Sarfaraz Khan shares his first-class record on Instagram after not being selected for Test series
Mumbai middle-order batsman Sarfaraz Khan has once again been overlooked in the 17-member Indian squad announced for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, starting in February. The Mumbai batsman shared an Instagram story of his stupendous record in the first-class format to remind the Chetan Sharma-led India selection committee.
However, Sarfaraz Khan used an Instagram post where his first-class record was included only after legend Don Bradman, who also played a minimum of 50 innings. The batsman has been in scintillating form of late and has also topped the Ranji Trophy charts. India, however, decided to give wicket-keeper batsman Ishan Kishan his maiden Test match call-up after his brilliant double century in the ODI format against Bangladesh.
Read here: Wasim Jaffer names batting order for 2nd Test vs New Zealand
Sarfaraz Khan has been in good form in the ongoing Ranji Trophy season as well, scoring 2 centuries and a half-century in 5 matches. Meanwhile, Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav have also been given call-ups to the T20I and Test squad respectively. However, Suryakumar Yadav has earned a call-up in the ODI and T20I series as well.
However, the BCCI announced 3 teams on Friday night, two against New Zealand and one against Australia for the first two Tests as well. Hardik Pandya will lead India in the T20Is against New Zealand while Rohit Sharma will lead the teams in the remaining two matches. The Australia Test series will be crucial for India as they also look to play in the World Test Championship final.
Read also: Fans react to INDvNZ 1st Test ending in a draw
India Test Team vs Australia (First 2 Tests)
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Shubman Gill, C Pujara, V Kohli, S 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