Iftikhar Ahmed was a stand out hero for Pakistan Cricket Team against New Zealand in the third T20 played in Gaddafi Stadium Lahore although it went into loosing cause.
The middle order batter scored 60 on 24 balls with 6 sixes and 3 fours. He delivered his batting storm just when his team needed 108 runs in 8 overs and end up loosing by just 4 runs.
Iftikhar Ahmed who made his debut in 2019 has represented Pakistan in 47 T20 international matches with 778 runs scored with the average of 27.78 and strike rate of 131.41. He become the integral part of the team after his brilliant form in Australia three years ago and then returned their to play T20 world cup last year and his brilliant run in Australia continues as he was Pakistan joint leading run scorer and helped them to qualify for final of the tournament. He recently smashed 6 sixes in one over against Wahab Riaz in an exhibition match against Peshawar Zalmi played in Bugti Stadium Quetta.
Nation laudes Iftikhar Ahmed for his best inning in T20 and also Misbah Ul Haq goes trending by bringing Iftikhar into team back in 2019 despite he was badly criticised on that move. Stats by ESPN CRICINFO.