Sarfaraz Khan continued his run of points in the Ranji Trophy, scoring a further 100 — his third of the season — to put Mumbai in control on Day 2 of the second quarter-final against Uttarakhand on Tuesday. In four games (5 innings), the youngster has already collected 704 runs with an incredible average of 140.80, of which three and a half centuries. He has a high score of 275 this season and was instrumental in reaching the knockouts in Mumbai. On Tuesday, Sarfaraz Khan was fired for 153 off 205 balls, an innings with 14 fours and four sixes.
Sarfaraz’s exploits with the bat set Twitter on fire as fans and journalists praised him lavishly.
Sarfaraz Khan in last 13 innings in Ranji trophy :-
71*(140).
36(39).
301*(391).
226*(213).
25(32).
78(126).
177(210).
6 (9).
275(401).
63(110).
48(72).
165 (181).
153(205). pic.twitter.com/tTkXfKFesL— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) June 7, 2022
That brings Sarfaraz Khan’s #RanjiTrophy tally since January 2020 to 1632 runs in 10 matches. Average of 148.36. He has hit 14 times, passed 100 six times and hit 50+ nine times. And all while scoring more than 4.5 runs is an over in *first-class cricket*. Astoundingly incredible.
— Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42) June 7, 2022
Sarfaraz Khan is in unreal shape in domestic cricket.
He had scored 2200+ runs at an 80+ average in first-class cricket.
It is high time that he be considered for selection in the Indian cricket team.— Anurag Jain (@Cric8CrazyAnu) June 7, 2022
I don’t think Sarfaraz Khan should be playing at this level anymore. If you average 80+ while hitting 70+, you need to move to the next level.
The more you play at a level where you stand head and shoulders above the rest, the more your progress stalls. https://t.co/7qA8ELNavq
— Cricketjeevi (@wildcardgyan) June 7, 2022
Since 2020, Sarfaraz Khan has played 10 Ranji Trophy matches, including the ongoing quarterfinal against Uttarakhand, and his record is nothing short of sensational.
– 153 against Uttarakhand
– 165 against Odisha
– 63, 48 against Goa
– 275 against Saurashtra
– 177, 6 against Madhya Pradesh
– 78, 25 against Saurashtra
– 226* against Himachal Pradesh
– 301* against Uttar Pradesh
– 36 against Tamil Nadu
– 8, 71* against Karnataka
In the ongoing quarterfinal, Mumbai won the toss and chose to bat. Things didn’t start well with Captain Prithvi Shaw falling for a quickfire 21. Yashasvi Jaiswal was the next to be fired as Mumbai was on 64 for two.
Armaan Jaffer and Suved Parkar, making his first-class debut, kept the ship steady, but the former was fired for 60.
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Then an epic 267-run tie came between Parkar and Sarfaraz Khan.
At the time of writing, Parkar hit 190 with Mumbai 516 for five.
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