Ranji Trophy Final, Day 3 Live score: Madhya Pradesh in command

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Ranji Trophy Final, Day 3 Live score and updates: Sarfaraz Khan completed his transformation from Mumbai cricket’s resident ‘enfant terrible’ to ‘Man Friday’ with a superb hundred that kept his side ahead against Madhya Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy final, on Thursday. Courtesy Sarfaraz’s fourth hundred of the season – 134 off 243 balls — the 41-time champions managed a fighting 374 in their first innings after beginning the day at 248 for five.

Ranji Trophy final: Disciplined MP keep Mumbai in check

With father Naushad Khan, who also doubles up as his coach, making him play 400 balls (nearly 67 overs including nets and knocking) a day at practice, Sarfaraz 2.0 is a battle-hardened man, the ‘khadoos street fighter’ that any captain would want to go to a war with. Once he reached his fifty, he touched the lion’s crest on his jersey, gesturing ‘Don’t worry, I am going nowhere’.