India, Oct. 19 -- Islamabad: Pakistan's Champions Trophy-winning skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed has been removed in the T20I and Test cricket formats due to 'drop in his overall form during the past few series', the country's cricket board confirmed on Friday.

Under his leadership, Pakistan could not reach the last four stage of the World Cup this year.

Batsman Azhar Ali has been named as the skipper of the Test squad for the 2019-20 season.

Babar Azam has been named captain of the No.1 ranked T20I side until next year's ICC T20 World Cup Australia 2020, said PCB in a statement.

Seventh-ranked Pakistan will play fifth-ranked Australia in two Tests in Brisbane (21-25 November) and Adelaide (29 November-3 December (d/n)) before hosting Sri Lank...