Sarfaraz Khan continued to showcase his brilliance in Test cricket when he reached a splendid double hundred while playing for Mumbai against the Rest of India in the Irani Cup on Wednesday, October 2.
The 26-year-old is piling up runs whenever he takes the pitch in whites and already has 15 first-class hundreds along with 14 fifties since he made his debut back in 2014.
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His performances couldn’t be ignored for long, as the Team India selectors finally gave him his deserving maiden India call-up earlier this year when England toured India. Two half-centuries in Rajkot followed by another one in the Dharamsala Test showed that he had the potential to score on the big stage as well.
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Sarfaraz Khan overall batting stats |
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Format |
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100s |
50s |
4s |
6s |
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Tests |
3 |
5 |
1 |
200 |
68* |
50 |
252 |
79.36 |
0 |
3 |
24 |
5 |
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FC |
50 |
74 |
11 |
4183 |
301* |
66.39 |
5928 |
70.56 |
14 |
14 |
476 |
79 |
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List A |
37 |
27 |
9 |
629 |
117 |
34.94 |
668 |
94.16 |
2 |
0 |
67 |
13 |
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T20s |
96 |
74 |
21 |
1188 |
67 |
22.41 |
926 |
128.29 |
0 |
3 |
116 |
33 |
However, being overlooked for the recently concluded Bangladesh series may have had him thinking about his place in the side.
A longer spell with the Indian side would probably do him and Gautam Gambhir’s side a whole lot of good, considering the kind of numbers Sarfaraz has been bringing to the table recently.
Speaking of numbers, Sarfaraz Khan now has the 4th highest first-class average among players who have scored at least 2000 runs. Sharing a name in a list that includes legendary batter Don Bradman at the top is, in itself, a compliment to the youngster.
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Highest First Class averages (Players with minimum 2000 runs) |
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Player |
M |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Avge |
100 |
50 |
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Don Bradman |
234 |
338 |
43 |
28067 |
452* |
95.14 |
117 |
69 |
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Vijay Merchant |
150 |
234 |
46 |
13470 |
359* |
71.64 |
45 |
52 |
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Yashasvi Jaiswal |
27 |
48 |
4 |
3101 |
265 |
70.47 |
12 |
9 |
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Sarfaraz Khan |
51 |
75 |
12 |
4405 |
301* |
69.2 |
15 |
14 |
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George Headley |
103 |
164 |
22 |
9921 |
344* |
69.86 |
33 |
44 |
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Ajay Sharma |
129 |
166 |
16 |
10120 |
259* |
67.46 |
38 |
36 |
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Kamindu Menids |
51 |
79 |
7 |
4740 |
200* |
65.83 |
18 |
23 |
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Will Ponsford |
162 |
235 |
23 |
13819 |
437 |
65.18 |
47 |
43 |
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Bill Woodfull |
174 |
245 |
39 |
13388 |
284 |
64.99 |
49 |
58 |
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Shantanu Sugwekar |
85 |
122 |
18 |
6563 |
299* |
63.1 |
19 |
26 |
Sarfaraz and Dhruv Jurel were included in the squad for the Bangladesh series but were told that they have to wait for their opportunities as of now.
They were later released from the squad to enable them to participate in the Irani Cup and get some valuable game-time instead.
It will be interesting to see whether the Mumbai batter gets to wear the Indian cap once again in what is a busy Test schedule for Rohit Sharma and his men this year.
First Published: Oct 03 2024 | 3:16 PM IST
