Mumbai batsman Sarfaraz Khan has been a consistent performer in domestic cricket. He recently played a brilliant inning of 125 against Delhi in a Ranji Trophy match. It was expected that Sarfaraz would be selected for the Test series between India and Australia starting next month but his name did not figure in the squad announced for the first two matches.

After not getting a place in the Indian squad, Sarfaraz had shared a cryptic post on Instagram, which had his first-class cricket statistics. Sarfaraz has an average of 80.47 after 50 first-class innings, which is in the vicinity of the great Don Bradman. Let us tell you that in the list of batsmen playing 50 innings in the first class, Bradman’s average is the best. Sarfaraz is in second place.

Due to Sarfaraz’s impressive average, he is being compared to the great batsman Don Bradman. On the other hand, Sarfaraz, when asked about his impressive statistics, mysterious post and being close to Bradman’s record, said that no one can match the Australian great.

Talking to Sports Tak, the 25-year-old batsman said, “I am very happy. Sir Don Bradman’s barbary can never be done but I am very happy that I am around his record. What is the record.. Kabhi banta”. Sometimes it breaks. Sometimes the average is good. Sometimes it also comes down one day or the other. I am just trying that as long as good performance is happening, keep performing well.

Significantly, Sarfaraz is the ninth highest run-scorer in the current Ranji Trophy season. He has scored 556 runs in six matches at an average of 111.20, including three centuries and one half-century. Earlier, Sarfaraz scored 982 runs in six matches in Ranji Trophy 2021-22 at an excellent average of 122.75. He was then the highest run scorer.