Sarfaraz’s explosive batting (Photo-PTI)
Sarfaraz Khan in SMAT 2025, Sarfaraz Khan is considered to be the best batsman of red ball cricket but now this player has shown wonders in the white ball game also. This right-handed batsman led Mumbai to victory against Haryana in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Sarfaraz Khan scored 64 runs in 25 balls in this match. His strike rate was 256. This inning of Sarfaraz Khan is considered very important because he has played this stormy inning just before the IPL 2026 auction.
Sarfaraz’s stormy batting
Sarfaraz Khan He batted brilliantly against Haryana at number 3. After the dismissal of Ajinkya Rahane, this player came to the crease and as soon as he came, he attacked the Haryana bowlers. These two players took Mumbai beyond 100 runs in just 6 overs. Sarfaraz looked very dangerous in the powerplay. He scored a half-century in just 18 balls. Sarfaraz hit 9 fours and 3 sixes in his innings of 64 runs. Meaning, he scored 54 runs with just six fours.
Crores will be showered on Sarfaraz in IPL 2026,
Sarfaraz Khan has played this inning just before the IPL 2026 auction and it is possible that some IPL team will definitely bet on him. This player will enter the auction with a base price of Rs 75 lakh and Sarfaraz will hope that he finds a buyer. Let us tell you that Sarfaraz Khan has been facing despair for the last four years. After IPL 2021, he did not get any chance to play in this league. Sarfaraz has scored 441 runs in 40 matches in IPL at an average of 23.21, which includes one half-century. However, Sarfaraz has changed his game a lot in the last few years.
Sarfaraz-Yashasvi led to victory
Talking about the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match, Mumbai defeated Haryana by 4 wickets. Haryana team scored 234 runs in 20 overs, in reply Mumbai achieved this huge target in just 17.3 overs. For the first time, any team has chased such a big score against Haryana. Apart from Sarfaraz, Yashasvi Jaiswal played an inning of 101 runs in 50 balls in this match.