In a big blow to Rohit Sharma’s Indian national cricket team, star middle-order batsman Sarfaraz Khan suffered a major injury ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
Sarfaraz Khan, a close ally of Rohit Sharma, was seen leaving the nets during the Indian national cricket team’s practice session in Australia while holding his arms.
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Sarfaraz Khan suffers bruised elbow
Ahead of the opening clash of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, Indian players are practicing at the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) ground in Perth.
Fox Cricket shared a video of India’s net session on its official site X, where the main focus was the batting of modern-day great Virat Kohli.
In the middle of the video, the camera panned towards Sarfaraz, who was seen coming out of the nets after receiving a blow to his right elbow while batting.
Fortunately, it was just a minor injury scare, as Wisden confirmed that the right-handed batsman has “no problems” with his elbow and is completely fine.
First look at Virat Kohli in the Perth nets ahead of the first match of the Test series
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Sarfaraz Khan likely to feature in India XI in Perth Test
Sarfaraz Khan is likely to feature in the Indian national cricket team’s XI in the first match of the Test series against the Australian national cricket team in Perth.
In total he has played 6 Test matches and has scored 371 runs at an average of 37.10, with a best of 150. The batsman, who has scored 3 fifties and 1 century in Test cricket, failed miserably in his last few outings. in the longer format. of the game.
At home, Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, Sarfaraz Khan recorded scores of 0 and 1 against the New Zealand national cricket team in the third Test, and in the previous match in Pune, he had scored 11 and 9 runs respectively.
He received a nod ahead of struggling KL Rahul but failed to seal his place in the playing XI. The right-hander will take part in his first Test series outside India and will be tested on the inflatable pitches in Australia. He will battle against Dhruv Jurel and KL Rahul for a place in the middle order.
Rohit Sharma practically ruled out for Perth Test vs Australia
India captain Rohit Sharma did not travel with the Indian team to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 and is currently in Mumbai where he has been working hard.
Rohit Sharma has not traveled with the team because he wanted to spend time with his family as he and his wife are expecting their second child.
The Indian captain will make a decision to travel to Australia once his second child is born and until then, there are doubts over his availability for the showpiece series.