Iftikhar Ahmed calls himself ‘tailender’

Pakistan cricketer Iftikhar Ahmed has labelled himself as a “tailender” instead of an all-rounder or a middle-order batter.

Iftikhar Ahmed’s statement came just ahead of the commencement of the Champions One-Day Cup, where he will be representing Team Wolves, led by wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan.

In a video that went viral on social media, a reporter labelled Iftikhar as a middle-order batter.

“I am not a middle order batter, I am a lower order batter. I am not an all-rounder, I am a tailender,” said Iftikhar Ahmed.

“If you see, I bat at No.7 or 8. And if you look at the all-rounders and middle order batters around the world, you’d see they bat at No.4 or 5. But I play at No.7 and 8 and I think of myself as a tailender,” he added.

It should be noted here that Iftikhar has been a regular part of Pakistan’s white-ball teams since 2022, often dubbed as a batting all-rounder, who bats in the lower middle-order and can ball.