Sarfaraz Khan smashed his third hundred of the continued Ranji Trophy 2022-23 season throughout Mumbai’s Round 6 match towards Delhi on the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday.
Sarfaraz reached the three-digit mark off 135 balls with a single off Yogesh Sharma. The right-hander had scored 162 towards Tamil Nadu earlier this month and an unbeaten 126 versus Hyderabad in December final 12 months.
The 25-year-old was the main run-scorer over the past Ranji Trophy season, amassing 982 runs at a mean of 122.75 in Mumbai’s run to the ultimate. He struck 4 tons of and two half-centuries in that season and had a high rating of 275 towards Saurashtra.
The Mumbai batter has had a dream run in home First-Class cricket because the Ranji Trophy 2019-20 season, when he plundered 928 runs and averaged 154.66 to emerge because the match’s fifth-highest run-getter.
Despite his unimaginable returns in home cricket, an India call-up has eluded Sarfaraz, resulting in a number of former cricketers and followers questioning his non-selection.
Last 12 months towards New Zealand A, Sarfaraz scored 99 runs in three innings at common of 33.00. Despite his lacklustre returns in that collection, he roared again to kind within the Duleep Trophy remaining with an unbeaten 127 within the second innings towards South Zone, serving to West Zone clinch the title.
Sarfaraz boasts of the second-highest common in First-Class cricket historical past. He averages a whopping 80.47 in 36 matches, second solely to the legendary Sir Don Bradman, who averaged 95.14 in 234 video games.