Quetta Gladiators middle order trust Iftikhar

The audience’s excitement around the current season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is increasing. Quetta Gladiators will play their first match in this tournament on February 15. However, Sarfraz Ahmed’s team lost the first match, and since then, there has been a discussion about the group’s strength. One part of that discussion is middle-order batting. Because middle batting is essential in any format. Quetta Gladiators are getting Iftikhar Ahmed in that place. Cricket analysts also believe this batter can be a big hope for Pakistan’s national team.

There is a reason for the team’s supporters to get high hopes for Iftikhar in the Qatar jersey. Iftikhar has been playing in the national team for a long time. There, however, his performance was good. But whenever he takes the field in domestic T20, this right-handed batsman can create a storm with the bat. He is also seen taking the lead in the middle order when the team needs it. So Quetta is also trusting his bat.

Recently, Iftikhar was in great form in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). This star batsman played for Fortune Barisal. He played 11 matches for the team and scored a total of 351 runs. But more than the total runs, Iftikhar’s positive side with the bat is his strike rate and average. In addition to batting quickly in T20Is, he is also very consistent in playing long innings.

Iftikhar batted at a strike rate of 157.40 and averaged 58.50 runs in BPL. In another example of their recent career-best form, Iftikhar scored his first-ever T20I century. Apart from that charismatic inning of 100 runs, the Pakistani star has scored half-centuries three more times in BPL. His form is good for Quetta. The team management of Quetta Gladiators has high hopes for Iftikhar.

It should be noted that Iftikhar is currently with the Quetta team to play PSL. Even after the team’s loss in the first match, he was seen in a very cheerful mood in practice. Earlier, this batsman has seen devastating form in the preparation match. Wahab hit Riaz for six sixes in that match, narrowly missing out on a century. This batsman is very convincing in maintaining such a rhythm with the bat.