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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.

Iftikhar Ahmed calls himself a 'tailender' ahead of Champions One-Day Cup | Shahid Hashmi Analysis

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