Iftikhar Ahmed apologized for the defeat in the third match, Batter All-rounder of Pakistan Cricket Team Iftikhar Ahmed has said I am sorry to all Pakistanis on my behalf, I regretted not winning the match, it could have won Pakistan in the match.
Iftikhar Ahmed said that we have tried hard, and we could have won this match but we could not, because of the right and left combination we had planned and that is why the number was also changed.
He said that there is always pressure in international cricket but I and Faheem Ashraf tried to keep things simple, we had planned that we did not look at the average, we only had to hit boundaries and that’s it. We could have won the match.
Iftikhar Ahmed says, “If you look at averages of 14, 15, and 16, then it becomes difficult. When we were batting, it was a difficult time. When Faheem Ashraf hit two sixes, then I felt we could win.
The all-rounder of the national team said that when the average is high, then we have to score runs from both sides, it was just bad luck that we could not win.
In the end, when Naseem Shah was with me, my plan was to finish. Yes, Naseem Shah is a bowler and the finish has to be done by the batsman, can’t depend on the bowler, pressure matches are for the batsman if the batsman stands up, he has to take responsibility, I took the responsibility.
He says that the people who were making sounds are the love of the people, what people are happy about, we are also happy because we are playing for the happiness of people, which I never thought. Why am I being booed in the stadium, the name being called makes me feel nothing, I enjoy myself.
Iftikhar Ahmed said that New Zealand is a good team, we have tried hard to win, the New Zealand team tried hard in the third match, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are scoring runs from the top, if they get out early, then it will be difficult. Gai, the match was going towards New Zealand but still, we tried to win but it was not possible.
He said that with the kind of combination, we have we will win the series, our bowlers and batsmen are in form, we will not have any problem, and we will win.
