On January 13, 2023, the BCCI announced the squad for the upcoming New Zealand series as well as for the first two test matches against Australia. However, the eyebrows of many fans raised as they saw the name of Suryakumar Yadav in the squad.
The reason behind fans’ disappointment by Surya’s name is Sarfaraz Khan. Many social media fans took to twitter and showed their anger for not picking up Sarfaraz Khan, the batsman who is breaking some serious batting records in the domestic circuit.
The first class cricket for Suryakumar Yadav has not been so remarkable, on the other hand Sarfaraz Khan is getting continued ignorance despite scoring havoc of runs in the domestic circuit.
In the last three domestic seasons Sarfaraz Khan has proved his calibre and there is no any pain-point to pick him for the national team. In the 2019/2020 Ranji season, the batter had 928 runs at an average of 122.75, in the 1920/1921 season he got 982 runs and now in this 2022/23 season the batter has already scored 801.
Many Indian fans on Twitter believe that Sarfaraz Khan was the right candidate to be picked for the Australia Test and Suryakumar Yadav could have been awaited.
Here is how the cricket experts and fans reacted after the omission of Sarfaraz Khan:
