Probably, India's middle-order batsman, Sarfaraz Khan, would have been one among five batting failures who failed to open their account during India's uninspiring first innings effort with the bat in the ongoing first Test against New Zealand at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. However, he ensured that he made something more than what his first innings effort seemed to lack, in fact 150 more, as his splendid knock was one of the main stimuli for India to post an increasingly competitive second innings total on the board, irrespective of how the match pans out for them. Also Read | Watch: Ramandeep Singh's Jaw-Dropping Catch to Dismiss Yasir Former India cricketer, Sanjay Manjrekar, was full of praise for Sarfaraz, especially the way he played out New Zealand's pacers. "Very happy to see the way he plays fast bowlers, and he has played fast bowlers before as well against England. This was a pitch very similar to the foreign pitches that we get, where there is a bit of pace and bounce. Interestingly, I am imagining him on a flatter pitch in Australia, where there isn't a lot of seam movement," stated Manjrekar, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo. "He is going to give migraines to those Australian bowlers because of the shots that he plays. There is certainity, there is calmness, and if you see the close-up of Sarfaraz, he always watches the ball onto his bat. He has a tremendous hand-eye coordination. His technique isn't bad for Australia. I will be very excited to see how he goes, and he is a definite candidate, and he should walk into the India playing XI against Australia," added Manjrekar. It was really nice to see the intent with which Sarfaraz approached his knock. He is not appearing to be scared of taking the charge to the bowlers, something that the selectors are expected to have taken cognizance of. With India's squad not announced yet, Sarfaraz's innings provides him with a significant boost ahead of some other contenders for Australian Tour.