Sarfaraz Khan shares an Instagram story boasting his records following snub from national selectors

Once again, the young Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan has become the nucleus of discussion and criticism of the selection criteria of the Indian Cricket Board for Test cricket. Notably, the national selection committee of the board announced the squad of team India for the first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.

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The Aussie team will tour India for a full-fledged four-match Test series against Rohit Sharma’s men. The series will commence on the 9^th of February with the first Test at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. Whereas, both teams will lock horns in the second of the four Tests at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

Coming back to Sarfaraz Khan, the 25-year-old youngster has batted brilliantly in the 52 innings of the 36 matches with an unprecedented batting average of 80.47 to score 3380 runs. He has also smashed 12 centuries and nine half-centuries with his bat.

Meanwhile, Sarfaraz has attracted the eyeballs of cricket fans with his latest Instagram story as he shared a story of a fan. The story posted by a fan displayed the stats of Sarfaraz in First-Class cricket and his comparison with the former legendary Australian batter Sir Don Bradman.

Here’s a look at the latest Instagram stories of Sarfaraz Khan:

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Talking about the Test squad of India for the Nagpur and Delhi Test, the management has given a maiden call-up to Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav in the Indian lineup for the longest format of the game.

The squad of India for the first two Tests against Australia:

Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Shubman Gill, C Pujara, V Kohli, S Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav