Twitter reacts as PCB sack Sarfraz Ahmed from Test and T20I captaincy

BySrijith Gopal, SportsCafe Editor

10/18/2019

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After an unsuccessful World Cup campaign and after conceding a T20I series whitewash, even though Sri Lanka didn't field their main team against the No.1 ranked T20I team, Sarfraz Ahmed was removed as the captain of the T20I and Test team. This decision received a mixed reaction from the Twitterati.

And this is how PCB reacted to the sacking! Shocking!

They’ve deleted it now but was a gif of these pics (Fakhar dancing and Saifi being “sent off” in some training session) https://t.co/q01xs1cVcM pic.twitter.com/0zeg5nJZyB
— Osman Samiuddin (@OsmanSamiuddin) October 18, 2019

Here is ⁦@TheRealPCB⁩ tweet moments after Sarfaraz was sacked. Classy. (Background score courtesy my one-year old) pic.twitter.com/QuCqxQTDXJ
— Osman Samiuddin (@OsmanSamiuddin) October 18, 2019

Yeah right!

The PCB apologies for this post and accepts the timing of it was wrong. This was a pre-planned post as part of the one-year to go #T20WorldCup promotional campaign. The timing of this post clashed with the captaincy announcement for which the PCB offers its regrets.
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 18, 2019

Calm down with the heart emojis my friend!

Azhar Ali appointed as a captain of test team for test championship 2019_20 while Babar Azam appointed as a captain of T20 team🇵🇰😍.....good luck for both of them😍..and best wishes for Sarfraz Ahmed😍 #Babarazam #Azharali #Sarfrazahmed
— Captain.Usman Ashraf (@captain_usman07) October 18, 2019

Sarfraz has a variety of expressions for every situation!

Sarfraz After PCB removes him from captaincy #sarfrazahmed #taptan pic.twitter.com/e28PROBdoL
— ᴍɪʀᴢᴀ (@Suspendedceleb) October 18, 2019

The reaction you give when you get sacked after making your team No.1 in T20Is!

#SarfrazAhmed sacked as captain of Pakistan in Tests and T20 #BabarAzam T20 captain #AzharAli Test captain

Sarfraz reaction 👇👇 pic.twitter.com/KWn5Po7S0t
— World Cup (@worldcup_2k23) October 18, 2019

Looks like this guy can't contain his joy!

Hate Facebook for not allowing us to react multiple time on a single post.

Posts about sarfraz being sacked from captaincy deserve 1 million love reacts. #SarfrazAhmed #FridayFeeling #Alhamdulillah pic.twitter.com/w11xbsc40z
— Hamza Ali (@HamzaAl95236933) October 18, 2019

Stats don't lie!

News of Sarfaraz Ahmed being removed as Captain from all formats. Test and ODI make sense but how could they remove him in T20 considering his successful stats? #Cricket #Pakistan #PCB #SarfarazAhmed pic.twitter.com/FkmMJDXwBN
— Jibran T. Siddiqui (@jibransiddiqui) October 18, 2019

The countdown begins!

The downfall of babar azam to start now #SarfrazAhmed
— Irfan Bhojani (@irbhojani) October 18, 2019

People have a very short memory!

Do you remember?@SarfarazA_54 has the world record of 11 consecutive T20Is series win as a captain. Consistency in the shortest format is not an easy task but he made it easy. Yes we all are fickle. Best of luck Sir Sarfaraz !#SarfrazAhmed #ProudOfYouSarfaraz
— Muhammad Mohsin (@RealMoh5in) October 18, 2019

Retirement talks begin!

Good Decision by #PCB.

I have a question, why he was in the team for so long ?

Sarfaraz should take retirement.#SarfrazAhmed #sarfraz #PCB #BCCIPresident #Cricket
— हिंदुस्तानी पठान (@GbuRaghib) October 18, 2019

What was PCB thinking!?

Sarfraz's individual performance was zero, not a single match-winning performance except champion trophy win against SL. Now, PCB making mistake by choosing Babar as a replacement in ODI captaincy. He's not yet ready and surely will affect his batting.

#SarfarazAhmed
— Bilal Azmat (@bilalazmat38) October 18, 2019

Looks like the entire nation will be partying tonight!