He was never properly utilized.
Babar for some reason thinks ifti is a lower order slogger that should not be send in to build innings. As a captain, Babar failed to help the player grow.
Babar and imam are best buddies, and once imam spilled the beans that ifti was not being considered for odi world cup, and than later when he got added and scored few runs he became permanent. This only showed that babar had no planning and any player for him who wasnt good enough could also become good enough in a matter of one game.
Ifti had alot of potential, he had been scoring in domestic alot, but his captain was pathetic.
When Abdul Rehman came in as coach, i was hoping he would had taken more charge and allowed Ifti to bat in the middle order.
Anyways, ifti can still play for Pakistan if he goes back to domestic cricket and tops the chart. Needs to bat at no.4 though in domestic.
Remember, Ifti is a 90s kid, he is younger than Virat kohli