Sarfraz Ahmed hints at retirement from cricket

Former Pakistan cricket captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, who won the Champions Trophy title in 2017, has hinted at his retirement.

Ahmed became emotional during a press conference at the Champions T20 Cup when a journalist asked him about his retirement.

"The announcement that was awaited will be made soon. There is nothing left to say about playing," he responded.

The former captain led Pakistan to two International Cricket Council (ICC) trophies during his career.

He is most famous for captaining Pakistan to win the Champions Trophy, but one of his victories often goes unnoticed: leading Pakistan's junior team to the ICC Under-19 World Cup in 2006, where they lifted the trophy. The opponent in that crucial match was India.

Pakistan won the ICC Champions Trophy for the second time under his leadership in 2017, claiming the title for the first time. This time, their opponent was also India.

The honour of lifting two ICC trophies as captain was previously achieved by former West Indian captain Clive Lloyd, who led the Caribbean team to world championships in 1975 and 1979. Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting also achieved this feat in 2003 and 2007.

After that, if we look at the series of ICC trophies, the 1987 World Cup was won by Australia under the captaincy of Allan Border, the 1992 World Cup was won by Pakistan under the leadership of Imran Khan, and Sri Lanka won the 1996 World Cup under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga.

From 1999 to 2007, Australia won three consecutive World Cups, but there were two captains.

Australia won the 1999 World Cup under Steve Smith, while the 2003 and 2007 World Cups were won by Australia under the leadership of Ricky Ponting. India won the 2011 World Cup under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, the 2015 World Cup was won by Australia again, but the leadership was in the hands of Michael Clarke, while England won the 2019 World Cup under the leadership of Eoin Morgan.