Sarfaraz Khan Hundred: In the second round of Ranji Trophy 2026-27, 42-time champion Mumbai team has strengthened its hold against Himachal Pradesh. In the first innings of the match, Mumbai bowlers gave a strong performance and bundled out the entire Himachal Pradesh team for just 140 runs. After this, Sarfaraz Khan, who came to bat from Mumbai, once again proved that he has no match in red ball domestic cricket. Sarfaraz completed his brilliant century with the help of 13 fours.
Sarfaraz Khan again scored a century
Sarfaraz Khan, who came to the crease after defeating Himachal Pradesh cheaply, maintained pressure on the bowlers from the very beginning. Sarfaraz spent a long time at the crease and hit 13 brilliant fours while sending the bad balls across the boundary. Sarfaraz Khan faced 152 balls to complete his century.
18th century in 65 matches
Sarfaraz Khan’s figures in red-ball cricket are enough to surprise any international level batsman. He has played 65 first class matches so far in his career. In these 65 matches alone, he has recorded 18 centuries and 16 half-centuries. That means he is scoring more than fifty in every second or third match. Despite scoring such a mountain of runs in the first class, he is not getting consistent opportunities at the international level.
Away from Team India since 2024
Sarfaraz Khan has played 6 test matches for India so far, where he impressed with his batting. However, since the year 2024, he is out of the national team and is constantly looking for his comeback. In August this year, he returned to the team as a replacement for Sai Sudarshan on the Sri Lanka tour, but he did not get a chance to play there too. Leave alone the senior Test team, he has not even been given a place in the India A squad for the upcoming New Zealand tour that was announced recently.
However, leaving behind the pain of being continuously ignored by the selectors, Sarfaraz once again proved that hardly any current batsman has the consistency of scoring runs better than him in the red ball format.