IND v ENG 2024: Sarfaraz Khan reacts to maiden India Test call-up, Suryakumar overjoyed with Mumbai teammate’s selection

Sarfaraz Khan relished his dream of finding a place in the Indian Test team.

Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan on Monday (January 29) relished his dream of finding a place in the Indian Test team.

The right-hander, who has been a prolific run-getter in domestic cricket, earned his maiden India call-up after Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul were ruled out of the second Test against England due to hamstring and quadriceps injuries, respectively.

The selectors also added left-arm spinner Sourabh Kumar and all-rounder Washington Sundar to the squad.

After his first-ever call-up to the Indian team, Sarfaraz Khan is receiving congratulatory messages from the cricket fraternity. His Mumbai teammate and India batter Suryakumar Yadav also extended his best wishes to Sarfaraz.

Surya posted a picture along with Sarfaraz on his Instagram story and wrote, “Maiden India call. Utsav ki taiyaarrii karo."

Later on, Sarfaraz Khan shared Suryakumar's post on his Instagram story. He uploaded another story with a photo of himself and his father Naushad Khan. The two were all smiles in the picture and Sarfaraz also added the celebratory song 'Badal Pe Paon Hain' from the famous Bollywood movie ‘Chak De India’.

Questions were asked about Sarfaraz Khan's continual snub from the Test side despite his unparalleled consistency in first-class cricket. However, the selectors couldn’t ignore the 26-year-old after he registered scores of 4, 55 and 161 in the first two unofficial Tests against England Lions.

Sarfaraz has so far played 45 first-class matches, scoring 3,912 runs at an average of 69.85, including 14 hundreds and 11 half-centuries.