Sarfaraz Khan

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

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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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Career snapshot

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

FormatMatInnsRunsAvgSR10050HS
IPL 202677157—1670046*
IPL career434374228.5137.90167
T20IsPhase C — non-IPL formats not yet covered————————
ODIsPhase C — non-IPL formats not yet covered————————
TestsPhase C — non-IPL formats not yet covered————————

Bowling

FormatMatInnsWktsAvgEconBBI5w
IPL 2026———————
IPL career110—18—0
T20Is———————
ODIs———————
Tests———————
IPL 2026: Computed from CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data, last updated 2026-06-21 08:10:49 UTC
IPL career: CricketStudio aggregation — IPL 2026 ball-by-ball + historical Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), last updated 2026-06-21 08:10:49 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
2020/21PBKS33314—16.550
2021PBKS200—000
2022DC59136135.830.3392
2023DC4533086.913.2541
CareerDC, PBKS, RCB3658567131.822.56314

Bowling by season

SeasonMatWktsEconAvgSR
201910———
Career10———
Window: IPL 2015–2023 (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.

Claims by pillar

P3Form & phase
P4Season comparatives
P2Moments
P1Match recaps

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

Phase split

Per-phase batting + bowling (PP / Middle / Death).

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Death overs

Bowling and batting in overs 16-20 (≥15 ball floor).

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Powerplay

Batting and bowling in overs 1-6 (≥30 ball floor).

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Recent form

Last 5 fixtures with batting + bowling figures per match.

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By venue

Per-venue batting + bowling output across IPL 2026 fixtures.

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Vs spin / vs pace

Batting performance against pace bowling vs spin bowling.

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IPL 2026 season

Current-season aggregate batting + bowling stats.

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Partnerships

Per-partner batting dependency: balls faced + runs scored while paired with each named partner (≥30 deliveries floor).

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Franchise mobility

Multi-franchise career arc and team-by-team contribution split.

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Top head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

Sample-size floor: ≥5 deliveries per matchup. Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sorted by delivery count. Each row links to the full match-by-match record at /h2h.

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

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3 · Form & phase

Batted at 4 distinct positions (#3 to #6). Per-position runs and SR below show how the slot affected output. Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Source: SETU canonical aggregate.

PositionInningsRunsBallsSRAvgOuts
#3 · top order1148175.014.001
#4 · middle25026192.325.002
#5 · middle36549132.721.673
#6 · middle13212266.732.001

Source: SETU canonical aggregate (lib/setu/season-stats.ts). Position derived from the order each batter first appears on-creeze in the innings ball stream. Cross-reference: batting-order shuffles leaderboard.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

P3 · Form & phase

How Sarfaraz Khan was dismissed across 7 IPL 2026 wickets. Derived from each wicket-ball's score_id + catchstump_id + runout_by_id. Source: SETU canonical aggregate.

ModeCount% of dismissals
Caught457%
Bowled229%
LBW114%

"Caught" lumps stumpings — the upstream live-feed score type doesn't reliably separate the two (per §10.151co). Dropped catches are NOT counted — commentary-text-only in the upstream feed, doctrine §3.3. Cross-reference: season dismissal-mode leaderboards.

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Frequently asked

Who is Sarfaraz Khan?
Sarfaraz Khan is an Indian cricketer playing for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026 as a batter (legbreak), right-handed batter born in Mumbai.
Which IPL 2026 team does Sarfaraz play for?
Sarfaraz Khan plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026.
How many IPL 2026 matches has Sarfaraz appeared in?
Sarfaraz Khan appeared in 14 IPL 2026 matches (14-fixture sample) for Chennai Super Kings, most recently on 2026-05-21.
What was Sarfaraz's most recent IPL 2026 performance?
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.
What is Sarfaraz's powerplay strike rate in IPL 2026?
Sarfaraz Khan scores at 183.7 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (43-ball sample, #9 of 45 qualifying batters).
What is Sarfaraz's standout performance in IPL 2026?
Sarfaraz Khan's best non-opening IPL 2026 partnership: 47 for the 4th wicket with Dewald Brevis vs KKR on 2026-04-14.
How regular is Sarfaraz in the Chennai Super Kings lineup?
Sarfaraz Khan ranks #8 of 25 CricketStudio-tracked Chennai Super Kings squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (14 matches).
Where is Sarfaraz from?
Sarfaraz Khan is Indian, born in Mumbai.
Where can I find Sarfaraz's full IPL 2026 stats?
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.
When was Sarfaraz born?
Sarfaraz Khan was born on 27 October 1997.
Is Sarfaraz a right-hand or left-hand batter?
Sarfaraz Khan bats right-handed.

About

RoleBatter
TeamChennai Super Kings
Battingright-hand bat
Bowlinglegbreak
NationalityIndian

Identity & cross-references

CricketStudio resolves Sarfaraz Khan to one canonical entity ID, mapped to every major cricket database. This is how AI systems and developers cite the same player across sources without ambiguity.

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Canonical ID · cs_player_642525

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