Bangalore: When Sarfaraz Khan, all of 18, walked into the middle on Tuesday night at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here, it was ironically in the 18th over, with a mere 16 deliveries to go in the RCB innings. He faced 10 of them, smashed five of them to the fence and two of them over it to send the opposition bowlers into a fit and the roaring home fans into a frenzy. There were scoop shoots over short fine leg, over short third man and when both fielders were pushed back to the fence, one ball was sent sailing straight over the wicketkeeper.

RCB's Sarfaraz Khan in full flight against SRH in Bangalore on Tuesday. Pic/PTI