His selection for the first two Tests of the series was announced last week, with his star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja making his long-awaited return after spending months on the sidelines recovering from injury. However, Sarfaraz Khan was conspicuously absent from the squad.
The Mumbai batsman has made a strong case for India’s selection with a string of excellent performances in domestic cricket. However, the BCCI selectors gave up on Sarfaraz with many thinking he would be called up to Gavaskar’s trophy this year’s border.
Sridharan Sharath, who is one of his five on BCCI’s national selection committee, has commented on Sarfaraz’s continued absence from the team. At 25, he’s still on the shortlist, but ‘team composition’ is a key concern for decision makers.
Sarfaraz is definitely on the radar of selectors, and Sharath spoke with Sportster and predicted that he would eventually get the right. must be considered.
In the current season, Sarfaraz currently marks 300 for Mumbai, including 125 in their recent match against Delhi at Arun Jaitley Stadium. 126 unbeaten, he scored his first century of the year against Hyderabad.
Sarfaraz scored his crucial 162 against Tamil Nadu to save Mumbai from a dead end. Mumbai were in trouble at 161/6 when Sarfaraz and Tanoush Kotian teamed for 167 runs (71). Mumbai eventually finished the innings with 481 when the game was tied. Sarfaraz will not represent Mumbai in their final Group B match against Maharashtra.
