Behind Sarfaraz Khan's Incredible Transformation: No Roti, No Rice And Plenty Of Veggies
Sarfaraz Khan is sweating it out in the gym and following a strict diet as he aims to achieve supreme fitness to win his place back in the Indian Test team. The middle-order batter recently went viral after sharing a selfie from inside of a gym showing his transformation that even had England legend Kevin Pietersen sit up and take notice.
As per reports, the 27-year-old had started working on getting slimmer before flying to UK with an India A squad for a two-match unofficial Test series with England Lions in June-July. He had lost 10 kgs by then and is said to have shed 7 kgs more.
Sarfaraz's father Naushad says the family has reworked their diet and have stopped eating rice and roti (chapatti) for over a month now. The diet now includes plenty of veggies, grilled chicken and boiled eggs.
'We have controlled our diet a lot," Naushad told Hindustan Times. 'We have stopped eating roti, rice, etc. We haven't eaten roti or rice at home for 1 to 1.5 months. We eat broccoli, carrot, cucumber, salad, and green vegetable salad. Along with that, we eat grilled fish, grilled chicken, boiled chicken, boiled egg, etc. We are also having green tea and green coffee."
Naushad says Sarfaraz has also cut down on sugar and bakery items.
'We eat avocados also. There are sprouts also. But the main thing is that we have stopped eating roti and rice. We have stopped eating sugar. We have stopped eating maida (flour) and bakery items," he said.
Naushad reveals he himself has been asked to lose weight for a knee replacement surgery.
'He (Sarfaraz) has almost lost 10 kgs within 1.5 months. He is working on reducing his weight even further. I have reduced 12 kgs myself because I had a knee issue. So, I also benefited from it. The doctor told me that I have to do a knee replacement. So, I told him that I had to delay it. He told me that I have to reduce my weight for that," Naushad said.
Sarfaraz's India Career
The highly-rated Mumbai batter made his anticipated India debut during a home Test series against England last year and has since scored 371 runs from 11 inning at 37.10. He has a century and three half-centuries to his name.
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