IPL 2018, RCB vs KXIP: Hits and Misses

#3 Miss: Sarfaraz Khan

Sarfaraz was dismissed for a golden-duck

When a 17-year-old Sarfaraz Khan smashed Rajasthan Royals bowlers all around the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, it made Virat Kohli make a special gesture towards the teenage sensation and applauded the innings.

However, due to fitness and injury issues, Sarfaraz didn’t feature in a lot of games in the next two seasons. But, when retained by RCB this year, there were quite a few eyebrows raised.

In the first game against KKR, Sarfaraz struggled to get going and eventually was dismissed for a sluggish 10-ball 6. In the second game, once again he let his team down as he was dismissed for a golden duck.

Batting at No. 5, Sarfaraz came into bat after the fall of Quinton de Kock’s wicket. With RCB at 87/3, someone needed to put up a good stand with AB de Villiers, but the 20-year-old batsman got out to a poor shot. With a slip in place, Sarfaraz looked to run the ball down to third man and was caught. His wicket left RCB at 87/4.