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Former cricketers unhappy as Sarfaraz Khan is ignored for Tests against Australia again

Harsha said, "Very hard on Sarfaraz Khan who has literally broken the door down in first-class cricket. You can't do more than he has”

By Kshitij Ojha | Jan 14, 2023 | 2 Min Read

After failing to earn a call-up to the Indian cricket team for the forthcoming matches against New Zealand and Australia, Indian player Sarfaraz Khan became a hot topic on Friday. Prithvi Shaw was picked up to the T20I squad to play New Zealand, while Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan made headlines for being called up to the Test team to play Australia. Following a protracted exclusion from the team, Shaw was finally accepted after putting on a solid show in all of India’s domestic competitions.

Many well-known figures in cricket, however, believed that Sarfaraz, 25, was unlucky not to be selected for the Indian team. Aakash Chopra, a former Indian cricketer, was one of the well-known figures to provide an opinion. “There was a bit of an opening in the Test squad…was hoping that Sarfaraz will make it to the squad. He’s done everything that one could do to deserve a call-up,” Chopra wrote.

Meanwhile, Harsha said, “Very hard on Sarfaraz Khan who has literally broken the door down in first-class cricket. You can’t do more than he has”. At the same time, former Indian cricketer Dodda Ganesh said, “Spare a thought for Sarfaraz khan. I don’t understand what else he needs to do to get into the test team”. Sarfaraz has played 30 innings in first-class cricket for Mumbai, during which time he has amassed 2436 runs at an average of 110.73. He has amassed nine hundreds, six fifties, and the greatest total of 301 runs. It’s interesting to note that in his last four Ranji Trophy games for Mumbai, he has scored two centuries and two half-centuries. Here are the responses from the public to Sarfaraz Khan’s snub.

Twitter reactions

Suryakumar Yadav enters the Test squad. He is literally living the dream. At the same time though, feel bad for Sarfaraz Khan, whose First Class record is literally rivalling Don Bradman right now.#TeamIndia #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/kNRehE2Teh
— Sohil Nikam (@sohilnikam) January 13, 2023

Very hard on Sarfaraz Khan who has literally broken the door down in first class cricket. You can't do more than he has.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 13, 2023

Spare a thought for Sarfaraz khan. I don’t understand what else he needs to do to get into the test team #DoddaMathu #CricketTwitter #INDvAUS
— Dodda Ganesh | ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗಣೇಶ್ (Modi Ka Parivar) (@doddaganesha) January 13, 2023

There was a bit of an opening in the Test squad…was hoping that Sarfaraz will make it to the squad. He’s done everything that one could do to deserve a call-up. #IndvAus
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 13, 2023

Sarfaraz deserves a spot 🙌
— Jaskaran Malhotra (@JaskaranUSA) January 13, 2023

India’s ODI squad against New Zealand: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat (wk), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik.

India’s T20I squad against New Zealand: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Suryakumar Yadav (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Prithvi Shaw, Mukesh Kumar.

India’s Test squad for the first two Tests against Australia: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.