Injustice to Sarfaraz Khan

[Vk1]

for how long are we going to ignore him.. no media support- cricinfo asansols don't care.. ex-cricketers ignoring him.. I have not seen a lot of his innings but getting the same feeling now that I used to get when SKY was not picked in 2018-20.. the way selectors are picking there seems to be lot of influence-favoritism/bias from Dravid/Rohit in picking players.. is there a nexus between superstars? don't pick a guy coz he can become too big and eat our share of ads..

[Vk1]

SKY becoming star player is inspite of all this and definitely not due to this TM.. they always seem to persist with non-superstar players like Dhawan, Rahane, Pujara etc.. players with limited ceiling

[cricketfan28]

why are they ignoring him .. discipline related ?

[vvvslaxman]

This has become political.  I see some disgusting comments like "don't make it a muslim team" on social media.  

[Adamant]

The same thing was said in Dhoni regime, the same was said in Kohli regime and history again repeats itself, Rohit is also being blamed for stopping players as they can become to big and snatch their ad business. 

 

The laughworthy thing here is that even Dravid is being blamed? Usko kitne ads milte hain? 

That guy isn't even there on social media. 

Edited January 17, 2023 by Adamant

[RedFever]

It may have to do with the regional selection policy. Already have Rohit, Shreyas, SKY from Mumbai, with Prthivi Shaw being selected for T20. Seems like they cant have more than 4 players from Mumbai in the squad.

[singhprakash72]

What is shocking is the current top order Indian batsmen have been struggling during this time (at least last 2 years) in tests. If you take out Pant (technically a wk) there is absolutely no consistent batsman and the same old combination of KL, Kohli, Rahane and Pujara was been used during this time. If not for Ashwin, Jadeja, Washington, Shardul and Pant it would have been an carnage not only in Aus, Eng, SA but also in Bangladesh. What was so great about these maharathis that a youngster could not have been given a chance to play ?

So makes no sense what this retard selection committee is been thinking along with their so called think tank. The same garbage they continued in T20 selection so I will be not surprised if Sarfaraz is sidelined till he reaches 30s before he leaves in frustration. 

 

[Bigg Brother]

It's manhoos KLR..Take him out and you will make a place in squad. Guy is blocking Sky/Kishan in ODIs and upcoming youngsters in tests at the age of 30 with utterly mediocre record and manhoos shakal.  

[Gollum]

Players like Sarfaraz, Sundar, Kuldeep should try shifting base to England. 

[AuxiliA]

Getting in our test team is a lot tougher than ODIs and T20Is. Only ones he can replace in the XI are Kohli and Shreyas. Can't risk him as an opener on debut against Aus. 

[AuxiliA]

52 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Players like Sarfaraz, Sundar, Kuldeep should try shifting base to England. 

 

Well they won't be able to secure IPL contracts on oversees quota then. 

[vvvslaxman]

44 minutes ago, MultiB48 said:

Yet another mo batsman, can't bowl, can't field .Where will you play him?no 5 ? that's shreyas,no 4 is virat ,will he be at no 3 or open? All his runs have been down the order,so play him at 6 and drop a bowler or drop virat and play him at 4,or pick him in odis or t20s as part time keeper but then that will be called format illiteracy.

 

Pujara even with bangla bullying on a road averaging 30 in the last 3 years. Then we have this Hahul who couldn't even survive against Bangladesh. 

[AuxiliA]

7 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

Pujara even with bangla bullying on a road averaging 30 in the last 3 years. Then we have this Hahul who couldn't even survive against Bangladesh. 

 

Pujara has done more than Kohli in tests in the past 3 years. He's a test legend himself (especially at home and vs Aus) and can't be dropped right now.

 

Only spots in the XI for Sarfaraz is that of Kohli and Shreyas. Kohli isn't going anywhere and Shreyas is in good form. 

 

Agree that Rahul shouldn't be anywhere near the test team. But the opening slots are still locked by Rohit(c) and Gill. 

[Vk1]

1 hour ago, MultiB48 said:

Yet another mo batsman, can't bowl, can't field .Where will you play him?no 5 ? that's shreyas,no 4 is virat ,will he be at no 3 or open? All his runs have been down the order,so play him at 6 and drop a bowler or drop virat and play him at 4,or pick him in odis or t20s as part time keeper but then that will be called format illiteracy.

 

select him in 15 atleast.. don't make him lose motto

[Suhaan]

9 hours ago, Adamant said:

The same thing was said in Dhoni regime, the same was said in Kohli regime and history again repeats itself, Rohit is also being blamed for stopping players as they can become to big and snatch their ad business. 

 

The laughworthy thing here is that even Dravid is being blamed? Usko kitne ads milte hain? 

That guy isn't even there on social media. 

Nahi,sab achha chal raha hai Acharya ji

[express bowling]

Watched him bat yesterday and he has almost all the strokes in the book.

 

Tackled the pace and bounce of Harshit with aplomb and dominated the swing bowlers and spinners too. 

 

Plus he is a natural stroke player. 

 

Not picking him is a mistake. 

[SRT100]

49 minutes ago, express bowling said:

Watched him bat yesterday and he has almost all the strokes in the book.

 

Tackled the pace and bounce of Harshit with aplomb and dominated the swing bowlers and spinners too. 

 

Plus he is a natural stroke player. 

 

Not picking him is a mistake. 

 

This post is depressing.

 

Its sad that India actually has a strong Test XI that can beat Australia but yet will not field it.

 

I have zero faith in any of our remaining batsmen to conquer the Australian bowlers.

[deepdynamo]

Sarfaraz time will come in next WTC cycle 23-25 .

The first series is Vs WI away in July and should be the right series to blood in Sarfaraz at No.5/6.

[SRT100]

2 hours ago, AuxiliA said:

 

Pujara has done more than Kohli in tests in the past 3 years. He's a test legend himself (especially at home and vs Aus) and can't be dropped right now.

 

Only spots in the XI for Sarfaraz is that of Kohli and Shreyas. Kohli isn't going anywhere and Shreyas is in good form. 

 

Agree that Rahul shouldn't be anywhere near the test team. But the opening slots are still locked by Rohit(c) and Gill. 

In Test Cricket, Kohli is susceptible to spin and any form of pace or slow bowling.

 

Otherwise he can still bat in 2023.

[SRT100]

7 minutes ago, deepdynamo said:

Sarfaraz time will come in next WTC cycle 23-25 .

The first series is Vs WI away in July and should be the right series to blood in Sarfaraz at No.5/6.

 

Uncles will have no desire to play in the WI.