END OF THE ROAD FOR SARFARAZ KHAN AND PRITHVI SHAW

While the frustration of Indian fans and experts over the continued non-inclusion of Shaw and Sarfaraz in the Test team is understandable, considering the amazing

-  RENIN WILBEN

Over the last couple of seasons, there has been a massive hullabaloo among Indian cricket experts backing the inclusion of Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan in the national Test team. The clamor has been constantly growing as both batters have produced fantastic performances in domestic cricket.

While Shaw has already played Test cricket and even holds the record for being the youngest batter to score a Test hundred on debut for India, his international career hasn’t quite taken off after that due to form and disciplinary issues. As for Sarfaraz, selectors seem concerned over his physical weight more than the weight of his runs in domestic cricket. If we look at the first-class records of the two players, Shaw has played 42 matches since making his debut in 2017. He has hammered 3679 runs at an average of 51.09, with 12 hundreds and 15 fifties. There have been some swashbuckling knocks in the same.

Sarfaraz has done even better in his domestic career. In 37 matches, he has scored 3505 runs at a splendid average of 79.65, with 13 hundreds and nine fifties. Over the last two seasons, his performances in domestic cricket have been on a totally different level, with even the legendary Sunil Gavaskar questioning his non-inclusion in the Indian team.