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Sarfaraz and Musheer: Two brothers, 7,625km apart, one scored a century for India A, the other for India colts in U-19 World Cup

Naushad Khan was flooded with congratulatory messages and calls the moment he switched on his phone after landing in Mumbai. His elder son, Sarfaraz, playing for India A, had scored a first-class century against England Lions in Ahmedabad, while 7,625km away at Bloemfontein, his younger one Musheer had scored a match-winning ton in India’s 201-run win over Ireland in the U-19 World Cup.“There are 800 unseen messages on my WhatsApp. All of them are about Sarfaraz and Musheer. I will go home and reply to each one of them,” Naushad tells The Indian Express from Mumbai. On Wednesday, Naushad was in Hyderabad for BCCI’s annual function to collect the Madhav Rao Scindia award for the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy. Sarfaraz was the tournament’s leading scorer with 982 runs. He has dominat...