The 36-year-old has made up his mind to shift to United Kingdom settle in London with his wife and two children. The right-handed batsman, however, will soon return to Pakistan for the ninth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). PSL 2024 is scheduled to get underway next month. Sarfaraz Ahmed will ply his trade for Quetta Gladiators in the competition.
Sarfaraz Ahmed was a part of the three-match Test series against Australia, played the opening match in Perth. He was dropped from the Playing XI after scoring just 7 runs in the game.
The Karachi-born cricketer was appointed as the all-format captain of Pakistan in 2017, 2 years before he took over as the ODI and T20I captain. Under his captaincy, the Men in Green lifted their first major ICC silverware in the form of the Champions Trophy in 2017, since the 2009 T20 WC title in England.
As a U-19 captain, he led Pakistan to the 2006 U-19 World Cup triumph, beating India in the final by 38 runs in Sri Lanka.
He has played 54 Tests, 117 ODIs and 61 T20Is so far and has scored over 6000 runs in international cricket with the help of 6 centuries and 35 half-centuries.