Star Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan smashed his maiden T20 century within the 2025 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy towards Assam, ending hypothesis over his exclusion.

New Delhi: Sarfaraz Khan silenced his critics by hitting his maiden T20 century within the 2025 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy group stage match towards Assam on the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday. The Mumbai right-hander has been in headlines as a result of his exclusion since India’s house Take a look at collection defeat to South Africa, with followers and consultants questioning his continued non-selection regardless of a prolific run within the Ranji Trophy.

Notably, the sport towards Assam marked Sarfaraz’s first T20 match in two years. He reached his century off the second-last ball of the innings, serving to his workforce put up a complete of 220. His 47-ball innings included eight fours and 7 sixes.

Sarfaraz celebrated his maiden century with a loud roar

After reaching his century, Sarfaraz celebrated with a loud roar, having fun with the applause from the non-striker and his Mumbai teammates. Previous to his innings towards Assam, Sarfaraz had solely three half-centuries in T20s, with a prime rating of 67. His efficiency serves as a well timed reminder to all ten IPL groups forward of the public sale in Abu Dhabi on December 16.

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The 28-year-old batter has been excluded from the nationwide setup regardless of scoring runs in home cricket. Final yr, he scored 150 within the second innings of the Bengaluru Take a look at towards New Zealand. Nonetheless, his poor performances within the following two matches resulted in him being ignored of the enjoying XI for your complete Border-Gavaskar Trophy towards Australia.

Sarfaraz was ignored of the for this yr’s England collection

Sarfaraz was later ignored of the squad for this yr’s England collection. He appeared in only one match for India A towards the England Lions and delivered a superb efficiency, but it nonetheless fell wanting incomes him a spot within the nationwide workforce.

The star batter was additionally ignored of the squads for the house collection towards the West Indies and South Africa. Nonetheless, India’s poor present towards the Proteas has reignited calls to incorporate him within the nationwide workforce for the upcoming Take a look at collection towards Sri Lanka in 2026.