Yesterday, Royal Challengers Bangalore surprised everyone with their shocking retention of Sarfaraz Khan, who has not played a game for them since 2016. Moreover, they chose him over Chris Gayle, who has been their iconic player since IPL 4.

The likes of Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, David Warner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, AB de Villiers and many others have been retained by their respective franchise. Nonetheless, talking about Sarfaraz, the 20-year-old had been marred by accidents within the latest previous.

Thus retaining him over somebody like Yuzvendra Chahal, who ended 2017 because the main wicket-taker in T20Is appears past logic. The franchise additionally paid INR 5 lakhs to supply monetary support for his leg operation.

Speaking over his retention, Sarfaraz quoted to Sportskeeda, “Initially, I want to thank the RCB administration and Virat bhai for placing their belief in me and I might like to repay their religion.”

He added, “I was thrilled when Avinash Vaidya sir known as me. I used to be shocked that RCB have been keen to retain me. Because of them, who, from my leg operation to the rehabilitation, took all of it upon themselves financially. They paid 5 lakhs for my operation and made me recuperate from the damage (sic).”