Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan, who has played six Test matches for Team India in 2024 after making his debut against England in Rajkot on February 15, 2024, on Tuesday (October 21) was not included in the India A squads for the upcoming two four-day matches against South Africa A. The senior men’s selection committee’s decision to ignore Sarfaraz, who has a batting average of more than 65 in first-class cricket, came as a shock for everyone. Many fans expressed their disappointment over his exclusion from the squads, and now former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has also joined the bandwagon.
Ashwin, who played six Tests for India with Sarfaraz last year, slammed Sarfaraz’s exclusion and said that he can’t find any logic behind his non-selection.
“I can’t find any logic behind Sarfaraz’