Sarfaraz Ahmed Reacts After Being Sacked As The Skipper

There comes an end to Sarfaraz Ahmed as a captain of the Pakistan Cricket Team. On Friday, the board sacked the Pakistan cricketer from captaincy in Test and T20I format of the game. The board asked the youngster Babar Azam and the Test specialist Azhar Ali to take the role for Pakistan. Meanwhile, Sarfaraz Ahmed reacts after being sacked.

Sarfaraz is most fondly remembered to have guided Pakistan to a stunning ICC Champions Trophy win in 2017. It was where the Men in Green defeated India to clinch the prestigious title. However, shockingly ahead of the ICC World Cup 2020, they removed him from captaincy.

Not only from captaincy but also Sarfaraz also lost his place in the purest and shortest format of the game respectively. However, the former skipper isn’t going down with the decision, as he would like to regain some form in the domestic circuit.

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It has been an honour – Sarfaraz Ahmed

Speaking of the same, Sarfaraz Ahmed quoted that he was honoured to lead Pakistan across the formats. Further, Sarfaraz Ahmed conveyed his good wishes to his successors Azhar Ali and Babar Azam after being sacked as the Pakistan captain of the Test and T20I sides on Friday.

“It has been an honour 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,” Sarfaraz Ahmed said in an official statement.

Sarfaraz hasn’t done justice to his reputation with only a solitary fifty-plus score in ODIs, since the 2019 World Cup. In addition, his last T20I half-century came on June 12, 2018. In Tests, he has averaged less than 30 since the start of 2018.

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Further, it comes to know that Misbah-ul-Haq isn’t happy with the way how Sarfaraz Ahmed is leading the side. The decision was made after consulting the CEO of Pakistan board, who asked Sarfaraz Ahmed to play domestic cricket again.