PCB sacked Sarfaraz Ahmed from captaincy ahead of the Australia series.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday sacked Sarfaraz Ahmed from captaincy ahead of the Australia series. Azhar Ali and Babar Azam were appointed captains of Pakistan’s Test and T20I sides respectively.
Azhar Ali will lead Pakistan in Tests for the 2019-20 season while batsman Babar Azam will guide the T20 squad till the World Cup next year in Australia, announced PCB.
Sarfaraz Ahmed sacked as Pak captain, Azhar Ali and Babar Azam given charge for Test and T20I
Reacting to his axing from both the squads, Sarfaraz said, “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."
Netizens soon took to Twitter and the memes started flooding. There were however some who were not happy with this decision.
1. 'Ab troll kese karenge'
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Ohhh.... Now it's #Babar's time to say inshallah boys played very well #SarfarazAhmed pic.twitter.com/twm2bp2J9m
— shubham (@Shubham_starboy) October 18, 2019
#SarfarazAhmed has been stripped off captaincy from Tests and T20Is.
— The Funny Cricketer (@thefunnycric) October 18, 2019
Pak fans - pic.twitter.com/3EPhwyBHLX
Bad news for india
— Hemant (@hem_a_nt) October 18, 2019
Ab troll kese karenge#SarfarazAhmed #sarfaraz pic.twitter.com/gwVhqeleRE
2. 'Good decision to remove Sarfaraz'
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Breaking News!#Sarfaraz #SarfarazAhmed #sarfaraz pic.twitter.com/KoTWUt9fdg
— Ankit Rawat (@ankitrawat18) October 18, 2019
Good decision to remove Sarfaraz but wrong decision to appoint Babar as Captain. He is not mentally that much strong that will maintain his own batting form & captaincy altogether.#SarfarazAhmed
— S A R M A D (@SARMAD334) October 18, 2019
Still better batsman than Fakhar Zaman and Sarfaraz Ahmed pic.twitter.com/1DTn1GTq0U
— Muhammad Taha (@iTahaAnsari) October 17, 2019
3. 'Sacking Sarfaraz Ahmed from T20I over one poor series leaves a big question mark'
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The man who brought Pakistan team to No 1 position in t20 .
— Saad Nadeem Malik (@1SidMalik) October 18, 2019
The Captain ,the winner of Ct 2017 has been removed from captaincy .
Stay Strong Saifi bhai
Our pride.#SarfarazAhmed #CaptainPakistanteam #PCB
The way Sarfaraz Ahmed said about Babar becoming aggressive as a VC and by seeing him captain central and loosing his temper alongside his form with the bat is an alarming situation.
— Muhammad Hassan Shah (@HassanShahNaqvi) October 18, 2019
Sacking Sarfaraz Ahmed from Test captaincy is understandable but from T20I as well over one poor series leaves a big question mark. #SarfarazAhmed #PCB
— Zeeshan Aslam Dogar (@ZeeshanDogar_5) October 18, 2019
