'Visibly upset' Sarfaraz Ahmed verbally abuses his teammate during PSL exhibition match

Former Pakistan cricket team captain Sarfaraz Ahmed led Quetta Gladiators to win over Pakistan Super League (PSL) side Peshawar Zalmi in an exhibition match on Sunday. Despite three-run victory, Quetta skipper is making headlines for unfavorable reasons. As per a report by Cricket Pakistan, 35-year-old was heard verbally abusing one of his teammate during Sunday’s game.

As per report, incident took place in fourth over of Zalmi’s innings, when bowler Aimal Khan conceded a four to Mohammad Haris. As events unfolded, Sarfaraz can be heard abusing his teammate in background. It was understood that captain was visibly upset because Peshawar had reached 40/0 by time incident happened.

"How Sarfaraz has been treating Quetta’s bowlers from behind stumps"

It is pertinent to mention that former Pakistan captain has been involved in similar incidents in past of shouting at his own players. He was earlier criticized by several cricketers and fans for his emotional outbursts towards his own teammates. Speaking to Cricket Pakistan in an interview in 2021, Lahore Qalandars head coach Aaqib Javed revealed an interesting incident. 

Javed said that he had once complained about Sarfaraz’s behaviour to umpire Aleem Dar. "I told Aleem Dar about how Sarfaraz has been treating Quetta’s bowlers from behind stumps. I don’t kw how y endure se abuses and insults. code of conduct applies to him for abusing players in open?," he said.

Earlier last year, former Pakistani skipper was fined for using inappropriate langu in National T20 Cup. incident took place during match against Balochistan after he was dismissed by Kashif Bhatti at point. He was charged under Article 2.3 of PCB, which reads, “Use of audible obscenity”. Sarfaraz will be leading Quetta in upcoming PSL season, scheduled to begin from February 3.

Sarfaraz has recently made headlines last month for scoring his first Test century for Pakistan in over eight years. He scored 78 off 109 balls in first innings of match against New Zealand in Karachi. He n followed up with a 118-run kck in second innings.