New Delhi: A day after Sarfaraz Khan earned a maiden national call-up as he was picked in India’s squad for the second Test against England, his younger brother Musheer Khan lit up the ongoing Under-19 World Cup in South Africa with his second century of the tournament.
With this ton, Musheer Khan has become the second Indian batter to score two or more centuries in a single U19 World Cup edition.
Shikhar Dhawan owns the record of scoring three centuries in a single U19 World Cup and achieved the special feat in 2004. Jack Burnham of England matched this record in the 2016 World Cup for the Colts scoring three tons in the competition.
Musheer Khan now has a chance to match Dhawan’s record and even go past him in the upcoming matches if India makes it to the semifinal and final of the tournament. Other notable players to score two tons in the U19 World Cup edition are – Dewald Brevis, Ariful Islam, Alick Athanaze, and Alastair Cook among many others.
