Given some splendid batting display from Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ravindra Jadeja, Indian Men cricket team has scored a thunderous victory here against the England men cricket team at Rajkot by 434 Runs. Yet, there’s one name that has largely made the headlines during these four days- Sarfaraz khan.
We must mention here that not only millions of netizens, but most of the cricket pundits were rooting for cricketer Sarfaraz khan’s entry into the Indian test squad. Over the past two years, this amazing batter from Mumbai has impressed everyone with his blitzkrieg performances on the field. While we just talked regarding how amazing cricketer Sarfaraz khan is, lets take a sneak peek into his early life and cricketing career.
Sarfaraz Khan Cricket career and early Life
Sarfaraz Khan was born on October 27 1997 in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra. So, we can say that Sarfaraz khan’s age as of 2024 is 26 years. As far as his family is concerned, sarfaraz khan’s father Naushad Khan played for Mumbai in the Ranji trophy and serving as his coach since childhood. Not many people know but his father has a great role in guiding and directing him through the early stages of his cricketing career.
His younger brother Musheer Khan has recently grabbed all the attention while scoring big for the India Under 19 team in the recently concluded ICC U-19 Cricket World cup. Sarfaraz khan’s cricket journey kick started in the streets of Mumbai just like every other local cricketer. No one knew him earlier, yet he made all the headlines while playing a record breaking knock of 439 runs in Harris shield match. The innings was played in the year 2009 while playing for his school Rizvi Springfield High school. His sublime performance not only made him earns all the spotlight but also put his name in the contention for a Mumbai Ranji team selection.
Stats in Domestic Career
He didn’t stop there and continued his golden run in various other age group tournaments for the Mumbai team. While showcasing his impeccable batting records, he was eventually selected for Mumbai team for Ranji trophy in the 2014-15 seasons. Right from the start, he came up with impressive knocks in all formats of the game. Over the last two Ranji Trophy season, he has scored more than 800 runs with an unbelievable average of over 80.
Everyone loves his style and aggressive batting in the cricketing fraternity, yet he did have to wait for his chances on the biggest stage. Well, it was not just about his high scores but his ability to score these runs consistently that has earned him a great reputation.
Sarfaraz Khan IPL career
Sarfaraz Khan IPL career kick started when you were picked by the renowned franchise Royal challenger Bangalore in the year 2015. Right within his IPL debut year, he showed some fabulous batting and sheer class. Even though his game suited the test format more than the T20 format, he impressed everyone and were further selected by franchises like Delhi and Rajasthan.
Sarfaraz Khan International Career
Sarfaraz has just been handed over his test cap by former Indian spinner Anil Kumble and everyone along with his family, got emotional during the same moment. He scored impressive half centuries in both the innings and showed some huge promise for the future.
Net worth
Sarfaraz has just kickstarted his cricket career and given the early estimates, we can quote his net worth as around $1 million. Still, we are very sure that sarfaraz khan’s net worth will witness some big jump given the kind of rise he has witnessed in his cricket career recently.
Sarfaraz Khan Family and Girlfriend
Talking about sarfaraz Khan gamily, he got his father, mother and a younger brother in the family. Moreover, according to an interview Sarfaraz khan’s family has been deemed as his biggest pillars of strength during his cricketing journey over the years. He even wears the Jersey number 97( Nau-saat) that is dedicated to his father.
As far as Sarfaraz Khan’s girlfriend is concerned, he is all committed to his cricket career and don’t want to get into any relationship as of now. So, whatever rumors you can see or hear regarding his girlfriend or wife are completely baseless.
Instagram and Social media
Sarfraaz Khan Instagram account is @sarfarazkhan97. Although he purely keeps his focus on his training and cricketing drills and doesn’t give much time to the social media.
