Top 4 experts who slammed Sarfaraz Khan's exclusion from India A squad for South Africa series ft. Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar has slammed the selectors for ignoring Sarfaraz Khan, while lauding him for his 150 in the second innings of the opening Test against New Zealand on a spin-friendly wicket. The cricketer-turned-commentator added that the wicketkeeper-batter hasn’t gotten enough opportunities in the last 12 months, urging the selectors to handle him well. He told India Today:

“I think it would have been good if the selection committee had told why he was not considered. Hopefully, they've conveyed to him. Because only last year, he got 100 against New Zealand on a pitch where not too many others got runs. He got 140 or 150. So, he is capable of batting and scoring runs at the highest level.”

"He hasn't really got the opportunities. You could say whether it was in Australia or England, he wasn't even in the squad. Maybe because of injury, but whatever the reason that he has not been picked up, which has not been made public, as long as he's been told why, and therefore he has the opportunity to get better, that would be a good thing to do. About his ability, everybody has seen the runs he has scored, everything, so, hopefully the selection committee has been in touch with him," he added.