Former Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed has hit out at Salman Butt for criticising his captaincy in a recent analysis of Pakistan Super League (PSL) fixture on his YouTube channel. Sarfaraz did not mention Butt’s name his tweet but called him a fixer who sold his country on national duty.
The wicketkeeper wrote in a tweet, “Pakistan ko on duty beachne wala fixer jub niyat pe bhashan dega phir to Allah he Hafiz hai .#justsying [sic]”.
Sarfaraz-led Quetta Gladiators have lost two of their three matches in the ongoing PSL 2022. The veteran batter was unimpressive in the team’s run chase against defending champions Multan Sultans on January 31 as he scored just 21 runs from 23 deliveries when the team needed to accelerate in the middle overs.
The tainted opener pointed out that Sarfaraz has been travelling with the squad as a backup wicketkeeper and his recent performances are not doing him a favour either. He also criticised his captaincy in PSL as Gladiators finished at the bottom of the table with just two wins from 10 games.
“They (Quetta Gladiators) also lost last year. You (Sarfaraz Ahmed) are the captain of the team since the inception of PSL. He is making things difficult for himself and he won’t have any answers tomorrow,” said Butt in a YouTube video.
“He should focus on himself and his performance. He has been travelling as a second wicketkeeper with the Pakistan team since the last couple of years. So, he needs to concentrate on himself instead bothering about other player’s performance,” he added.
So far, Sarfaraz has scored just 37 runs from two innings in the T20 league. He remained unbeaten on 16 in an easy run chase against Karachi Kings where Naseem Shah took a fifer to bundle out Babar Azam’s side for 113.
Since he got sacked as Pakistan captain in 2019, the 34-year-old has featured in only three T20Is and one ODI. He was a part of Pakistan’s revised T20 World Cup 2021 squad as well but warmed the benches as Rizwan was in the form of his life.
