“Everyone makes some mistakes” - Siddhesh Lad reveals the whole Mumbai dressing room is backing Sarfaraz Khan

Senior Mumbai batter Siddhesh Lad has backed his teammate Sarfaraz Khan, who has been omitted from the India A unofficial Test series against South Africa A. Unfortunately, Sarfaraz could score only 95 runs from five innings so far in the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2025-26 campaign. 

On Friday, ahead of Mumbai's Ranji Trophy fourth round match against Himachal Pradesh at the MCA ground in BKC, Siddhesh made it clear that the whole dressing room is backing Sarfaraz Khan to come out of it and do well. 

"At the end of the day, he is a human being and everyone makes some mistakes. There is always that (rough) patch for big players. If we look at the last 4-5 years, he has consistently scored runs. Somewhere, it could be demotivating as a player but at this time, it is up to us as a team and support staff as to how do we lift him up? We know his potential and if he plays (well), he will play big innings. As a team, we will try to lift his confidence in any way we can," Lad said.

"Both these matches are very important for us. We have to finish the first leg well. I feel as a team we have done well. We made some mistakes in the first innings (against Rajasthan) but we have learned from our mistakes. Of course, if you are playing at your home, you know the conditions, (and) everything about the pitch. We are well prepared in that way. We know that it is very important to win both the games for us if we want to qualify in the knockout stage," Lad said.

Interestingly, Sarfaraz Khan was part of the Indian Test side in the New Zealand home series and played a crucial role in the overall series. Later, he was picked in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, but couldn’t play in any of the five Tests, raising eyebrows.

Later, he was dropped for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in England and the subsequent West Indies Test series at home.

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