Having grown up playing cricket in the city’s maidans, Sarfaraz Khan’s appetite for daddy hundreds has never been in doubt. He put forth another testament of that trait with an incredible 162 that propelled Mumbai to secure a mammoth first innings lead of 337 runs against Tamil Nadu on the second day of their Elite Group ‘B’ Ranji Trophy encounter at the Brabourne Stadium on Wednesday.

The century, Sarfaraz’s 12th in his 50 first-class innings, has raised further hopes of the 25-year-old receiving a national call-up soon. However, the middle-order batsman, driven by the counsel of his father Naushad, has channelised his focus on scoring as many runs as possible.