfaraz has shed 9kg in the last one-and-a-half months," said Naushad, an ex-Western Railway cricketer.