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NEW DELHI: As Sarfaraz Khan continues his affluent vein of signifier successful home cricket, seasoned off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has backed the right-hander to go a regular batter for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) successful the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026.Ashwin’s endorsement comes aft Sarfaraz smashed a blistering 157 disconnected 75 balls against Goa successful the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT), an innings that included 9 boundaries and 14 sixes and underlined his power-hitting prowess.
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Sarfaraz brought up his 100 successful conscionable 56 balls successful what was a breathtaking knock. Ashwin besides highlighted the batter’s performances successful the precocious concluded Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT), wherever helium amassed 329 runs successful 7 matches astatine a onslaught complaint of 203.08 and an mean of 65.80.In a station connected X, Ashwin wrote, "100*(47), 52(40), 64(25), 73(22) successful the SMAT. That form's transitioned seamlessly into the Hazare with scores of 55(49) followed by a blistering 157(75) contiguous with 14 sixes. It's peculiarly awesome however helium murders rotation successful the mediate overs with his sweeps and slog sweeps. 'Avan kadhava thattala, idichi odachitu irukaan.' ( He is not knocking connected the door, helium is breaking it unfastened ) CSK should look astatine riding his purple spot by slotting him into the Playing XII surely? A genuine occupation of plentifulness with the bat for the men successful yellowish this season! Can't hold for IPL 2026.
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Following his exploits successful the SMAT, five-time IPL champions CSK secured the services of the right-handed batter for Rs 75 lakh astatine the IPL 2026 mini-auction earlier this month.Chennai Super Kings Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad, MS Dhoni, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Jamie Overton, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmad, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shivam Dube, Shreyas Gopal, Khaleel Ahmed, Sanju Samson Akeal Hosein, Prashant Veer, Kartik Sharma, Matthew Short, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Matt Henry, Rahul Chahar, Zak Foulkes.
