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WATCH: Protests at Sarfaraz Ahmed's home after his removal as Pakistan captain

Protestors chanted slogans against the head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq and demanded country's prime minister Imran Khan to restore Sarfaraz as captain.

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Published : Oct 21, 2019, 5:33 PM IST

Pakistan: Dozens of people protested in front of Sarfaraz Ahmed's home on Sunday after the Pakistan Cricket Board removed the wicket-keeper batsman as country's skipper in test and Twenty20 cricket.

Sarfaraz was not present in his house as he was busy playing in the domestic National T20 Cup in Faisalabad.

Protesters demand justice for Sarfaraz Ahmed
  • Protestors chanted slogans against the head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq and demanded country's prime minister Imran Khan to restore Sarfaraz as captain.
  • The PCB sacked Sarfaraz as captain last Friday in the wake of Pakistan's 3-0 whitewash at the hands of second-string Sri Lanka at Lahore last week.
  • Babar Azam has been appointed as skipper for the Twenty20 format and Azhar Ali as captain for the test matches.

Also, Sarfaraz was dropped from the team as Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced their 16-man T20I and Test squad for their upcoming Australia tour.

Pakistan will play three T20Is and two Test matches against Australia, starting from November 3.

The T20I side will depart for Sydney on 26 October, while the Test players will leave for Perth after featuring in the fifth round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, which will be played from 28-31 October.

T20Is squad: Babar Azam (captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Musa Khan, Shadab Khan, Usman Qadir, Wahab Riaz.

Tests squad: Azhar Ali (captain), Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Haris Sohail, Imam-ul-Haq, Imran Khan Snr, Iftikhar Ahmed, Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Musa Khan, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Yasir Shah.

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