Iftikhar Ahmed (109*) stars as Punjab defeat Federal Areas by 7 wickets in Pakistan Cup 2019

[giri26]

Punjab squad - Kamran Akmal (WK, captain); Bilawal Bhatti; Ehsan Adil; Fahad Iqbal; Hussain Talat; Iftikhar Ahmed; Kashif Bhatti; Khurram Manzoor; Mohammad Asghar; Mohammad Sami; Ramiz Aziz; Saad Ali; Sami Aslam; Sohail Tanveer and Waleed Ahmed

Federal Areas - Mohammad Rizwan (WK, captain); Ahmed Shehzad; Asad Afridi; Bilal Asif; Israrullah; Khurram Shahzad; Mohammad Nawaz; Nihal Mansoor; Ramiz Raja Jr; Sadaf Hussain; Sameen Gul; Saud Shakil; Sohaib Maqsood; Waqas Maqsood and Zia-ul-Haq

 

[Abdullah719]

 

[Shafi]

Sad to see players like Sami, S Tanvir, Shafiq, Gul......... still playing ODI cricket.

 

[Shafi]

Shehzad still doesn't know how to rotate strike.

 

[Bewal Express]

What purpose do most of these guys serve when they are not going to play for PK.

 

[Shafi]

Saud has proved to be another hype. This guy neither has passion nor talent. Even hack like Shehzad or Umar are way above him. No excuse to fail 3 in a row on a super flat pitch.

 

[Salman4.]

Saud has proved to be another hype. This guy neither has passion nor talent. Even hack like Shehzad or Umar are way above him. No excuse to fail 3 in a row on a super flat pitch.

Can't believe that he is so lazy. He doesn't even care about his fitness.

 

[mak36]

Saud

 

[mak36]

Saud has proved to be another hype. This guy neither has passion nor talent. Even hack like Shehzad or Umar are way above him. No excuse to fail 3 in a row on a super flat pitch.

Scoring 50 in previous match is a failure?

 

[Salman4.]

Scoring 50 in previous match is a failure?

Mohammad Nawaz has 2 50s in previous 2 games.
Hope that helps.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Can't believe that he is so lazy. He doesn't even care about his fitness.

too much hype from ppers including me, but certainly i was going by the stats. now looking at him play, he doesnt deserve the hype that he was getting here...


he should be no where near the intl team for his pathetic attitude towards the game and dont care fitness levels...

 

[mak36]

Mohammad Nawaz has 2 50s in previous 2 games.
Hope that helps.

Go look at where Saud was being forced to bat earlier on in this tournament...

 

[Salman4.]

Go look at where Saud was being forced to bat earlier on in this tournament...

Saud was batting at 6 in the first game and had 28 overs to bat!

 

[MenInG]

 

[MenInG]

Partnership between Sami Aslam and Iftikhar Ahmed offers hope to Punjab as they chase 322 to win against Federal Areas as they reach 174/2 in 30.0 overs needing 148 runs to win;

 

[Syed1]

I can only remember one side chasing down a target of 300+ in this tournament, when Khushdil Shah went berserk. All other teams have failed. Actually says alot about Pak batting standards.

 

[Hasan123]

Go look at where Saud was being forced to bat earlier on in this tournament...

On that note, he’s batting at 3 today. I thought the big bad Rizwan is selfish. Obviously as a Sarfaraz fan you won’t admit you were wrong.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Extremely poor captaincy.

 

[MenInG]

PUNJAB 292/3 in 44.3 overs
Punjab need 30 runs to win

 

[Sadozai]

Ifti Uncle

 

[MenInG]

Punjab win by 7 wickets after scoring 327/3 in 46.4 overs in reply to 321 AO by Federal Areas; Brilliant batting by Iftikhar Ahmed (109*) and Saad Ali (76*) to see their side to victory;

 

[MenInG]

 

[mak36]

On that note, he’s batting at 3 today. I thought the big bad Rizwan is selfish. Obviously as a Sarfaraz fan you won’t admit you were wrong.

I think logic just died...

 

[Hasan123]

I think logic just died...

You said Rizwan was selfish because he was batting ahead of Saud. According to the scorecard he is batting at 3. Your logic of Rizwan being selfish died.

 

[moghul]

I selected Iftikhar in my team for the WC, we need six hitting batsmen. He is in great form lately, technically very correct and can easily bowl 4-5 cheap overs.

 

[Finisher]

Fielding has been a joke in this tournament.
Follies being dropped and boundaries through fielders legs are standard to see.