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[VIDEOS] "In Pakistan I am famous as a finisher" : Iftikhar Ahmed

FearlessRoar said:
Iftikhar Ahmed is in action for Bangla Tigers Mississauga against Montreal Tigers in GT20 2024
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My uncle didn’t select him on his team. He went on to join Mississauga tigers. Hope he gets more exposed to his die hard fans! Who are no where to be found
 
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Iftikhar should just give up now. He is not going anywhere with his batting and nobody can trust his bowling as a full time bowler.
 
Mohraheem said:
He lied on his resume! He also said he can do wicket keeping. Coach laughed at him
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Is this why Babar places him at slips? Thinking he's a keeper as well! Chacha the slip fielder only realises what's actually happened after watching the slow mo replays on the grounds big screens.
 
He needs to admit that he's done with competitive cricket. Meanwhile, Iftikhar Ahmed scored an unbeaten fifty, 50* off 40, for Bangla Tigers Mississauga against Vancouver Knights in the Global T20 2024
 
I have said it many a times. Team management played a huge role in Ifti’s decline in international cricket. He was given the role of no.7/8 which is not suitable to his style of play.

Even though Ifti does not feature in my proposed future squads, he could still potentially be an asset if played at no.4.
 
gazza619 said:
I have said it many a times. Team management played a huge role in Ifti’s decline in international cricket. He was given the role of no.7/8 which is not suitable to his style of play.

Even though Ifti does not feature in my proposed future squads, he could still potentially be an asset if played at no.4.
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How brother? He is such a bad player of spin, strike rotation is so bad, how could he have played at 4?
 
gazza619 said:
How many Pakistan batters can hit Axar Patel for 3 sixes in over?
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3 sixes on a deathbed for spinners in Melbourne 2 years ago.
At number 4, you have to face different situations in different conditions. Chacha doesn't have the game.
And what about the countless times he has failed when he's come in to bat early?
 
gazza619 said:
I have said it many a times. Team management played a huge role in Ifti’s decline in international cricket. He was given the role of no.7/8 which is not suitable to his style of play.

Even though Ifti does not feature in my proposed future squads, he could still potentially be an asset if played at no.4.
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He was given the opportunity to bat at 5 against sa in the world cup where he had over 30 overs to play and he still went for his customary 21 ball 25 score.

He's been promoted up at 6 and 5 numerous times in his career and has botched it.

In fact the whole reason he's gained a reputation of finisher is because he's capable of bullying medium pace Nepal trundlers or x team NZ at the no.

Dude can't even play ish sodhi level spinners.
 
The no look chacha brand has no potential.
 
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Major said:
He is doing good in franchise cricket.
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So is shadab, Usman Khan, Saim Ayub, Usama Mir, Amir, and many others who frequently fail in international or just have medicore performances in general.
 
gazza619 said:
How many Pakistan batters can hit Axar Patel for 3 sixes in over?
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Do you remember how he threw his wicket in the same match? Failed to defend straight delivery of Shami with no footwork.

Do you remember he played 5 dot balls of Adil Rashid in the WC final and scored legendary 0 of 6 balls? Continuous selection of Iftikhar without any accountability is one of the biggest scam. I don't think any other player got these many chances even after continuous failure
 
zaidihusain said:
Do you remember how he threw his wicket in the same match? Failed to defend straight delivery of Shami with no footwork.

Do you remember he played 5 dot balls of Adil Rashid in the WC final and scored legendary 0 of 6 balls? Continuous selection of Iftikhar without any accountability is one of the biggest scam. I don't think any other player got these many chances even after continuous failure
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If you're a misbah buddy you get infinite chances
 
mominsaigol said:
He was given the opportunity to bat at 5 against sa in the world cup where he had over 30 overs to play and he still went for his customary 21 ball 25 score.

He's been promoted up at 6 and 5 numerous times in his career and has botched it.

In fact the whole reason he's gained a reputation of finisher is because he's capable of bullying medium pace Nepal trundlers or x team NZ at the no.

Dude can't even play ish sodhi level spinners.
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But his batting position is shifted in every match. We should give him 5 games at no.4 and see what he is made of.
 
Ahmed216 said:
3 sixes on a deathbed for spinners in Melbourne 2 years ago.
At number 4, you have to face different situations in different conditions. Chacha doesn't have the game.
And what about the countless times he has failed when he's come in to bat early?
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Technically chacha’s has one of the better games against pace.

You can’t just randomly send him early to bat in one game and expect him to perform. He needs to be given confidence.
 
Major said:
Who cares.

Except for ipl, all other leagues are b grade anyway
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IPL is B grade. Just because it has Ambani level people purchasing teams doesn't really invalidate from the fact that they design video game level pitches for pure entertainment and no one really improves.

Yes it got big names but it's not really a metric.

Indian players improve via ranji trophy and England players improve with country, Same with other top class sides.

If county and domestic games didn't exist then IPL players wouldn't have good players as no player like Travis head would ever develop.
 
Canada league may be on par with PSL if not better for international player availability
 
mominsaigol said:
IPL is B grade. Just because it has Ambani level people purchasing teams doesn't really invalidate from the fact that they design video game level pitches for pure entertainment and no one really improves.

Yes it got big names but it's not really a metric.

Indian players improve via ranji trophy and England players improve with country, Same with other top class sides.

If county and domestic games didn't exist then IPL players wouldn't have good players as no player like Travis head would ever develop.
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so if all t20 leagues are B grade, than that means all leagues are same level?
 
Major said:
so if all t20 leagues are B grade, than that means all leagues are same level?
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All leagues aren't the same level. But leagues aren't good enough to determine success nor are they good enough for winning cups or performing in international.

It's why people in psl are performing but failing frequently on the national stage.

Even in IPL, Starc in his glory days would always fail but in international especially around 2015 he was an atg bowler. Starc has regressed massively now but even in 2023 wc he deliveried during knockout stages. But in IPL he can't deliver if every pitch is designed to basically be a baseball hone runner pitch.

Players improve due to pure focus on domestic whereas pakistan is focused too much on psl and is using that as a basis for Test, odi and t20 performance.
 
His career in international hangs by a thread now..

Pcb seems to be going for jahandad khan and irfan niazi as the next lower order hitters. If one of them finds success in the shaheen team, iftis international career could be over.

However, if they fail, i wont be surprised if they continue with ifti again. However, ifti has failed at international level and not stood up when needed
 
Major said:
Who cares.

Except for ipl, all other leagues are b grade anyway
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NO, I think the standard of competition in the Hundred, Big Bash, Vitality blast are much better and it's surprising that many of the seniors aren't interested in playing the better leagues. What I really wanted to say is that we sometimes take the results of these poor quality leagues really serious when selecting the national sides. Facing the likes of Mitchell Starc or Wood is different from facing a pot bellied Ramkumar or Usman chacha in Canada, Sharjah or wherever these new leagues are played nowadays.
 
Major said:
His career in international hangs by a thread now..

Pcb seems to be going for jahandad khan and irfan niazi as the next lower order hitters. If one of them finds success in the shaheen team, iftis international career could be over.

However, if they fail, i wont be surprised if they continue with ifti again. However, ifti has failed at international level and not stood up when needed
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Yea was a pretty poor call from Misbah to push for Chacha
 
TheSultan said:
Yea was a pretty poor call from Misbah to push for Chacha
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Misbah had no vision that's his issue, it's always quick fixes with him which does harm.

For example Mickey's vision

1) Recognises Fakhar is useless when he made his debut at no 4 in t20, Decided to make him open in all formats and dubbed him X factor, Aka saw potential beyond stats.

2) Create a lineage of backups even if some backups were questionable.

For hafeez and Malik, Haris sohail, then brought on shadab and Nawaz which granted failed but were experimented with, Then in 2023 despite having zero control, comvinced the team to bring on agha and saud as potential allrounders for the no 4 and no 5 position before rizzu decided to replace agha.

3) Similarly for sarfi's eventual retirment he cited Rizwan, Kamran Akmal, Yes in hindsight it didnt work and rizwan coming in caused so much harm but atleast the hoal was to build a team of 30 pool players.

4) Same for wahab and shaheen was cited as the eventual left handed successor. Alot of players like faheem etc were tried and tested.

5) also cited babar azam as a potential no 3 in all formats whereas previously he was batting at 4 and 6.

6) Got hafeez to discard his opening ego and bat at 4.

^^ Mickey by no means is perfect but he kept experimenting and experimenting and had backups upon backups which sometimes worked like Fakhar, Haris sohail, Agha salman, Imad Wasim, Amir and sometimes did not aka rizwan, shadab, Nawaz
Rana said:
He’s now pushing Irfan Niazi as the next Misbah project. You should be able to read through the lines with him
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Whereas Misbah has zero vision, he chooses quick fixes not realising half the time this cannot work.

For example

1) Decided to take Muhammad irfan on the basis of Aussie bouncy pitches, didn't take into account that Even if Irfan succeeded he obviously due to age cannot participate in upcoming cups, he'd be injury prone.

In his career he also choose zulfiqar Ali Babar who made his debut at 37, again why? Ali was the worst spinner he was decent but dude wasn't making it to wc 2015 lol.

2) Decided to make rizwan and babar the opening duo on the basis of consistency because the dude looks at stat sheets and has no clue how impact works. Falhar's best score of 91 in t20 is at opening and it's a game pakistan dominated.

3) rather then developing a finisher and grooming one, he decided to take an already aged cricketer who obviously wouldn't function as a finisher long term or as an allrpunder. Chacha has not performed since 2020 lol.

Since Misbah came, the lack of experimentation and team building has gone down the drain.

The only relevant things in pakistan cricket that are working like Fakhar zaman at odi opening, Babar at 3 in odi, Shaheen's success uptil 2022 before his injury and regression, or agha salman performing whenever given the opportunity are all thanks to mickey really.

Nothing Misbah suggested has worked beyond B to c string success.
 
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mominsaigol said:
Misbah had no vision that's his issue, it's always quick fixes with him which does harm.

For example Mickey's vision

1) Recognises Fakhar is useless when he made his debut at no 4 in t20, Decided to make him open in all formats and dubbed him X factor, Aka saw potential beyond stats.

2) Create a lineage of backups even if some backups were questionable.

For hafeez and Malik, Haris sohail, then brought on shadab and Nawaz which granted failed but were experimented with, Then in 2023 despite having zero control, comvinced the team to bring on agha and saud as potential allrounders for the no 4 and no 5 position before rizzu decided to replace agha.

3) Similarly for sarfi's eventual retirment he cited Rizwan, Kamran Akmal, Yes in hindsight it didnt work and rizwan coming in caused so much harm but atleast the hoal was to build a team of 30 pool players.

4) Same for wahab and shaheen was cited as the eventual left handed successor. Alot of players like faheem etc were tried and tested.

5) also cited babar azam as a potential no 3 in all formats whereas previously he was batting at 4 and 6.

6) Got hafeez to discard his opening ego and bat at 4.

^^ Mickey by no means is perfect but he kept experimenting and experimenting and had backups upon backups which sometimes worked like Fakhar, Haris sohail, Agha salman, Imad Wasim, Amir and sometimes did not aka rizwan, shadab, Nawaz

Whereas Misbah has zero vision, he chooses quick fixes not realising half the time this cannot work.

For example

1) Decided to take Muhammad irfan on the basis of Aussie bouncy pitches, didn't take into account that Even if Irfan succeeded he obviously due to age cannot participate in upcoming cups, he'd be injury prone.

In his career he also choose zulfiqar Ali Babar who made his debut at 37, again why? Ali was the worst spinner he was decent but dude wasn't making it to wc 2015 lol.

2) Decided to make rizwan and babar the opening duo on the basis of consistency because the dude looks at stat sheets and has no clue how impact works. Falhar's best score of 91 in t20 is at opening and it's a game pakistan dominated.

3) rather then developing a finisher and grooming one, he decided to take an already aged cricketer who obviously wouldn't function as a finisher long term or as an allrpunder. Chacha has been expired since 2020 lol.

Since Misbah came, the lack of experimentation and team building has gone down the drain.

The only relevant things in pakistan cricket that are working like Fakhar zaman at odi opening, Babar at 3 in odi, Shaheen's success uptil 2022 before his injury and regression, or agha salman performing whenever given the opportunity are all thanks to mickey really.

Nothing Misbah suggested has worked beyond B to c string success.
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Misbah is the kind of guy you give plenty of resources too but will mask his lack of vision or incompetence with the lie of ‘I don’t have enough resources to give you the results you desire’.
 
Rana said:
Misbah is the kind of guy you give plenty of resources too but will mask his lack of vision or incompetence with the lie of ‘I don’t have enough resources to give you the results you desire’.
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Tbf he could mask it during his era.

Alot of people still hide behind the whole he played with a nothing team and it wasn't his fault dueing his era.

However what's the excuse for chief selector and Head coach? He was given a side that won ct 2017, was no 1 ranked in t20 and had defeated atg England in their home den.

All he had to do was to ensure t20 side remains consistent, Improve odi performance against aides like India and Australia and massively improve test which is something he should be good at.

But still their excuses because people now use the excuse, Bro his stint as captain cannot be equated with his stint as being the coach and selector.
 
Major said:
mi
misbah was not the selector for the past 1 year
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During the Humilating whitewash series against sri lanka, Chacha was in the squad despite never being present in the no 1 ranked team.

Similarly shehzad was opening, and UA was at no 3 deapite never once featuring in 2018.

Infact Misbah played Chacha at 5 in the first game and he failed miserably deapite you accusing babar of mistreating Chacha by playing him at no 7.

Chacha was even worse at no 4 because he can't read wrist spin while at no 7 he can attack.

In the 3rd t20 Misbah played chacha at 7 and suprise suprise he failed.

Seriously what was the rhyme and reason of bringing back Shehzad and UA and bringing in chacha.

Shehzad and UA were burnt corpses by 2019-2020 and chacha was a walking wicket since sri lanka pre dominate played spinners.

No wonder the side got whitewashed despite being ranked no 1.

No 1, no 3 and no 5/7 were all walking wickets. The whole side was resting on the backs of Fakhar, Sarfraz and Babar to perform and obviously that didn't work as Babar is beyond useless at no 4 in t20. And fakhar is inconstent in general and didn't kick off that series. So basically it's the same as usual, aka pakistan only wins if fakhar does his magic.
 
FearlessRoar said:
His time in cricket is over let's admit it. Let him enjoy leagues and later we can see him domestic commentary box
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na.

it depends upon what Irfan and Jahandad will do. If they dont deliver, Ifti will be continued
 
Iffi needs to be given rest for a good 4-5 years and then he will retire on his own. Don't want PCB to invest in this guy anymore. He is deadweight and should be let go.
 
Bhaijaan said:
Rizwan is much better. At least he rotates the strike rather than embarrass himself by being unable to clear full tosses from the ring lol. Iffi bhai lacking some proteins there
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Can give him as many proteins as you want. Guy was too old to prosper at elite level.

Anyways Pak cricket is finished, it is a relic now and a monument should be constructed outside Gaddafi paying homage to this once great cricket nation.
 
Iftikhar Ahmed gone after making 2(10) for Bangla Tigers in Global T20 Canada 2024 against Toronto Nationals.
 
Finally a compensation in bowling by Iftikhar in the match against Toronoto in GT20, he bowled 2 overs, conceded 14 runs and got 1 wicket of Mohammad Nawaz.
 
Iftikhar Ahmed aka The best finisher scored only 13 runs with a massive strike rate of 62 against surrey jaguars in Global T20 league.
 
Absolute embarrassment

This guy was promoted through SNGPL links (Misbah favouritism) and is Rizwan’s best friend. Both practice the same kind of cricket
 
Rana said:
Absolute embarrassment

This guy was promoted through SNGPL links (Misbah favouritism) and is Rizwan’s best friend. Both practice the same kind of cricket
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Theirs a reason Chacha is always at slips.

Imagine not even being a part of the no 1 ranked side and then being told in 2020 that you're pakistan's elite finisher
 
Watching him chasing 100 in a awful league guy GT20 with bowlers like Stoinis, Mayers and Logan Van Beek (collective pace of 300kmh), then seeing him absolutely clueless against Narine who doesn’t play international cricket.

An embarrassing player of the highest order. Big mouth who also said it’s a sin to criticise Babar Azam!
 
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Rana said:
Watching him chasing 100 in a cr@p league guy GT20 with bowlers like Stoinis, Mayers and Logan Van Beek (collective pace of 300kmh), then seeing him absolutely clueless against Narine who doesn’t play international cricket.

An embarrassing player of the highest order. Big mouth who also said it’s a sin to criticise Babar Azam!
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Isn't stonis a decent allrounder?

Ik he isn't a great bowler and is only utilised as the 6th option for Australia but I thought stonis was okay?
 
mominsaigol said:
Isn't stonis a decent allrounder?

Ik he isn't a great bowler and is only utilised as the 6th option for Australia but I thought stonis was okay?
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He’s an ok bowler, should be easy to smash for most guys who claim they are the best finisher in Pakistan
 
Rana said:
He’s an ok bowler, should be easy to smash for most guys who claim they are the best finisher in Pakistan
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Yeah he's a 6th option. Wait don't tell me in this league their using stonis as a main star bowler? HAHAHAHA
 
GudduBadmash said:
He has finished numerous games for Peshawar and Khyber Pukhtunkhwa in domestic cricket bringing with him more trophies than anyone else has managed or any other city/region

Along with Mohammad Rizwan they have bought the region to new heights. Success breeds cricketers and nearly every talented player at the moment is from Khyber which highlights this
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Oh balle oh balle
 
GudduBadmash said:
The ones that finish top Wicket Takers and Highest Run Scorers in the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa domestic clean sweeps.

Not their fault they don't get selected is it even after dominating every other team since 2012...
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You can see why they were never selected and should not have been selected!!
 
Rana said:
I’m still waiting for @hitthestump to reappear since his Imran Khan bounce Billo bhangra hyping Rizwan…

I understand now why he loves Chacha too.
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Rizwan, Chacha, Irfan Khan Niazi, Jahdad Khan(SNGPL latest player), Abrar, Hasebullah and Huraira will always be celebrated without any criticism.

Babar will get critisized since he isn't a part of SNGPL but only for captaincy, no one from this group will critisize his batting because that'll mean you have to actively admit that Misbah was outright wrong on appointing babar/rizwan opening pair.

They wouldn't be critising his captaincy if Babar didn't show ego to Misbah in 2023 wc. Before that it was all Bobby the great Kaptaan, now it's Babar how dare you not listen to Misbah for 2023 wc
 
Iftikhar Ahmed's poor form continues, scoring 19 off 17 balls for Bangla Tigers Mississauga against Brampton Wolves in the GT20. I don't understand why leagues are utilizing him in the lower order, he should be given a chance at batting position three
 
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