Sarfaraz Khan shares his excellent stats in first-class cricket after being ignored by India selectors

Workforce India will face Australia in four-match Take a look at sequence commencing on February 9. It is a vital task for the Males in Blues in the event that they wish to attain the finals of the World Take a look at Championship (WTC) 2023.

On Friday (January 13), the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced a 17-member squad for the primary two matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023.

Notably, the 2 video games will happen in Nagpur (February 9-13) and Delhi (February 17-21), respectively.

Nevertheless, the BCCI took everybody without warning once they included India’s T20I specialist Suryakumar Yadav into the Take a look at squad however ignored Sarfaraz Khan, regardless of the latter’s prolific performances within the home circuit.

Many former cricketers questioned Sarfaraz’s exclusion, and the followers additionally weren’t thrilled about the truth that the 25-year-old didn’t get picked into the longest format.

After being ignored by the selectors as soon as once more, the dissatisfied Sarfaraz took to his Instagram and posted two tales displaying his data in first-class and home circuit.

The opening story depicted Sarfaraz’s first-class batting stats. With a mean of 80.47, the Mumbai cricketer is just second to legendary Sir Don Bradman amongst batters with a minimal of fifty innings.

The second story, however, confirmed his batting common (110.73) for Mumbai in first-class matches.

Within the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy, Sarfaraz smashed 982 runs at a mean of 122.75 with 4 centuries and two fifties. In the meantime, within the ongoing version of the event, he slammed 431 runs at a mean of 107.75 with two tons and a half-century.

Aside from Suryakumar, even Ishan Kishan acquired his maiden call-up within the Take a look at facet for the upcoming house sequence.

Earlier than the Australia problem, India will face New Zealand in three T20Is and as many ODIs. Proper-handed opener Prithvi Shaw has been recalled within the shortest format following his sensational efficiency within the home degree.