Iftikhar leaves BPL to join Gladiators in Quetta exhibition match

QUETTA: All-rounder Iftikhar Ahmed is returning from Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) to join his team Quetta Gladiators for an exhibition match ahead of Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 8. 

Taking to Twitter, Iftikhar shared that he is coming to Quetta to play exhibition match in front of home crowd. 

"From Dhaka, on my way to Quetta for the Exhibition match arranged by the PCB between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi. I believe this is a great initiative to give an opportunity to the people of Balochistan to watch their favourite cricketers compete," he wrote. 

Iftikhar is the third highest run-scorer in the BPL 2023 so far. He has scored 347 runs at an average of 69.40 in 10 matches. He also scored a century in this year's BPL. 

Squads:

Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam (c), Danish Aziz, Saim Ayub, Haider Ali, Usama Mir, Usman Qadir, Aamer Jamal, Haseebullah Khan, Sufyan Muqeem and Azam Khan, Salman Irshad, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Haris, Shahid Afridi

Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Umar Akmal, Bismillah Khan, Saud Shakeel, Umaid Asif, Abdul Wahid Banglazai, Aimal Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Omair Bin Yousuf, Mohammad Nawaz, Ahsan Ali

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