Born in 2000, Sarana earned his international master title in 2016[3] and his grandmaster title in 2017.[4] In February 2018, he participated in the Aeroflot Open. He finished forty-ninth out of ninety-two,[5] scoring 4½/9 (+1–1=7).[6] In March 2018, he competed in the European Individual Chess Championship. He placed twenty-second,[7] scoring 7½/11 (+4–0=7).[8] In July 2019, Sarana won the Russian Championship Higher League with a score of 6½/9 (+4–0=5), qualifying for the Superfinals of 71st Russian men's Chess championship.[9] In the Superfinal, he finished 9th with a score of 5/11(+1-2=8).[10]
In 2019, Sarana shared first place with Alexandr Predke in the Russian Championship Higher League (second on tiebreak) with a score of 6½/9 (+4–0=5). With this result he qualified for the Superfinals of the Russian men's Chess championship for the second year in a row.[11] In 2023 he won the European Individual Chess Championship.[1]