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Iftikhar Ahmed calls himself a 'tailender' ahead of Champions One-Day Cup | Shahid Hashmi Analysis
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00:00I'm not a middle order player, I'm a low order player.
00:03I'm not an all-rounder, I'm a talenter.
00:08Because when you look at it, I play at 7th or 8th number.
00:13And if you look at the world, all-rounders and middle order batsmen play at 4th or 5th number.
00:23I play at 7th or 8th number, so I think I consider myself a talenter.
00:28Wherever I perform, I want to play for my country.
00:35But whenever I play for Pakistan, I play at 7th or 8th number.
00:40Okay, the stats that he's saying doesn't match up to what he's saying.
00:46So let's show T20 first.
00:49We'll know how many innings he's played in T20.
00:54He played 8 matches at 4th position in T20, which is an average of 23.
00:58He played 25 matches at 5th position, which is an average of 20.
01:02He played 10 matches at 6th position, which is an average of 20.
01:08He has a good performance at 7th position, which is an average of 41.
01:11And he played once at 8th position, which is an average of 60.
01:14So he has performed better at 7th and 8th position.
01:17And now let's look at ODI as well.
01:19Let's look at ODI as well.
01:49He has failed many times.
01:51He has failed many times.
01:53So this is not a justification.
01:55I think before this media talk, Iftikhar saw New York's Pakistan-India match.
02:00In which he played at 7th position.
02:02And he struggled a lot against Bumrah.
02:04It was a match to win.
02:06When he went to bat, Pakistan needed 32 runs in 21 games.
02:10Pakistan could have won the match if Iftikhar played well.
02:13But he struggled a lot against Bumrah.
02:15In T20's 55 innings, he has gone to top 6 43 times.
02:19In one day's 24 innings, he has gone to top 6 19 times.
02:23What else do you want? You are playing in top 6.
02:26It is true that Iftikhar is 4th in ODI cricket.
02:31If you look at his average in List A, it is an average of 48.
02:35And his strike rate is 93.
02:38He takes some time in List A, which is a match of 50 overs.
02:42He takes some time to set.
02:44But later he plays fast.
02:46It is not like that in T20.
02:47He is a very good player in one day.
02:49He is a very good player in List A.
02:51But we did not use him much in one day.
02:53If any team gets our championship, let it be Pakistan.
02:57If someone performs in one day, we give him T20.
03:00The one who performs in T20, we give him one day.
03:03And the one who performs in white ball, we immediately put him in red ball.
03:05Saim Ayub's example is in front of you.
03:07Going back to the point that I was telling you,
03:09When the Champions Cup is going on,
03:11Rizwan should send him to 4th position so that he can settle there.
03:15In that match too, the Pakistan-India match,
03:17Shadab went above Iftikhar.
03:20And Imad Waseem went above Iftikhar.
03:22That is why Iftikhar is 7th.
03:24Because Usman Khan was playing in that match.
03:26Babar was also playing.
03:27And our opening was on Rizwan and Saim Ayub.
03:30So if we waste our players like this,
03:33100% in ODI cricket,
03:35All the experts say that Iftikhar is 4th.
03:39He takes some time.
03:40In T20, there is flexibility.
03:42But in the India match, you needed solid innings.
03:45It was not a big total of 120.
03:48You should have sent Iftikhar and told him that
03:50you have to rotate the strike and go up to 120 runs.
03:54Absolutely right.
03:55So there is a lot of talk on cricket.
03:56And the Champions Cup is going on.
03:57So it will be on this in the coming days too.