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Sarfaraz Khan drops for push-ups to celebrate after marking 15-ball SMAT fifty in style

Aakash Saini

Sarfaraz Khan celebrating his half-century [Source: @sportstarweb, @mufaddal_vohra/x]Sarfaraz Khan celebrating his half-century [Source: @sportstarweb, @mufaddal_vohra/x]

Team India discard and Mumbai veteran Sarfaraz Khan rained down a 15-ball half-century against Rajasthan in the Super League Group B match of the ongoing 2025-26 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy season. The right-hander belted three fours and launched six huge sixes at the time of reaching the landmark figure at the MCA Stadium in Pune on Tuesday, December 16.

The 28-year-old was eventually dismissed for 73 from just 22 balls by Manav Suthar around the halfway stage of the innings.

Sarfaraz Khan flexes his fitness after fiery fifty

Sarfaraz Khan turned his fiery half-century against Rajasthan into a fitness statement in Pune. After whacking Rahul Chahar for two successive maximums to race to 53* from just 15 balls, Sarfaraz celebrated his landmark moment by getting down and performing push-ups on the pitch.

The impromptu push-ups underlined the remarkable physical transformation Sarfaraz has undergone this year, silencing lingering doubts from critics about his conditioning.

The 28-year-old was eventually dismissed by Manav Suthar in the 11th over of the Mumbai innings, at a time when they reached 152 in their chase of 217.

Sarfaraz Khan has been in splendid touch with the bat off late. In his previous game against Haryana a couple of days ago in Ambi, the blistering middle-order batter blasted 64 runs off just 25 balls and formed an electrifying partnership with longtime teammate Yashasvi Jaiswal.

He also tonked a 47-ball ton in a match-winning cause for Mumbai earlier in the ongoing 2025-26 SMAT season, and smeared a quick 52 against Kerala next up in Lucknow. Overall, Sarfaraz Khan has drawn 329 runs in just seven innings of the tournament at an astonishing strike rate of above 200.