Sarfaraz Khan

Chennai Super Kings · legbreak · right-hand bat · Batter

IndianBatterIPL 2026cricketplayerIPLbatterRHB✓ ClaimReview
7
Matches
161
Runs
169.5
Strike Rate
23.0
Average
6
Sixes
1
Fifties
50
HS

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

≥30 balls batting · ≥15 balls bowling✓ ClaimReview per phaseFull breakdown →
Powerplay (1–6)
183.7
SR · 43 balls · 79 R
79 runs12 4s3 6s
Middle (7–15)
124.4
SR · 41 balls · 51 R
51 runs7 4s1 6s
Death (16–20)sub-floor
270
SR · 10 balls · 27 R
27 runs3 4s2 6s

Sarfaraz Khan's best IPL 2026 innings impact: team scored 209 (+16 vs venue par) when he made 32 vs PBKS on 2026-04-03.

Per Himanish Ganjoo's Impact framing: team-total minus venue's 1st-innings par across ≥3 captured fixtures. Attribution rule: a batter is credited for an innings only when they scored ≥30 runs. Methodology: /methodology/player-event-claims#impact.

MetricIPL 2026 best innings impact (par-shift)
Value+16 vs par
PeriodIPL 2026 to date
Computed

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P3Form & phase

3 claims
Powerplay strike rate, IPL 2026
Powerplay batting strike rate in IPL 2026
183.7n=43 PP balls faced · IPL 2026

P4Season comparatives

4 claims
Chennai Super Kings appearance rank, IPL 2026
Batting strike rate in IPL 2026
169.5n=95 balls faced · IPL 2026
Runs scored in IPL 2026
161n=7 innings · IPL 2026
Sixes hit in IPL 2026
6n=7 innings · IPL 2026

P2Moments

2 claims
IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership
Half-centuries in IPL 2026
1n=7 innings · IPL 2026

P1Match recaps

2 claims
IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance
IPL 2026 first appearance

Career snapshot

Multi-format reach. IPL 2026 derived from ball-by-ball capture; non-IPL formats deferred to Phase C per methodology.

FormatMatInnsRunsAvgSR10050HS
IPL 202677157231670046*
IPL career434374228.5137.90167

Bowling

FormatMatInnsWktsAvgEconBBI5w
IPL career110180
IPL 2026: Computed from CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data, last updated 2026-07-30 07:38:12 UTC
IPL career: CricketStudio aggregation — IPL 2026 ball-by-ball + historical Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), last updated 2026-07-30 07:38:12 UTC
Sample-size floor: ≥5 matches for IPL 2026 (season complete).

IPL career before 2026

Sarfaraz Khan scored 585 runs in 36 pre-2026 IPL matches (2015–2023), strike rate 131.8.

Batting by season

SeasonTeamMatRunsHSSRAvg4s6s
2015RCB711145158.627.75122
2016RCB46635212.93374
2018RCB65122124.410.271
2019PBKS518067127.745194
2020/21PBKS3331416.550
2021PBKS200000
2022DC59136135.830.3392
2023DC4533086.913.2541
CareerDC, PBKS, RCB3658567131.822.56314

Bowling by season

SeasonMatWktsEconAvgSR
201910
Career10
Window: IPL 20152023 (pre-2026), 36 matches. Sample-size floor: strike rate shown at ≥30 balls faced, economy at ≥15 balls bowled per season (§3.1); sub-floor cells show .
Source: CricketStudio aggregation of Cricsheet ball-by-ball (CC BY 3.0). Canonical↔historical player join via ESPNcricinfo ID (deterministic, no name-matching). See career leaderboards.

Recent form — last 7 innings

P3 · Form
DateMatchRunsBallsSR4s6sDismissalResult
2026-04-26GT vs CSK010.000caughtL
2026-04-23MI vs CSK148175.030bowledW
2026-04-18SRH vs CSK2519131.630caughtL
2026-04-14CSK vs KKR2318127.812bowledW
2026-04-05RCB vs CSK5025200.082caughtL
2026-04-03CSK vs PBKS3212266.761caughtL
2026-03-30RR vs CSK1712141.721lbwL

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored
MatchRunsBallsSRDate
vs RCB · M.Chinnaswamy Stadium5025200.02026-04-05
vs PBKS · MA Chidambaram Stadium3212266.72026-04-03
vs SRH · Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium2519131.62026-04-18
vs KKR · MA Chidambaram Stadium2318127.82026-04-14
vs RR · Barsapara Cricket Stadium1712141.72026-03-30
vs MI · Wankhede Stadium148175.02026-04-23

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3
PosInnRunsBallsSRAvg
#3 top order1148175.014.00
#4 middle25026192.325.00
#5 middle36549132.721.67
#6 middle13212266.732.00

Source: SETU canonical aggregate. Position = first appearance in ball stream per innings.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

P3
4
57%
Caught
2
29%
Bowled
1
14%
LBW

"Caught" includes stumpings (score type indistinguishable). Cross-reference: season leaderboards.

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team
vs TeamInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
RCB15025200.050.08250
PBKS13212266.732.06132
SRH12519131.625.03025
KKR12318127.823.01223
RR11712141.717.02117
MI1148175.014.03014
GT1010.00.0000

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →
VenueInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
MA Chidambaram Stadium25530183.327.57332
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium15025200.050.08250
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium12519131.625.03025
Barsapara Cricket Stadium11712141.717.02117
Wankhede Stadium1148175.014.03014
Narendra Modi Stadium1010.00.0000

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

As batter

vs bowlerBallsRunsSR4s6sOut
Bhuvneshwar Kumar1018180.0310
Shivang Kumar813162.5200
Jacob Duffy715214.3210
Abhinandan Singh613216.7200
Sunil Narine6116.7000
Eshan Malinga6466.7000

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.

vs Bowling type

L2 · Conditional≥30 balls floor
vs Pace
190.3
SR of 190.3 vs pace bowling — 62 balls faced
62 balls·5 6s
vs Spin
121.9
SR of 121.9 vs spin bowling — 32 balls faced
32 balls·1 6s

Full breakdown at /players/sarfaraz-khan/by-bowling-type · Source: SETU conditional aggregate

Drill into the data

Every dimension below is computed from ball-by-ball record. Pages with insufficient sample render an explicit disclosure.

Research mentioning Sarfaraz

IPL 2026
Highest powerplay strike rates — IPL 2026

Sarfaraz ranks #9 with 183.7 (43 balls faced in powerplay (overs 1–6)).

2026-07-25
IPL 2026
Death Overs Intelligence

Who wins and loses IPL 2026 overs 16–20 — economy leaders, strike-rate leaders, and all 10 teams compared. Ball-by-ball provenance throughout.

2026-06-01

Related entities

Plays for
Chennai Super Kings
Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)
Ravindra Jadeja · 27 ballsBhuvneshwar Kumar · 25 ballsJasprit Bumrah · 25 ballsShivang Kumar · 16 ballsSunil Narine · 14 ballsJacob Duffy · 14 ballsArshdeep Singh · 13 ballsAvesh Khan · 13 balls
Venues played at
MA Chidambaram Stadium · 2 matchesBarsapara Cricket Stadium · 1 matchM.Chinnaswamy Stadium · 1 matchRajiv Gandhi International Stadium · 1 matchWankhede Stadium · 1 match

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Frequently asked

Sarfaraz Khan is an Indian cricketer playing for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026 as a batter (legbreak), right-handed batter born in Mumbai.
Sarfaraz Khan plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026.
Sarfaraz Khan appeared in 14 IPL 2026 matches (14-fixture sample) for Chennai Super Kings, most recently on 2026-05-21.
Sarfaraz Khan's best IPL 2026 innings impact: team scored 209 (+16 vs venue par) when he made 32 vs PBKS on 2026-04-03.
Sarfaraz Khan scored 161 runs in IPL 2026 (7 innings, avg 23.0).
Sarfaraz Khan scores at 183.7 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (43-ball sample, #9 of 45 qualifying batters).
Sarfaraz Khan's best non-opening IPL 2026 partnership: 47 for the 4th wicket with Dewald Brevis vs KKR on 2026-04-14.
Sarfaraz Khan ranks #8 of 25 CricketStudio-tracked Chennai Super Kings squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (14 matches).
Sarfaraz Khan is Indian, born in Mumbai.
Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Sarfaraz Khan are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/sarfaraz-khan — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.
Sarfaraz Khan was born on 27 October 1997.
Sarfaraz Khan bats right-handed.
Yes — Sarfaraz Khan was deployed as an impact substitute 2 times in IPL 2026, contributing 17 runs at SR 130.77. Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball aggregation.

Identity & cross-references