Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan has a stellar record with the bat – may it be in the domestic circuit or the IPL. Once a part of Royal Challengers Bengaluru, he could find himself reunited with RCB in the IPL 2025 auction. He has been released by Delhi Capitals (DC) despite having a promising year so far with the bat.
Why RCB should buy Sarfaraz Khan in IPL 2025 auction?
From 2015 to 2019, Sarfaraz Khan spent his early years in IPL with the trophy-less franchise. He played under the captaincy of Virat Kohli for most of his time in RCB and even earned praise from the latter for one of his outrageous knocks. He moved on to PBKS ahead of IPL 2020 after being picked up for Rs 25 lakhs. He was retained by the side in 2020. He moved to Delhi Capitals eventually and has now been released by the franchise.
| Year | Mat | Runs | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 40 | 441 | 23.21 | 138.24 |
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Sarfaraz Khan’s best season for RCB came in 2019 when he amassed 180 runs. Despite getting limiited outigs in each IPL edition, he has turned out to be one of the better batters on any given day. RCB are eyeing to recuit a fresh unit of batters in the IPL 2025 auction, having retained just Kohli and Patidar. RCB’s middle-order, where Sarfaraz likes to bat, is empty as well with Dinesh Karthik retiring and the team releasing Will Jacks, Glenn Maxell.
Sarfaraz Khan could very well serve as an integral part of RCB’s XI in the upsoming seasons.
RCB Retention List for IPL 2025
Retention No. 1 (Rs 21 crore) – Virat Kohli
Retention No. 2 (Rs 11 crore) – Rajat Patidar
Retention No. 3 (Rs 5 crore) – Yash Dayal
Retention No. 4 (Rs 4 crore) –
Purse left – 83 Cr
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