Sarfraz Ahmed as captain was doing well in 2019. Fresh from defeating Sri Lanka in the ODI series at home in 2019 2-0 Sarfraz Ahmed was removed as captain in all formats by the Pakistan Cricket board after being whitewashed 3-0 by Sri Lanka in the preceding Twenty20 series. He was replaced as captain by Babar Azam in white ball cricket and by Azhar Ali in tests. This was a huge mistake by Pakistan Cricket board to remove Sarfraz Ahmed as captain.
I am saying this because Sarfraz was being very successful as Pakistani skipper. As a youngster he won the 2006 ICC Under-19 World Cup for Pakistan. He captained Pakistan to it's only ICC trophy in seven years by winning the ICC champions trophy in 2017. He made Pakistan no.1 Twenty20 side for two years consecutively. He was the last Pakistani Captain to win a test series against Australia.
In the end what I would like to say is that given Sarfraz Ahmed's achievements as captain of the Pakistani cricket team. PCB made a huge mistake by removing Sarfraz Ahmed as captain in 2019. If he was allowed to stay as captain Pakistani cricket would have been in a much better situation than it is now.
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