Team India is playing ODIs and T20Is series against New Zealand, but everyone’s eyes are set on the Test series against Australia. A four-match-Test series is scheduled between India and Australia in February, and demands are being made that Sarfaraz Khan should be given a chance in that series.
Sarfaraz Khan is scoring plenty of runs in domestic cricket, will Sarfaraz Khan be able to fit in Team India, and will he be needed in Team India at this time? Many experts, fans, and former cricketers demand that Sarfaraz Khan should get a chance in Team India. However, the selectors have not indicated where Sarfaraz Khan is likely to be given a chance.
If you look at Sarfaraz Khan’s record, he has scored more than 3,500 runs in domestic cricket at an average of around 80. In the 2022-23 season of the Ranji Trophy, Sarfaraz Khan scored 556 runs in 6 matches and scored runs at an average of 92.66.
If we look at the Test series against Australia, there is a place for Sarfaraz Khan in the middle order. Because wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is not in the team, he has been away from cricket for a long time after a car accident. Sarfaraz Khan can join the middle order as a reliable batsman for Team India.
Sarfaraz also plays in the middle order for his team Mumbai, so it would be better for the Indian team to have him in the team. However, the team has been announced for the first two Test matches against Australia, and Sarfaraz Khan has yet to be selected.
In such a situation, whether Sarfaraz Khan will get a chance in the team for the remaining two Tests series.
India’s squad for the first two Tests against Australia: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ishaan Kishan (wicketkeeper), R.K. Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja (depends on fitness), Mo. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.
