{"id":40172,"date":"2021-03-02T05:25:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T06:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=40172"},"modified":"2021-03-02T06:58:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T06:58:04","slug":"iftikhar-eyeing-permanent-spot-in-pakistans-t20-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=40172","title":{"rendered":"Iftikhar eyeing permanent spot in Pakistan\u2019s T20 side"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Iftikhar.jpg\" width=\"742\" height=\"486\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Karachi: Middle-order batsman Iftikhar Ahmed is confident of cementing his spot in Pakistan&#8217;s T20 squad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old Iftikhar is currently representing Islamabad United in season six of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). He thinks that the competition provides an excellent opportunity for all players to confirm a spot\u00a0in the national side for the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup later this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNoSpacing\">\u201cI have been part of the national team\u2019s set-up for the past two years and I am determined to represent Pakistan in the T20 World Cup,\u201d he told pcb.com.pk.<\/p>\n<p>The right-hander stated that he doesn&#8217;t take\u00a0criticism ina negative way but it helps him to further improve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNoSpacing\">\u201cWhen I am criticised, I work harder. I try to prove the criticism wrong with my performances,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Note, Iftikhar made his international debut in an ODI against England in 2015. He has represented Pakistan in three Tests, 7 ODIs and 15 T20Is<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/watch-iftikhar-becomes-pacer-saad-clean-bowled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WATCH: Iftikhar Ahmed becomes pacer, Saad Nasim gets clean bowled<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Karachi: Middle-order batsman Iftikhar Ahmed is confident of cementing his spot in Pakistan&#8217;s T20 squad. The 30-year-old Iftikhar is currently representing Islamabad United in season <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=40172\" title=\"Iftikhar eyeing permanent spot in Pakistan\u2019s T20 side\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40172"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40174,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40172\/revisions\/40174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}