Babar Azam on Sarfaraz Ahmed: Former Pakistan team captain Sarfaraz Ahmed returned to the Test team after almost four years. Sarfaraz Ahmed returned in the Test series played against New Zealand. After his return, he scored a half-century in the very first match. He scored 3 half-centuries and a century in a total of 4 innings of both the matches played against New Zealand. He scored a century after eight years in his Test career. After this return of Sarfaraz Ahmed, team captain Babar Azam while talking about him said that this is the identity of a senior and experienced player.
Talking about Sarfaraz Ahmed, Babar Azam said, “He waited four years for his chance and did not lose hope. He was devoted to his training, wicketkeeping and batting. He got the team out of a difficult situation and this is the identity of a senior and experienced player. It was a dream comeback for him.”
Before this, he played the last test as captain
Sarfaraz Ahmed played his last Test match as captain before returning to the Test team. In that match played against South Africa in 2019, he scored 50 runs in the first innings. At the same time, in the second innings, he returned to the pavilion without opening the account.
International career has been like this so far
Sarfaraz Ahmed has played all the three formats for Pakistan. He has played a total of 51 Test matches for the team so far. In 90 innings of these matches, he has scored 2992 runs at an average of 38.85. In this, he has scored 4 centuries and 21 half-centuries. Apart from this, in ODIs, he has scored 2315 runs in 91 innings of 117 matches at an average of 33.55. At the same time, in 42 innings of 61 matches of T20 International, he has scored 818 runs at an average of 27.26 and a strike rate of 125.26.
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