Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan was as soon as once more missed by the selectors for Team India’s upcoming tour of West Indies. Despite establishing himself as one of the crucial constant batters within the home circuit, an India name up has eluded him for lengthy. He scored 556 runs in six video games at a median of 92.66 within the 2022-23 Ranji Trophy marketing campaign with the assistance of three centuries. In the 2021-22 Ranji Trophy season, he had 982 runs at a median of 122.75.

Taking to Twitter, former India batter Aakash Chopra slammed the selectors over Sarfaraz’s non-selection and likewise questioned the “sanctity of first class cricket”.

“Will Sarfraz be remembered as someone who scored a mountain of runs in First-Class cricket and still never got an opportunity to play for India?? I really hope that’s not the case. And I hope that what more he needs to do to get picked is communicated to him. Otherwise…the sanctity of first-class cricket (the heart and soul of Indian cricket) will be lost,” Chopra tweeted.

Will Sarfraz be remembered as somebody who scored a mountain of runs in First-Class cricket and nonetheless by no means bought a possibility to play for India?? I actually hope that is not the case. And I hope that what extra he must do to get picked is communicated to him. Otherwise…the…

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) June 25, 2023

The likes of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who loved a superb season within the Indian Premier League, had been most well-liked over Sarfaraz Khan in India’s Test aspect.

As far as the remainder of the squad is anxious, Rohit Sharma will lead the aspect in each codecs, whereas Ajinkya Rahane and Hardik Pandya will deputise him in Tests and ODIs, respectively.

In one other massive growth, veteran batter Cheteshwar Pujara was axed from the staff, following his poor outing with the bat within the World Test Championship (WTC) remaining.