India is all set to take on Pakistan in match 16 of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. Pakistan convincingly won their first practice game against the West Indies before being beaten by South Africa in their second warm-up game.

With Team India is in form to take on Pakistan, Sarfaraz Ahmed has made his way into the main team. Sarfaraz Ahmed is a right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman from Pakistan Cricket team.

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He played five ODIs for the Pakistan Under-19 team before being called up to captain the U-19 World Cup unit in 2006. This came after he scored back-to-back half-centuries in only his third and fourth match.

In 2007-08, Sarfaraz has had a remarkable beginning to the season where he racked up three fifties in his first five matches along with 21 dismissals behind the stumps and posed a serious threat to Kamran Akmal’s position as Pakistan’s first-choice wicketkeeper.

Ahmed’s place in the squad was not secure until the 2012 Asia Cup wherein he played a vital unbeaten inning of 46 runs against Bangladesh.

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Meanwhile, Ahmed notched up centuries against Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand and that secured his place in the Pakistan squad. He did not get many opportunities to play in the 2015 World Cup.

Azhar Ali’s poor record as ODI captain made the selectors look at Sarfaraz for captaincy in the 2017 Champions Trophy. The wicket-keeper batsman did not disappoint and led his team to victory in the finals against their arch-rivals, India. He had a good tournament as his innings of 61 runs was important in beating Sri Lanka and helping Sri Lanka qualify for the semi-finals.