New Delhi. Sarfaraz Khan’s long wait to be selected in the Indian team ended on Monday. BCCI on Monday announced changes in the team for the second Test against England. KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja have been ruled out of the second test due to injuries. Washington Sundar, Sarfaraz Khan and Saurabh Kumar have been included in the team.
The second Test between India and England will start from February 2 in Visakhapatnam. Sarfaraz recently played a good innings in the second unofficial test match against England Lions, on the basis of which he got a call from the test team. The right-handed batsman had scored 161 runs in 166 balls with the help of 18 fours and five sixes. India A won the match by 16 runs and Sarfaraz Khan was adjudged player of the match for his brilliant innings.
Good performance in domestic cricket
26 year old Sarfaraz Khan has been knocking the doors of the Indian team continuously by performing well in the last few seasons. He scored 3912 runs in 45 first class matches at an average of 69.85, which included 14 centuries and 11 half-centuries. Sarfaraz Khan wreaked havoc in the 2019/20 Ranji Trophy season. He was the fifth best run scorer of the tournament. Then he scored 928 runs with an average of 154.66. After this, Sarfaraz scored 982 runs for Mumbai at an average of 122.75 in the 2022/23 season.
Sarfaraz Khan’s reaction
Indian team’s T20 star Suryakumar Yadav congratulated Sarfaraz Khan on his selection in the Test team. While sharing the photo of himself and Sarfaraz Khan, Suryakumar Yadav wrote the caption, “Happiest here.” The boy got a call from the Indian team. Prepare for the celebration.” Sarfaraz Khan reposted Surya’s Instagram story and added the song Aashayein from the Bollywood film Iqbal in the background.
Will I get a chance to debut?
There are high expectations of Sarfaraz Khan getting his test debut. However, Sarfaraz Khan will face a challenge for selection from Rajat Patidar, who has joined the Indian team for the first two Tests as a replacement for Virat Kohli. It will be a difficult decision for Indian captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid to choose between Rajat and Sarfaraz. It will be interesting to see whether Sarfaraz Khan will get a chance to debut or not.