Lucknow: Mumbai's star batsman Sarfaraz Khan's double century has not only put pressure on the Rest of India in the Irani Cup match but may also create problems for experienced KL Rahul before the Indian team tours Australia next month. Sarfaraz is playing after scoring 221 runs in 276 balls and became the first batsman to score a double century in Irani Cup for 42-time champions Mumbai. At the end of the second day's play, Mumbai had scored 536 runs for nine wickets.

Despite brother Musheer being injured, he played a brilliant innings

Wasim Jaffer (Vidarbha), Ravi Shastri, Praveen Amre, and Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rest of India) have scored double centuries in the Irani Cup. This week was difficult for Sarfaraz as his younger brother Mushir was out of action for 16 weeks due to injuries in a road accident. Mushir was also supposed to play this match.

Sarfraz scored an unbeaten 221 runs.

Sarfaraz hit 25 fours and four sixes in his innings. Captain Ajinkya Rahane (97 runs in 234 balls) missed the century by three runs but the second day was completely in Sarfaraz's name. This is his 15th first-class century. With this, he has again presented his claim for the middle order in the Indian Test team. Rahul, who took back his place from Sarfaraz in the middle order, performed well in Kanpur but the team management and Rahul himself know how big a challenge Sarfaraz poses. Sarfaraz added 183 runs for the seventh wicket with Tanush Kotian (64).