‘If you are looking for only slim and trim guys, go to a fashion show’: Gavaskar lashes out at selectors for ignoring Sarfaraz Khan

“If you are looking for only slim and trim guys, then might as well go to a fashion show and find some other models and give a bat and ball in their hands and then improve them.”

Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar lashes out on the Chetan Sharma-led All India Selection Committee for not contemplating prolific batter Sarfaraz Khan for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy regardless of proving his mettle in Ranji Trophy matches again and again.

Gavaskar’s opinion got here days after former Indian bowler Venkatesh Prasad defended Sarfaraz Khan’s weight and supported the batter. Stressing on the identical, Gavaskar mentioned that cricketers are available in all sizes and styles.

“That’s not the way cricket goes. You have cricketers in all shapes and sizes. Don’t go by the size, go by the scores or wickets. He is not staying off the field when he scores a hundred. He is back on the field again. So, all that tells you is that the man is fit,” Gavaskar instructed India Today.

“How can you score runs? I think at the end of the day if you are unfit, you aren’t gonna score hundreds. Cricket fitness is the most important thing. Yo-Yo Test can’t be the only criterion. You got to make sure that the man is cricket fit as well. If the person, whoever it is, is cricket fit, then I don’t think it should be any matter,” Gavaskar added.

Meanwhile, 25-year outdated Sarfaraz has scored essentially the most runs for Mumbai throughout the earlier two Ranji editions, and solely sits behind Sir Don Bradman by way of batting common after 53 firstclass innings.

In the continued match towards Delhi on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, Khan paved the best way for a Mumbai comeback with a century towards the run of play. His 144-run stand was important to Mumbai posting 293 within the first innings.