Sarfaraz Khan’s followers have to attend a bit longer to see him don the India cap on the subject of play as he has not been included in the taking part in XI for the 2nd Test at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam.

Team India have gone in with Rajat Patidar forward of Sarfaraz for the second Test and it has introduced disappointment for Sarfaraz’s followers who have been anticipating him to make his debut in Vizag.

Notably, Sarfaraz acquired his maiden India name-up on January 29 after an extended wait. The 26-yr-previous goes by means of some wonderful kind. He scored 96 towards England Lions in the Tour match and adopted it up with scores of 55 and 161 in the first and the second Unofficial Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

In such a younger profession, Sarfaraz has already proved his mettle in the home circuit. The Mumbai batter has aggregated 3912 runs in his 45-match-lengthy first-class profession. He has a stellar common of 69.85 in the first-class circuit and appears ripe to make the alternatives rely if he’s introduced with the similar at the worldwide stage.

Meanwhile, Patidar is keen to make the alternative rely as he will get the gig instead of KL Rahul. If Patidar goes on to get an enormous rating in Vizag then that may give a superb headache for the workforce administration.

Here’s how X customers reacted to Sarfaraz’s non-choice in the taking part in XI:

India’s taking part in XI:

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav

England’s taking part in XI:

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Tom Hartley, Shoaib Bashir, James Anderson