Sarfaraz Ahmed is no longer the captain of Pakistan’s cricket team. The Pakistan Cricket Board has removed Sarfaraz Ahmed from captaincy from all three formats with immediate effect.
If reports are to be believed then the Head Coach of Pakistan cricket team wasn’t happy with Sarfaraz and thus he expressed his concerns with the CEO of Pakistan Cricket Board, Wasim Khan.
Babar Azam, who is one of the talented batsmen of Pakistan cricket team will now take over the role in the shortest formats, while on the other hand, veteran batsmen Azhar Ali will take over the captaincy of red-ball cricket.
Talking about Sarfaraz Ahmed, he is now under the scanner after they suffered a humiliating whitewash in three T20i match series. The loss against Sri Lanka costed Sarfaraz his captaincy. Talking about his journey as the captain of Pakistan cricket team, he said:
“It has been an honor to lead Pakistan at the highest level. I want to thank all my colleagues, coaches, and selectors who have helped me in this journey. My good wishes are with Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, and the Pakistan cricket team, and I hope they will continue to grow stronger and stronger.”
Social media is flooded with mixed reactions on this news. While many called this decision wrong, the others supported it. Here, have a look at how twitterati reacted on this news:
Maybe captaincy wasn’t his cup of tea but I always rated Sarfaraz as a cricketer. Huge pressure now on Babar Azam, already the best batsman, now captain too in limited overs cricket.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 18, 2019
So.. @SarfarazA_54 SACKED as captain of all three formats with immediate effect.. Captain who made Pakistan World # 1 T20 side shown the door less than 12 months into the World T20! #Pakistan #Cricket
— Sawera Pasha (@sawerapasha) October 18, 2019
Sarfaraz Ahmed is to be dropped from both the Test and T20I formats due to the drop in his overall form during the past few series #Cricket
— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) October 18, 2019
JUST IN :
PCB removes @SarfarazA_54 as captain from all 3 formats
— Akhil Gupta ? (@Guptastats92) October 18, 2019
That’s a bit muchhttps://t.co/mzKWHBzbyT
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) October 18, 2019
News of Sarfaraz Ahmed being removed as Captain from all formats. Test and ODI make sense but how could they remove him in T20 considering his successful stats? #Cricket #Pakistan #PCB #SarfarazAhmed pic.twitter.com/FkmMJDXwBN
— Jibran T. Siddiqui (@jibransiddiqui) October 18, 2019
News of Sarfaraz Ahmed being removed as Captain from all formats. Test and ODI make sense but how could they remove him in T20 considering his successful stats? #Cricket #Pakistan #PCB #SarfarazAhmed pic.twitter.com/FkmMJDXwBN
— Jibran T. Siddiqui (@jibransiddiqui) October 18, 2019
Great News ???@TheRealPCB has removed Sarfaraz Ahmed as captain from all formats, with immediate effect.
The wicketkeeper-batsman has also been dropped from the side ahead of Australia tour and has been asked by the PCB to regain form in domestic cricket. #Cricket
— Fahad Ali @ ? (@fahadmehtabali) October 18, 2019
PCB Removed Sarfraz Ahmad from captaincy of all three formats#SarfarazAhmed pic.twitter.com/DousQn8Dqo
— Usman Khan Hasrat (@UsmanKhanUSK) October 18, 2019
Sarfaraz Ahmed’s record as T20I captain
T20Is – 37
Won – 29
Lost – 8
Win% – 78.37Sarfaraz took Pakistan to No1 in T20Is without home matches just like Misbah did in Tests, also won the ODI CT 2017. Now World’s No1 T20I team will be lead by World’s No1 T20I batsman Babar Azam.
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) October 18, 2019
