ISLAMABAD- Sarfraz Ahmed has emerged as the most successful T20international captain of Pakistan.
He took over Pakistan’s T20I captaincy from Shahid Afridi after Pakistan’sdisastrous run in World T20 2016. Pakistan was ranked 7th in the teamranking, he took Pakistan T20I side to the number 1 spot with the courtesyof 85% of winning ratio (since World T20 2016).
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Under the captaincy of Sarfraz Pakistan have played 20 T20I matches and won17, lost 3.
Sarfraz captain Pakistan’s T20I side in 7 series (including a one-off matchagainst England in 2016) and won all the 7 series
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In 2017, Sarfraz captained the side in 10 T20I matches and won 8 of themwhich makes him the most successful captain of this format in the previousyear.
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After skippering a one-off match in 2015, Sarfraz was given the ODIcaptaincy in February 2017 following the resignation of Azhar Alilink>.
Before Sarfraz wore the captaincy band, Pakistan reached the record lowestranking position of number 9th spot and was being fed on vulnerable teamslike West Indies and Sri Lanka to qualify for the ICC Champions Trophy andwas also struggling for the direct qualification in the World Cup 2019.
Sarfraz’s first series as an ODI captain was against West Indies, whichPakistan won 2-1 and qualified for the Champions Trophy
Pakistan entered in the Champions trophy as the lowest ranked side, butthey emerged as the winner, beating their arch-rivals India in the final bya huge margin of 180-runs.
Keeping up winning momentum from Champions Trophy, Sarfraz Ahmed’s menwhitewashed Sri Lanka in a five-match ODI series.
Sarfraz won 11 ODI matches as captain out of 13 in 2017, which helpedPakistan to qualify directly for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019