Former Pakistani star sent warning to BCCI about 'injustice to Sarfaraz Khan': “Once Shubman Gill…”

Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali wants Team India to drop star batsman KL Rahul from the Test team once Shubman Gill is fit to play again. Gill missed the first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru due to a stiff neck, which India lost by 8 wickets on Sunday. India included Sarfaraz Khan in the eleven in place of Gill and the Mumbai batsman took advantage of the opportunity and scored his first Test century by scoring 150 runs in the second innings.

However, Gill is likely to return to the eleven for the crucial second Test in Pune. He was seen taking a throwdown after the first test. In that situation, India may be forced to drop Sarfaraz, who has scored three half-centuries and a century in his first four Test matches for the team.

Meanwhile, Basit had urged the Indian team not to sacrifice Sarfaraz, saying that the Rohit Sharma-led side should drop out of form Rahul, who failed in both the innings of the first Test and his The performance was also poor. The recently concluded series against Bangladesh.

Basit believes it would be injustice if India left out Sarfaraz, who has done nothing wrong in his short Test career so far.

“After Shubman Gill is fit, there should not be injustice to Sarfaraz Khan. KL Rahul should be rested now. People rate him too much, but his performance has not been the same. He performed very well in South Africa, But Basit said on his YouTube channel, “I did the same in domestic matches also.”

Basit also termed Rahul's performance against New Zealand as 'disappointing'.

“A lot was riding on KL Rahul after Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant were out. He has played many Test matches and is everyone's favourite. However, he disappointed me today,” he said.

Meanwhile, Will Young and Rachin Ravindra scored an unbeaten 75 to give New Zealand their first Test win in India in 36 years.

Chasing a tricky target of 107 on a rain-delayed day, New Zealand lost captain Tom Latham without a wicket and Devon Conway for 17.

But Young and Ravindra took the visitors to a 110-2 lead in the first session and 1-0 in the three-match series.

(With AFP inputs)