{"id":47780,"date":"2026-08-11T08:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T03:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/sarfaraz-khans-return-a-17kg-weight-loss-relentless-fight-and-a-test-recall-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T08:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T03:13:09","slug":"sarfaraz-khans-return-a-17kg-weight-loss-relentless-fight-and-a-test-recall-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/sarfaraz-khans-return-a-17kg-weight-loss-relentless-fight-and-a-test-recall-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarfaraz Khan’s return: A 17kg weight loss, relentless fight and a Test recall | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In cricket, as in life, fortunes can change in a short time. Over the years, Sarfaraz Khan<\/a> has subtly expressed his frustration at being sidelined from the Indian Test team despite consistent performances in the Ranji Trophy<\/a>.On Friday, the Mumbai batter posted a photo on Instagram from the 2019 Telugu film \u2018Jersey\u2019 with a caption that read: \u201cI may not fit in, but I\u2019ll fight with everything I\u2019ve got.\u201dJust 48 hours later, the 28-yearold was rewarded for his seemingly endless \u2018fight\u2019 when he replaced the injured Sai Sudharsan in the Indian squad for the Test series against Sri Lanka. After finally receiving the news he had been waiting for, Sarfaraz shared his first post on social media, posting a couple of pictures in the Team India travelling jersey. On Monday, Sarfaraz was the cynosure of all eyes as he practiced with the Indian team in Colombo.On eve of Sarfaraz\u2019s departure, Sarfaraz\u2019s father-cum-coach Naushad Khan<\/a>, who has a penchant for shayari when he\u2019s not coaching his kids, posted a reel where he tells his cricketer sons Sarfaraz and Musheer Khan that luck favours hardwork.The Test recall, which has come after 19 months in the wilderness for Sarfaraz, marks a heartening comeback of a man who was last year ignored by the national selectors even for the India A home series against South Africa A ahead of the Proteas\u2019 tour of India, based on the logic that they had \u201cseen enough\u201d of him and wanted to try the others too. With the three-day warm-up game in Colombo having concluded on Sunday, Sarfaraz will look to make the most of the practice sessions to prepare for the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

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One of the criticisms against Sarfaraz was that he was overweight. Many deemed him unfit to play toplevel cricket, even though legendary opener Sunil Gavaskar countered that by saying that a player\u2019s performance and cricket fitness are more important than their body weight. In a heartening development that has certainly helped him in his cricket career, Sarfaraz, before being picked for the India A squad for the upcoming tour of England last year, eventually decided to improve on this aspect too.<\/p>\n

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After remaining unsold in the IPL for two years before the Chennai Super Kings bought him in IPL-2026 auction, he worked hard on improving his fitness in recent times, and shedding excess weight. The Mumbaikar has lost a staggering 17 kgs in a year\u2019s time and now bears a much trimmer, fitter look. In fact, since 2025, Sarfaraz\u2019s whole family has been on a weightlosing spree which has produced significant results. Advised to lose weight on an urgent basis to avoid a knee replacement surgery, Naushad Khan lost 12 kgs in a month last year.\u201cOur whole family is focused on a weight-losing mission. Sarfaraz has lost nine kilograms too in six weeks, which isn\u2019t easy, and he\u2019s raring to lose more weight. Both Sarfaraz and I have been slogging in the gym for at least an hour for six days a week. I go for a walk, while he jogs for almost an hour, and then there\u2019s a 30-minute swimming session. Even my younger son Moin (Khan) has lost a lot of weight,\u201d Naushad had told TOI.Much of this weight loss mission for the Khans also involved a strict diet. \u201cSarfaraz and I have stopped eating atta (flour) and rice at home completely. Our diet is now strict but interesting \u2014 we eat sauteed vegetable with boiled chicken, boiled eggs, and drink green tea and black coffee. We are using little (olive) oil in our food,\u201d Naushad had revealed.It meant that Sarfaaz was no longer feasting on his favourite non-vegetarian dishes \u2014 particularly biryani \u2014 but it\u2019s a sacrifice that the middleorder batter consciously made to improve his fitness drastically.<\/div>\n


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