The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has eliminated Sarfaraz Ahmed as skipper within the Test and Twenty20 formats because of “drop in ordinary form”, a press launch issued with the aid of the cricketing body stated on Friday.
Batsman Azhar Ali will replace the wicket-keeper to captain the team in the approaching Tests against Australia as well as the World Test Championship in the 2019-20 season.
As well, batsman Babar Azam will lead Pakistan in T20 team in opposition to Australia and until the 2020 T20 World Cup, that is a year away.
The decision comes weeks after Pakistan — the No-1 T20 team— become whitewashed via an inexperienced Sri Lanka side in Lahore.
PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani termed the decision to eliminate Sarfraz Ahmed as “hard”, but one that had to be taken “within the best hobby of the group”.
Babar Azam, who’s the number one batsman inside the T20 format, declared that being named captain of the aspect is the “biggest aspect that has passed off to my career so far”.
“I experience it’s been a natural development for me and I am overjoyed that the PCB has put faith in my abilities,” he stated. “Sarfaraz Ahmed has led the facet within the shortest format by way of instance and it’s far my duty to take forward his accomplishments so that we stay a constant, attractive and powerful side.”
