Sarfaraz Ahmed

SARFARAZ AHMED’S NEWS

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DEBUT IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET OF SARFARAZ AHMED

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• Test – 14 January 2010 vs Australia in Hobart
• ODI – 18 November 2007 vs India in Jaipur
• T20I – 19 February 2010 vs England in Dubai (DSC)

CRICKET & MORE OF SARFARAZ AHMED

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• Domestic/IPL Franchise – Karachi Dolphins, Karachi Harbour, Sindh, Pakistan International Airlines, Quetta Gladiators
• Nature on the field – Maintains calm disposition (plays aggressively though)
• Like to play against – India

RECORDS OF SARFARAZ AHMED

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Sarfaraz Ahmed is one of the most successful and decorated cricketers in the world. Some of his achievements include:

• As a wicket-keeper in the U-19 World Cup 2006, he had 23 catches and 6 stumpings to his name. He also averaged 39.75 with the bat during the tournament.
• He scored 3 half-centuries and dismissed 21 players while in gloves in his first five matches in Asia Cup 2008.
• In the first innings of the first Test match against Australia in October 2014, Sarfraz.
• While playing against Sri Lanka in 2015, he scored 96 runs off just 85 balls. During the innings, he became the 7th Pakistani wicket-keeper to reach 1000 runs. He shares the record with Imtiaz Ahmed, who also scored 1000 runs in 28 innings.
• As of June 2017, Sarfraz has 418 catches and 44 stumpings under his belt in the First-class format.

AWARDS WON BY SARFARAZ AHMED

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• PCB’s Outstanding Player of the year: 2017
• Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2018) – Pakistan’s third highest civilian award
• PCB’s Spirit of cricket award: 2018

CONTROVERSIES OF SARFARAZ AHMED

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Sarfaraz Ahmed is a high-profile and successful athlete, and as such, he has faced his share of controversies over the years. 

• His sudden oust from the two T20 matches against Sri Lanka in 2015 drew the attention of the media which later became an unnecessary issue according to the Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis. He said these headlines overshadow their performance and past victories against the Sri Lankan cricket Team.
• In June 2017, after Pakistan had won their last pool match of the Champions Trophy against Sri Lanka to make it to the semifinals, Sarfraz was fined 20% of his match fees by the Panel of ICC Match Referees after they found Pakistan to be one over short when time allowances were taken into consideration. The verdict said if the Pakistan team violated Article 2.5.1 of the ICC Code of Conduct for players and player support panel, the skipper of the team could face a one-match ban in the tournament. All the other players were fined 10% of their match fees under the law.
• In January 2019, during the second ODI of the series against South Africa, Sarfaraz was caught on the stump mics using a racial slur towards Andile Phehlukwayo. He played in the third ODI match, but was then suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the next four matches, missing the last two ODIs and the first two T20Is of the tour. Shoaib Malik captained the Pakistan team in Sarfaraz’s place. The following month, the PCB confirmed Sarfaraz as the team’s captain, and stated he would lead the squad at the 2019 Cricket World Cup

GIRLFRIENDS AND MORE OF SARFARAZ AHMED

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• Sarfaraz married Syeda Khushbakht in 2015; the couple have two children.

SARFARAZ AHMED’S VIDEO

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SALARY OF SARFARAZ AHMED

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• Net Worth (Approx) – $5 Million

PHOTO GALLERY OF SARFARAZ AHMED

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