The Board of Control for Cricket in India introduced Test and ODI squads for India’s tour of West Indies on June 23 with just a few stunning adjustments after an embarrassing defeat in the WTC 2023 closing. As anticipated, Yashavi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad obtained their maiden call-ups however there was no place for Sarfaraz Khan in the Test squad, which has angered the cricket followers and the previous worldwide cricketers.
Many have raised their voice in assist of Sarfaraz as it has been irritating to his identify snubbed time and again. The Mumbai batter has been one of essentially the most constant batters in home cricket for the final two years however the nationwide workforce selectors proceed to ignore the teenager.
The legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar and Ranji Trophy ace Wasim Jaffer shared robust criticism towards the administration for snubbing Sarfaraz for the West Indies collection. The participant himself shared an Instagram story on Sunday, June 25, the place he highlighted his numbers in the earlier Ranji Trophy and his match-winning knock in the Irani Cup 2022.
Sarfraz Khan has scored 3505 runs in 37 First Class matches at a median of 79.65 with 13 hundred up to now. His Ranji Trophy common is 81.7, third-highest after Sachin Tendulkar and Vijay Merchant, and barely higher than Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman. But it is not sufficient to get selectors’ consideration?
Aakash Chopra additionally joined the cricket fraternity to query the workforce administration over Sarfaraz’s snub for the West Indies tour. He mentioned that the sanctity of first-class cricket will likely be misplaced if Sarfaraz Khan by no means will get a chance to play for India.
“Will Sarfraz be remembered as someone who scored a mountain of runs in First-Class cricket and still never got an opportunity to play for India??” Aakash Chopra wrote in his Tweet. “I really hope that’s not the case. And I hope that what more he needs to do to get picked is communicated to him. Otherwise…the sanctity of first-class cricket (the heart and soul of Indian cricket) will be lost.”
