Sarfaraz Khan decided to share his first-class domestic stats and record on his Instagram story after BCCI selectors yet again ignored him for the upcoming first two test matches against Australia
Khan who has been nothing short of being a run-machine in domestic cricket was shockingly excluded from the Indian squad.
Sarfaraz Khan first class record, stats and Ranji Trophy total runs list
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The 25-year-old batter had a first-class batting average over 80 and scored more than 900 runs in the last two Ranji seasons.
Team India set for a tough battle
The Indian men’s cricket team are currently set to face Australia in a four-match Test series next month. Australia are the world’s No. 1 Test team at the moment and also the World Test Championship leaders. The first assignment against the Aussies is set to start on February 9 in Nagpur.
Moreover, the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy is an important assignment for the Indian team. This is because the result of the trophy will decide India’s chances of making it into the final of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC). India needs to win a minimum of three games to make it to the finals.
Keeping in mind the challenge against Australia, India announced their 17-member squad on Friday, January 13. The squad is meant for first two matches scheduled to take place in Nagpur and Delhi.
BCCI ignores Sarfaraz Khan once again
BCCI selectors surprised everyone by yet again ignoring Sarfaraz Khan and instead including Suryakumar Yadav in the Test team. The 25-year-old batter from Mumbai has impressed everyone in the Ranji Trophy for the past couple of seasons by scoring big runs.
However, these performances don’t seem to be enough for the BCCI selectors as they chose to ignore Sarfaraz. Sarfaraz’s exclusion from the squad has also garnered a lot of questions from fans and many former greats.
Sarfaraz shares his incredible stats on Instagram
Following the BCCI’s decision not to include Sarfaraz Khan in the squad, Sarfaraz who was clearly disappointed with his non-selection and rightly so, shared his disappointment on Instagram.
The talented 25-year-old shared several pictures on his Instagram stories. The pictures depicted his outstanding numbers and stats in domestic cricket.
Stats
Sarfaraz Khan is a former U-19 India cricketer who finished with the most runs in the 2021-22 Ranji season. Across six matches, Sarfaraz scored an impressive total of 982 runs, which is an average of 122.75.
Prior to that, during the 2019-20 season of the Ranji trophy, Sarfaraz scored 928 runs in six matches impressing everyone. Even in the ongoing 2022–23 season, Sarfaraz has already scored three centuries and another one fifty throughout the five matches that he has played so far.