Sports Reporter
Lahore
The Pakistan Cricket Board has removed Sarfaraz Ahmed as skipper in the Test and Twenty20 formats due to “drop in overall form”, a press release issued by the cricketing body said on Friday.
Batsman Azhar Ali will replace the wicket-keeper to captain the team in the upcoming Tests against Australia as well as the World Test Championship in the 2019-20 season. Similarly, batsman Babar Azam will lead Pakistan in T20 matches against Australia and until the 2020 T20 World Cup, which is a year. away.