Sarfraz Ahmed Cricket
Sarfraz Ahmed is Pakistan cricket team wicketkeeper-batsman and the captain is a current captain of Pakistan in all the formats of cricket game under his captaincy Pakistan cricket team won 11 consecutive T20 series and Pakistan also won the mega event ICC Champions Trophy for the first time in the history. He was awarded a central contract for season 2018-19. e was the youngest cricketer to be awarded the Sitata-i- Imtiaz. He was also PCB’s outstanding player of the year in 2017 and he was also awarded with PCB’s Spirit of the Cricket in 2018.
Domestic Career:
Sarfarz started his domestic career in 2005-06 for Karachi dolphins and he also played for Karachi harbors from 2005-07 then he went Pakistan international airlines from 2006-present and he played for Yorkshire and Khulna Titans as well
In 2016 Sarfraz was picked by Quetta in PSL first edition. He captained Quetta in all the editions of the PSL under his captaincy team make to the final twice and once to the playoffs. he played for the Bengal Tigers as captain in T-10 league as well.
International career:
In sarfraz’s early career he captained Pakistan under-19 cricket team under his leadership Pakistan won the ICC under-19 world cup. In the ODIs, Sarfraz made his debut again India as a replacement of Kamran Akmal who was injured during the series. In his debut match, he didn’t get a chance to bat.
in 2008 he was included in a squad for the Asia Cup. In the final of the tournament, he scored a crucial 46 not out (the highest score from his team) as Pakistan won the match by 2 runs. He has consequently rewarded a Category C contract and selected for Pakistan's next series against Sri Lanka, again for T20s in 2015.
Sarfraz made his test debut against Australia in Hobart. after Australia series he was dropped from test team them he got the chance against Sri Lanka he played 96 runs knock.
The PCB appointed Sarfraz captain of the national T20 team on 5 April 2016. He won his first match in the only T20I against England by nine wickets. Later his team defeated the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 champions, West Indies with a whitewash in a 3 match series. Pakistan is Number 1 in T20 Internationals as of November 2018. Under his captaincy, Pakistan won 11 consecutive T20 series. The teams included West-indies, Australia, New Zealand, England & Zimbabwe against which Pakistan won the series. Pakistan also white-washed the opponent in a bilateral series on 5 occasions under his captaincy.
On 9 February 2017 following the resignation of then captain Azhar Ali from ODI captaincy, Sarfraz Ahmed was chosen to succeed him thus making him a full-time limited overs captain of Pakistan. He was also made vice-captain for the Pakistan Test team. In his first series as ODI captain, Pakistan beat West Indies 2–1.
His first major tournament as the captain was 2017 ICC Champions Trophy. In the pool matches, Pakistan lost to India but went on to win against South Africa and Sri Lanka to enter semi-finals. In the semi-final, Pakistan beat the hosts England comprehensively to enter Pakistan's first Champions Trophy final. In the final against arch-rivals India, Pakistan posted a massive total of 338 and won the match convincingly to become the champions.
On 28 September 2017, against Sri Lanka, he became the 32nd captain of Pakistan in Tests.
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