PCB's tweet regarding the news received a lot of comments from angry fans.
Pakistan wicket-keeper Sarfaraz Ahmed has been stripped off Test and T20I captaincy. This has not gone down well with Pakistan fans who have targeted the PCB in their tweets.
Sarfaraz had been on the edge of his captaincy role since their below-par performance in the World Cup 2019. Pakistan coach and national selector Misbah-ul-Haq had praised him for his hard work in the national camp before their home series against Sri Lanka.
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The 32-year-old got another hit as captain but failed to make it count as the hosts, who are also ranked No. 1 in T20Is, lost 3-0 to a second string Sri Lankan side.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) thus not only removed Sarfaraz from the captaincy role but also dropped him from their Test and T20I squads. Azhar Ali and Babar Azam have been made captain in the Test and T20I format respectively. The fans called the PCB biased for the decision and also blamed them for dropping all cricketers from Karachi.
Here are some of the replies:
Azhar ali out from cricket quite some time & appoint as captain look at his analysis for last 5 matches .shame on pcb , no karachii player in cricket team . First appoint misbah & waqar & after that their selected captain , this is how punjab courrept board work .
— Shariq Hassan (@ShariqHassan19) October 18, 2019
Shame on PCB n Misbah sarfraz should remain captain of T20
— M K@$H!F N!@Z! (@MKASHIFNIAZI1) October 18, 2019
It's a bias decision , why Azhar ali appoint as test captain courrept decision .it's a punjab cricket board .
— Shariq Hassan (@ShariqHassan19) October 18, 2019
Sarfaraz has been made the Scapegoat for the Failure of our Batsmen/Team for last few years,including Babar in T-20 format.When there was pressure on Babar he could not perform against SL!The pressure will be much more on Babar & Azhar to Perform Like Before & Win Matches Too!
— Asad Baig (@asadbaig1) October 18, 2019
Sarfaraz ko dokha diya misbah ne
— Baloch khan (@balachdestiny) October 18, 2019
Sarfaraz out despite of highest runs in SL series.
— Muhammad Noman Saeed (@SaeedNoman) October 18, 2019
Shame on you PCB aka Punjab Cricket Board
Shameful politics continues in PCB, dark days for Pakistan cricket looming. Same faces coming back to haunt again. #sayno2misbah
— Imad Uddin Chishti (@imadchishti) October 18, 2019