Overview
- Ravichandran Ashwin posted on X urging Chennai Super Kings to slot Sarfaraz Khan into their Playing XII for IPL 2026.
- Ashwin praised Khan’s domination of spin with sweeps and slog-sweeps and used a Tamil idiom to say the batter is breaking down the selection door.
- Khan smashed 157 off 75 balls for Mumbai against Goa in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, hitting 14 sixes and reaching his century in 56 balls as Mumbai made 444 for 8.
- He was prolific in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, logging 329 runs with a strike rate around 200, including knocks of 100*, 52, 64 and 73.
- CSK signed Khan for Rs 75 lakh after he initially went unsold at the mini-auction, and if picked it would be his first IPL appearance since 2023, with selection yet to be confirmed.