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Pakistan’s Champions Trophy winning captain Sarfaraz Ahmed retires from international cricket

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Pakistan’s Champions Trophy Winning Captain Sarfaraz Ahmed Retires From International Cricket

By IANS News March 15, 2026 • 20:38 PM View: 198

Sarfaraz Ahmed, the wicketkeeper-batter who led Pakistan to 2017 ICC Champions Trophy triumph and remains the only captain to have won ICC titles at both junior and senior levels, announced his retirement from international cricket on Sunday, drawing curtains on a career spanning nearly two decades.

Ahmed, 37, represented Pakistan in 54 Tests, 117 ODIs and 61 T20Is, amassing 6,164 runs across all three formats with six centuries and 35 half-centuries. Behind the stumps, he claimed 315 catches and 56 stumpings.

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