[3] He plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and has also represented Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings, and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Sarfaraz's strike rate (94.2) is by far the highest among the 43 batters with two fifty-plus scores on debut in men's Tests (where balls-faced data is available).
In monsoon conditions it was difficult for him to reach the maidan (grounds) from his home in the suburbs, so a synthetic pitch was laid beside his house for practice.
[13] He was unable to attend school for 4 years due to his cricket commitments, so a private tutor was employed for his maths and English classes.
[6] He came into the limelight when he broke the Harris Shield record of Sachin Tendulkar, set in 1988, by scoring 439 off 421 balls.
Bharat Arun, the then head coach of the India Under 19 team, commented that: "He is a gutsy player, who reads the situation well.
[16] Sarfaraz Khan got to his 2nd successive hundred, this time an unbeaten 200-plus score in Round of Ranji Trophy at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium.
[3] In January 2020, in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh, Sarfaraz scored his maiden triple century in first-class cricket.
[18] In the 2022 season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Sarfaraz also began to don a new avatar as an occasional wicket-keeper.
In 2024, Sarfaraz Khan earned his maiden Indian call-up due to injuries to Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul in the first Test against England in Hyderabad.
In the second innings of his debut test match Sarfaraz Khan scored 68 not out off 72 balls with a strike rate of 94.44.
With this knock Sarfaraz Khan became the fourth Indian cricketer to score twin fifties on Test debut joining the esteemed list with likes of Dilawar Hussain, Sunil Gavaskar and Shreyas Iyer.
Sarfaraz's strike rate (94.2) is by far the highest among the 43 batters with two fifty-plus scores on debut in men's Tests (where balls-faced data is available).
Bone tests showed him to have an age of 15 but according to the birth date registered with the Mumbai Cricket Association he was 13 years old.
After a good performance in the 2014 Under-19 World Cup, Sarfaraz was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in 2015 for 5 million.
With the trio of Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers dominating in the next two matches he did not get a chance to bat.
[6] In a surprising move, RCB retained Sarfaraz over the likes of Chris Gayle, K L Rahul, Kedar Jadhav and Yuzvendra Chahal for the 2018 season.
Having his former RCB team-mates like K L Rahul, Chris Gayle and Mandeep Singh helped him through this transfer.
In the absence of Rishabh Pant at the 2023 Indian Premier League, Sarfaraz got the opportunity to play as a wicket-keeper-batter for Delhi Capitals but for only the first match.