Shashi Tharoor Blasts BCCI Selectors After Sarfaraz Khan's India A Snub: "Too Quick To Discard Proven Talent"

Shashi Tharoor Slams Selectors for Ignoring Sarfaraz Khan, Calls It an Outrage

Congress MP says domestic cricket performances must be valued over IPL hype; criticises trend of sidelining proven talent

Shashi Tharoor slams India’s cricket selectors for ignoring Sarfaraz Khan

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday expressed “outrage” over Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan being ignored for selection in the India A squad recently and said runs in domestic cricket must be valued by the selectors and not just in the IPL. Tharoor, a cricket aficionado, also said the selectors are too quick to discard proven talent in order to take a punt on “potential”. Responding to a post which lamented Khan being igno…

Shashi Tharoor Blasts BCCI Selectors After Sarfaraz Khan's India A Snub: "Too Quick To Discard Proven Talent"

Sarfaraz Khan, a domestic cricket stalwart, was recently overlooked for the India A vs South Africa A red-ball series

Shashi Tharoor slams selectors for Sarfaraz's snub: What's the value of Ranji runs?

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor criticises Indian selectors for excluding Sarfaraz Khan from the Test team despite his impressive domestic and international records. He stressed the need to value consistent domestic cricket performances over IPL form in team selection.

Congress leader claims Sarfaraz Khan being ignored from India A to be an ‘Outrageous’ move from the selectors

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday expressed “outrage” over Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan being ignored for selection in the India A squad recently and said runs in domestic cricket must be valued by the selectors. Tharoor also said the selectors are too quick to discard proven talent. “This is frankly an outrage. Sarfaraz Khan averages 65-plus in first class cricket, scored a 50 on Test debut and a 150 in a Test we lost, made 92 i…

Shashi Tharoor Slams Selectors for Ignoring Sarfaraz Khan

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has criticized the Indian cricket selectors for leaving out Sarfaraz Khan from the Test squad despite his outstanding domestic record. Tharoor, in a post on X, said it was “outrageous” that a player averaging over 65 in first-class cricket was ignored. He pointed out that Sarfaraz scored 50 on debut, 150 in another Test, and 92 in a tour match in England, yet remains out of the team. Sarfaraz has scored 4,76…