Former India player Aakash Chopra feels Sarfaraz Khan’s playing style is unlikely to work in Australian conditions. He added that KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel should play before Sarfaraz in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy if the team management has to pick between the trio.
India will take on Australia in a five-match Test series, with the first game starting in Perth on November 22.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel have been sent to play in the India A game. In my very humble opinion, if you ask me to do a toss-up even today that you have to play one of KL Rahul and Sarfaraz in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Sarfaraz scored 150 for sure, give it to him, but I will say go with KL Rahul,” he said.

“If you tell me that you have to play one of Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel, assuming one of them can play in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, I might still be tempted to go with Dhruv Jurel. My simple reason for that is I am not 100% certain about Sarfaraz’s playing style,” Chopra further added.

In the same video, Aakash Chopra also stated that Sarfaraz Khan won’t be fed spin bowling and won’t be able to score runs in his preferred areas against the seam bowlers in Australian conditions as well.

“I like the kid, I love the kid, I really want him to do well, but I feel it will be a very difficult examination because of the way he scores runs. He will not at all be shown spin there and runs won’t be scored in that direction against fast bowling. So that will be a problem. That is probably why Rahul and Jurel have been sent, so that they can come in form, and if there is a chance, they should play the first match (Test) itself. You never know, Rohit might not be available at all. He has even said that. I don’t know,” Aakash Chopra concluded.