After playing the ongoing Duleep Trophy, Sarfaraz Khan joined the Team India in Chennai on Monday ahead of first Test against Bangladesh, beginning from Thursday.
With Sarfaraz Khan joining the squad, he will likely be in a tussle for a single middle-order spot in the team with KL Rahul. Rahul played the first match of the Duleep Trophy 2024 for India A and scored 37 and 57 across both innings.
Rahul was called up for the preparatory camp along with other players on the team. Currently, it seems that Rahul is ahead for a spot in the first Test against Bangladesh. He is likely to take the No. 5 spot in the team unless there are any sudden injury concerns.
In the four innings Sarfaraz played in the Duleep Trophy 2024, he wasn’t at his best and scored just 71 runs in 2 Tests at an average of 23.66.
He did not cross the fifty-run mark in any of the four innings and his best scored was a fiery knock of 46 off 36 balls in the second innings of the first match against India A.
India will play a two-match Test series against Bangladesh. The first Test of the series will be played in Chennai on September 19-23. Meanwhile, the second Test will be held on September 27-October 1 in Kanpur.
