Sarfraz Ahmad Lucky man (pakistan cricket team captain):
Sarfraz Ahmed (born
22 May 1987) is a wicketkeeper batsman who plays international cricket for Pakistan and is
the current ODI and T20I captain of the Pakistani cricket team. Sarfraz is
generally an aggressive batsman who can score runs at a brisk pace. He is the
son of late Shakeel Ahmed Siddiqui who was the owner of Shakeel Brothers
Publishing House, a well known publishing company, After his father Shakeel
Brothers is running by his elder brother Shafiq Ahmed. He was named as
Pakistan's Twenty20
International captain
following the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 in India.while he was named Pakistan's ODI Captain on
February 9, 2017 after Azhar Ali stepped down.
Full name Sarfraz Ahmed
Born May 22, 1987, Karachi,
Sind
Current age 29 years 313 days
Major teams Pakistan, Karachi
Dolphins, Karachi Harbour,Pakistan A, Pakistan International
Airlines, Pakistan Under-19s,Quetta Gladiators, Sind
Playing role Wicketkeeper
batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Early life:
Sarfraz belongs to an Urdu-speaking family. He was born
in Karachi. He has a
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering in Electronics, and graduated from Dawood
University of Engineering and Technology.He is also a Hafiz-e-Quran which he
became at the age of 10. In May 2015, Sarfraz married Syeda Khushbakht Shah.His
son, Abdullah, was born in February 2017.
One Day International:
Sarfraz's notable
achievement during the early days of his career was winning the ICC U-19 World
Cup in 2006 where he led the Pakistani team and defeated India in the final in
a low-scoring encounter.
Sarfraz was called up
by Pakistan as a cover for Kamran Akmal who had a finger injury in the one-day
series between India and Pakistan in November 2007. He made
his ODI debut in the final match of the
series, on 18 November 2007. He didn't get a chance to bat as Pakistan had won
the match before he was needed to bat.
In 2008, Sarfraz was
selected ahead of Kamran Akmal for the Asia Cup.
In 2015, Sarfraz was
selected for 2015 Cricket World
Cup but did not get a
chance to play in the first four matches. Due to the first frequent losses, he
was selected for Pakistan's fifth match of the event against South Africa where he scored 49 runs off 49 balls
and took 6 catches as wicket-keeper to equal the one day international
record for most dismissals(6 dismissals).Also he equalled Adam Gilchrist's record for the most
dismissals as a wicketkeeper in a single World Cup innings(6)[9] He was rewarded with the Man of the
Match award. In his second match in the world cup he scored 101* against Ireland and
he was again named the Man of the Match. The win gave Pakistan a
spot in the Quarterfinals of the World Cup.
Test:
He made his Test match
debut in Hobart on
14 January 2010, in the third Test match against Australia,
replacing Kamran Akmal who suffered an "error-ridden performance" in
the second Test. He was dropped
again after one match.
T20I Captaincy:
After a horrendous T20
World Cup 2016 campaign, then T20I captain Shahid Afridi stepped down and 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. This was the first time that
Pakistan has completed a whitewash in a 3 match T20I series. He is the first
ever captain to win 6 consecutive T20I matches.
ODI
Captaincy:
On February 9, 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.
Captancy records:
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Sarfraz's record as captain
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Matches
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Won
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Lost
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Drawn
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No result
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Percentage(%)
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ODI
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1
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1
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–
|
–
|
–
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100
|
|
T20I]
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6
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6
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–
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–
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–
|
100
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Batting Career Summary:
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M
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Inn
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NO
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Runs
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HS
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Avg
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BF
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SR
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100
|
200
|
50
|
4s
|
6s
|
|
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Test
|
33
|
58
|
12
|
1948
|
112
|
42.35
|
2631
|
74.04
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3
|
0
|
11
|
201
|
5
|
|
ODI
|
67
|
52
|
9
|
1498
|
105
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34.84
|
1701
|
88.07
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
115
|
7
|
|
T20I
|
28
|
19
|
7
|
398
|
76
|
33.17
|
319
|
124.76
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
39
|
7
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ICC Ranking:
Test ODI T20
25
39
78
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