'Bichara...,' Twitter reacts as Sarfaraz Khan's angry celebration after scoring yet another century in Ranji Trophy goes viral-Watch

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Sarfaraz Khan of Mumbai, who is currently in excellent form, helped his home team out of trouble on Tuesday by reaching his 13th first-class century against Delhi in a Ranji Trophy match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. At 66/4, the 41-time Ranji Champions were having trouble and Sarfaraz entered the batting order. As he continued to score 125 (155) to save his team, the right-hander once more raised significant problems for the national selectors, who disregarded him when choosing the Test squad for the Border-Gavaskar trophy. He stabilised the Mumbai innings by adding 44 runs with wicketkeeper Prasad Pawar (25), who was the fifth wicket, and by continuing his batting masterclass with Shams Mulani. The batsman amassed a tonne of runs, slamming 14 fours and two sixes in addition to forming a significant 100-run partnership with Mulani for the sixth wicket.

Amol Mazumdar reaction.
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_ @BCCI #RanjiTrophy #AmolMazumdar #SarfarazKhan pic.twitter.com/VUxRkhpQy5 — Gaurav Prabhat Pandey (@igauravpandey) January 17, 2023

Another hundred _ from #SarfarazKhan in Ranji Trophy game.

This man is on a Mission, Unbelievable consistency... ____ #RanjiTrophy pic.twitter.com/zgq1KwIsIu — Aakib Eqbal ____ _____ __ (@Aakib_Eqbal) January 17, 2023

#SarfarazKhan performances is been ignored by #BCCI more than Boys get ignored by their Crush_, what's the use if you don't select a player who is at his prime peak since a while, not always a player can score as consistently as he is doing currently #RanjiTrophy @gurkiratsgill — Sai (@ImSkt25) January 17, 2023

#SarfarazKhan is on a different trip!
He was knocking the doors_then breaking the door_and now setting it on fire!
What an innings again in #MUMVSDEL
Champion ______ — Prasad S. Pandit (@namesake_pandit) January 17, 2023

If Bcci Is Doing Injustice With SARFARAZ KHAN I Pray to God to Ruined Selectors#BCCI pic.twitter.com/6oAt9dzwev — Rizwan Ahmed (@RizwanA35756032) January 17, 2023

Unbelievable, unstoppable Sarfaraz Khan.
He is knocking the door of Indian cricket team. #SarfarazKhan #BCCI pic.twitter.com/DRnZpIrfGU — Junaid Alam (@Junaid__mr27) January 17, 2023

#SarfarazKhan at it again today for #Mumbai in the #RanjiTrophy - with a repeat ton ___ pic.twitter.com/JPlH2Cur1R — MissterP (@pramod1409) January 17, 2023

Sarfaraz Khan after his performances.#RanjiTrophy #SarfarazKhan #MUMVSDEL pic.twitter.com/U09JrDUaPx — Jai Upadhyay (@jay_upadhyay14) January 17, 2023

________ ___ __ __ _______ ___ ___ ____ ___ __ ___ _____ ___ __ ____ _____ ___ __ ______ _________ /BCCI __ ______ __________ _____ __ ____ __...#SarfarazKhan#Shame_BCCI pic.twitter.com/ktUgTKgtG5 — muqeem (@786MUQEEM) January 17, 2023

Congratulations Sarfaraz Khan weldone jald aap india ki team se kheloge aap aise hi run banate raho kabhi to sochenge @chetans1987
Aour @BCCI #Shahwar pic.twitter.com/7AsG9MQhBe — Shahwar _____ Ashrafi Misbahi ex ys mim up (@dureshahrwar) January 17, 2023

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Sarfaraz Khan & Test Cricket, we dearly wish this beautiful dream soon turns into a reality. __pic.twitter.com/UxRrIHUHba — North Stand Gang - Wankhede (@NorthStandGang) January 17, 2023

Sarfaraz Khan interview after today's match.#INDvsNZ #INDvsAUSpic.twitter.com/9Z25c9JzTv — DRINK CRICKET (@Drink_Cricket) January 17, 2023

Sarfaraz Khan not getting a chance in Bangladesh test series and now Australia series ..makes Ranji trophy to look useless ..

This guy is batting like a superstar with "never before seen" consistency_.!!!!

Curious case of @BCCI selections _.! https://t.co/2ebFW4lkDs — Dr Karthick Anjaneyan (@dranjee) January 17, 2023

Question is Y does #Mumbai keep on churning #SarfarazKhan & #WasimJaffer??

Same Sarfaraz Khan used to play for #UP & did not get same amount of runs at that time... Something to do with track??

Sld b tried atleast in test,simply for his record... https://t.co/IrtD4arhQC — ________ _7_0_ (@vikshi1311) January 17, 2023

After reaching his century, Sarfaraz celebrated with great fervour in the direction of the locker room, to which Mumbai coach Amol Mazumdar made an exceptional gesture by tipping his hat to the young batter, signifying the importance of the knock. Sarfaraz has been performing consistently in the domestic circuit with spectacular Ranji seasons over the past three years. The 25-year-old has scored 3505 runs in 53 first-class innings at an incredible average of 81.51. The right-hander has been impeccable having scored 928 runs in 6 games and averaging 154.66 in the 2019-20 season, and 982 runs at an average of 122.75 in the 2021-22 season.

In eight innings this season, Sarfaraz has scored 556 runs averaging 111.20 with three centuries, one fifty and a highest score of 162 that came against Tamil Nadu. However, despite these performances, the national selectors didn't name the Mumbai batter in the squad for the upcoming two Tests for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He had also missed out on the two-match Bangladesh test series.

Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan earned a place in the recently announced squad for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy based on their exploits with the bat in the white-ball format. Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan reacted to Sarfarz's exclusion from the squad and opined his thoughts on Twitter, saying, "Ranji trophy performances should be the first criteria for Test selections."

Sarfaraz took to Instagram earlier to share screenshots of his first-class career record after being left out of the squad for the Australia test series.
The screenshot mentioned his record of having the second-highest average (80.47) in first class after the legendary Don Bradman who averaged 95.14. India's premier all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been named in the squad but his inclusion in the playing eleven is subject to fitness.

Aside from Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, who is a regular feature in home Tests, and Kuldeep Yadav form the spin attack.
Jasprit Bumrah continues his rehabilitation and hasn't been named in the squad. The pace attack has Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Shami and Mohammed Siraj with recently recalled Jaydev Unadkat as a left-arm option.

The series is a big one for both teams as they look to nail down a spot in the World Test Championships (WTC) final. The series begins in Nagpur on February 9 with Tests in Delhi, Dharamsala and Ahmedabad.
India's Test squad for the first two Tests against Australia: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat and Suryakumar Yadav.