Sarfraz Ahmed Player Profile, ICC Rankings, Career Stats and Biography

Sarfraz Ahmed (سرفراز احمد‎ ) who is the current skipper of the Pakistan Cricket Team in all 3 formats of the games and is a wicket-keeper-batsman who plays international cricket for Pakistan. Sarfraz Ahmed replaced Azhar Ali as Pakistan One Day International captain following the 2016 ICC T20 Cricket World Cup in India. Sarfraz replaced Misbah-ul-Haq and became Pakistan 32nd Test Team Captain. Under his captaincy, Pakistan became champions by winning ICC Champions Trophy in June 2017. Sarfraz Ahmed became the youngest cricketer to be awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz in March 2018.

Sarfraz Ahmed became part of Pakistan Squad for Cricket World Cup 2015, he got chance in the 5th match of the event against South Africa where he scored 49 runs of 49 balls and took 6 catches in the same match and leveled world record as wicket-keeper for most dismissals in a single match. He also equaled Adam Gilchrist’s record for most dismissals as a wicket-keeper in a single World Cup innings by dismissing 6 batsmen.

Sarfraz represented Quetta Gladiators as skipper during all Pakistan Super League season since 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. His team struggled through all PSL season to won the title but due to the absence of major squad in the knockout stage, they didn’t win the title. His team Quetta Gladiators won the title for the first time in the fourth season of Pakistan Super League 2019.

In Sarfraz captaincy, Pakistan won ICC U-19 World Cup in 2006 and defeated India in the final in a low-scoring encounter. Sarfraz Ahmed replace Kamran Akmal as wicket-keeper batsman when he made his One Day International debut for Pakistan in November 2007 against India.

Sarfraz Ahmed captained Bengal Tigers during the inaugural edition of the T10 League in UAE.

• 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

Full Name	Sarfraz Ahmed
Date of Birth	22 May 1987, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Current Age	31 Years
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7)
Nickname	Saifi
T-Shirt No.	54
Playing Roll	Wicket keeper-batsman, Pakistan captain
Batting Style	Right-handed
Bowling Style	Right-arm off break
Test Debut	14 January 2010 v Australia (Cap-198)
ODI Debut	18 November 2007 v India (Cap-156)
T20 Debut	19 February 2010 v England (Cap-36)
Last Test	11 January 2019 v South Africa
Last ODI	25 January 2019 v South Africa
Last T20	4 November 2018 v New Zealand
Major Teams	Pakistan, Karachi Dolphins, Karachi Harbour,Pakistan A, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Under-19s,Quetta Gladiators, Sind, Yorkshire
Twitter Profile	@sarfaraza_54
Instagram Profile	@sarfaraz54

Sarfraz Ahmed ICC Ranking, Batting Averages, Highest Runs and Stats

Match Format	Test	ODI	T20	First Class
Matches	43	95	53	143
Runs Scored	2,457	1,816	745	7,423
100s/50s	3/16	2/8	0/3	10/52
Highest	112	105	89*	213*
6s/4s	8/268	10/148	14/74	–
Batting Averages	39.00	33.01	28.65	40.78
Strike Rate	70.99	86.2	128.66	–
Balls Bowled	–	12	–	4
Wickets	–	–	–	–
Bowling Averages	–	7.5	–	–
5-Wickets Haul	–	–	–	–
Best Bowling	–	–	–	–
Catches/Stumps	146/21	98/23	32/10	471/49
ICC Batting Rankings	40	49	47	–
ICC Bowling Rankings	–	–	–	–

Sarfraz Ahmed Records as Captain 

Matches Format	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	No result	Win %
Test	13	4	8	1	–	–	33%
ODI	35	21	13	–	–	1	62%
T20	33	29	4	–	–	–	88%