Sarfaraz Ahmed appointed as the coach of Quetta Gladiators and he has served as a captain for eight years since the inaugural of the Pakistan Super League in 2016. Nadeem Omar, CEO of Quetta Gladiators, has been asked in PSL draft 2025 about Sarfaraz Ahmed and he replied that he will give the key responsibility to him. Now, he confirmed that Sarfaraz will work as a head coach and replace Shane Watson.
Currently, Sarfaraz Ahmed works as a mentor for the Pakistan Champions Cup and according to the contract, he can also perform coaching duties in PSL 2025. At the time of PSL coaching, PCB will not pay the salary to the Sarfaraz Ahmed.
Changes made by Quetta Gladiators for PSL 10
Quetta Gladiators have already made some significant changes as they appointed Moin Khan as the director of the Quetta Gladiators team and appointed their former skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed as the new Head Coach of the team. On the other hand, Quetta Gladiators also replaced Rilee Rossouw with Saud Shakeel and appointed him as the new captain of Quetta.
Quetta Gladiators performance in PSL
Quetta Gladiators was one of the most consistent teams of the HBL Pakistan Super League since its inaugural season and lifted the HBL PSL title in the 4th edition in 2019. But since 2019, Quetta Gladiators has qualified for the playoffs once in 2024 of the HBL PSL so far. The think tank of Quetta Gladiators is working to strengthen its team along with the Management.
Sarfaraz Ahmed as Quetta Gladiators Captain
Sarfaraz Ahmed, a Karachi-born 37-year-old, has been leading the Quetta Gladiators team as a captain since the start of the HBL PSL in 2016 and reached the finals in the first edition of HBL PSL. Under his leadership. QG became the HBL Pakistan Super League Champions in 2019 and runners-up twice in the 1st two editions of the HBL Pakistan Super League.
Additionally, Sarfaraz Ahmed will be the only player in the history of the PSL who represents a single franchise (Quetta Gladiators) for nine consecutive years, and in the 10th edition, he will be the head coach. Additionally, under Sarfraz Ahmed’s captaincy, QG has played 80 matches in HBL PSL, won 38 matches, lost 41, and 1 match ended with No Result.
In the last session of PSL, Rilee Rossouw was the captain of QG, and before that, in only 2 matches Sarfaraz was not there as a captain. Muhammad Nawaz, a left-arm all-rounder, led the team in 2 matches and ended up with 1 win & 1 loss.
Sarfaraz Ahmed as a Batsman in PSL
The right-handed wicketkeeper-batsman has played 85 matches in the Pakistan Super League and scored 1525 runs with an average of 29.32 at a strike rate of 122.6. He scored seven fifties in the HBL Pakistan Super League and his PSL career-best score was 81 against PZ. Furthermore, Sarfraz Ahmed is the highest runs scorer for Quetta Gladiators as he played only for this franchise.