Sarfaraz Khan has been a rage in the Indian domestic circuit for the past 3 seasons. He has been dominating the domestic circuit. His domestic career began with Mumbai, after which he represented his native state of Uttar Pradesh for a few seasons in the Ranji Trophy. But since his comeback to the Mumbai team, he has done what the Mumbai batters are best known for: scoring big runs. But after the new selection panel chose Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan over him, he was very disheartened. He has scored 2441 runs in the past 3 Ranji seasons at an average of 80.05! Here is a quick look at the same:
Sarfaraz Khan Sends Strong Statement After Another 100:
After the Indian cricket team was announced for the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023, and Sarfaraz Khan was not picked, Mumbai was supposed to play against Delhi. In that very game, Sarfaraz Khan scored another ton. He took the Mumbai Cricket Association team to a respectable 293 runs in the first innings. He scored 125 runs off 155 balls. Here is a look at a few of his scores in the past two years:
Runs Scored | Off Balls | Match |
125 | 155 | Mumbai VS Delhi Ranji Trophy 2022-2023 |
162 | 220 | Mumbai VS Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy 2022-2023 |
126 | 161 | Mumbai VS Hyderabad Ranji Trophy 2022-2023 |
117 | 94 | Mumbai VS Railways Ranji Trophy 2022-2023 |
301 | 391 | Mumbai VS UP Ranji Trophy 2019-2020 |
226 | 213 | Mumbai VS Himachal Pradesh Ranji Trophy 2019-2020 |
177 | 210 | Mumbai VS Madhya Pradesh Raji Trophy 2021-2022 |
275 | 401 | Mumbai VS Saurashtra Ranji Trophy 2021-2022 |
165 | 181 | Mumbai VS Odisha Ranji Trophy 2021-2022 |
153 | 205 | Mumbai VS Uttarakhand Ranji Trophy 2022-2023 |
Venkatesh Prasad Slams Selectors After Not Picking Sarfaraz:
Venkatesh Prasad slammed the selection panel that is headed by Chetan Sharma after they chose to pick Suryakumar Yadav over Sarfaraz Khan. He said, “There are many with more kgs.” This was suggesting that Sarfaraz might be a little overweight or may appear unfit but if he is fit enough to score a ton of runs every Ranji season, fitness should never be the reason for not picking him.
Sarfaraz Khan Breaks Record of Highest Average:
Player | Matches | Runs | Average |
Sir Don Bradman | 234 | 28067 | 95.4 |
Sarfaraz Khan | 25 | 2485 | 82.83 |
Vijay Merchant | 150 | 13470 | 71.84 |
GA Headley | 103 | 9921 | 69.84 |
Bahir Shah | 29 | 2554 | 69.02 |
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