Congress leader claims Sarfaraz Khan being ignored from India A to be an ‘Outrageous’ move from the selectors

“This is frankly an outrage. Sarfaraz Khan averages 65-plus in first class cricket, scored a 50 on Test debut and a 150 in a Test we lost, made 92 in his only tour match in England (and a century in the practice match against the full Indian Test team) — and still finds himself excluded from the selectors’ frame of reference.” Tharoor said on X while responding to a post which lamented Sarfaraz Khan being ignored for the India A series against South Africa A.

“I am also very glad to see Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw and Karun Nair making runs in the Ranji Trophy. Our selectors are too quick to discard proven talent in order to take a punt on ‘potential’. Runs in domestic cricket must be valued by the selectors, not just the IPL; otherwise why should anyone bother to play the Ranji,” Tharoor said.

Sarfaraz Khan, who made his Test debut against England in the Rajkot Test of 2023-24 season, was a part of India’s tour of Australia late last year but he has been ignored for the Test side since then. The 28-year-old was also ignored for the India A series against South Africa A recently.