Pakistan all-rounder Iftikhar Ahmed got miffed with a fan after a called him ‘chachu’ during the second T20I against New Zealand at Hamilton. A Pakistan cricket team was mocking Iftikhar, when he was fielding near the boundary, which he didn’t like and hit back at him furiously.
The video of the incident went viral on social media where it can be seen that Iftikhar didn’t like the fan’s behaviour towards him.
However, the fan told the all-rounder that ‘he is his fan’ but Iftikhar replied, ‘Stay Quiet’.
Kalesh b/w Pak Cricketer Iftikhar ahmed and a Pakistan Fan during Pak vs Nz match over calling him chachupic.twitter.com/n9UJakb8xY— Ghar Ke Kalesh (@gharkekalesh) January 14, 2024
The middle-order batter also had a tough outing on Sunday as he scored just 4 runs off 8 balls and didn’t get a chance to roll his arms.
Meanwhile, in the series opener, he showed some fightback with a 24-run knock off 17 balls during the 227-run chase.
Earlier, pace bowler Adam Milne claimed four wickets as New Zealand beat Pakistan by 21 runs in the second Twenty20 international Sunday to take a 2-0 series lead.
The tourists threw away a strong position in their run chase after Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman scored half-centuries as they were dismissed for 173 in the final over, in response to New Zealand’s 194-8.
Victory came at a cost for the Black Caps, whose captain Kane Williamson retired hurt with a hamstring injury while batting, placing him in doubt for the remainder of the five-match series.
Pakistan skipper Shaheen Afridi admitted that the bowlers leaked some extra runs in Hamilton but was impressed with his bowling attack to show some character when things didn’t go their way.
“To be honest, bowling first is always tricky. You can try to go for swing to get wickets, but we didn’t get any. Had we got early wickets, we could have kept them down to around 170. I think we came back strong with the ball, Haris and Abbas bowled really well, even Usama Mir,” Shaheen said in the post-match press conference.
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