Winning the toss in their first match of the season, the Tigers elected to field first at the CAA Centre, Brampton. On the back of four forty-plus scores – Ashton Agar, Tim Seifert, Dilpreet Bajwa, and Ben Maneti – the Tigers piled up 189 runs in 20 overs. In reply, the Mississauga lost a couple of early wickets before Rahmanullah Gurbaz soaked in pressure and steered the side along with Iftikhar. However, the 47-run partnership failed to grow longer with Ayan Afzal Khan wreaking havoc with the ball and Iftikhar succumbing under pressure.
With 52 needed off the last three overs, a couple of dots from Zahoor Khan produced a false stroke from the 33-year-old in 18th over’s third ball. The pacer dished a short ball over the stumps that the right-handed batter intended to clobber with a no-look attempt. The white rock skewed off the outside half of the bat and eventually died at the safe hands of Dipreet Bajwa at deep backward square leg. Seeing the set batter throw away his wicket at a crucial juncture of the contest with a not-needed fancy attempt, the Twitterverse was left abuzz.
This Time No Look Shot and Out by Iftikhar Ahmed 😭😔😔😔…..
Yeh No LOOK Shot k chakro main q parny lag gaye hain 😢🙏#IftiMania #IftikharAhmad #GT20Canadahttps://t.co/PyK6TqTWqs— Qadir Khawaja (@iamqadirkhawaja) July 26, 2024
Iftikhar Ahmed no look shot with no shame. OUT. https://t.co/O2s6RQlTps
— M (@anngrypakiistan) July 26, 2024
Getting ready
Fully fit
Iftikhar Ahmed getting ready to destroy Pakistan cricket again. pic.twitter.com/JKPsWdmaJz
— M (@anngrypakiistan) June 29, 2024
Iftikhar Ahmed Out on NO LOOK SIX #NoLookSix #RashidKhan #IftikharAhmad #GT20Canada
Original Copy pic.twitter.com/XlVerHHbxi— Sayyad Nag Pasha (@nag_pasha) July 27, 2024
Got out
Only hope
Iftikhar Ahmed’s no-look shot turned into a no-luck shot when he realized his celebration was premature—the only thing clearing the boundary was his hope! pic.twitter.com/re4qXyXiYl
— hazar dastaan🕊 (@arfan66870593) July 27, 2024
Iftikhar Ahmed scored 28 runs from 24 balls and got out on unnecessary no look shot resulting in the defeat of his team Bangla Tigers by 33 runs 💔
#IftikharAhmed #INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/uRtqbLgfkx— Berzabb (@Berzabb) July 27, 2024
Practising
Iftikhar Ahmed in Canada League, he practiced the no look shot in the practice session for 4 days, when he played the same shot in the match, he was caught out on the boundary 🫣☺️
#GT20 pic.twitter.com/mn8hNX1nkR— Wasim Akram🇵🇰 (@Wasi__Akram) July 27, 2024
Hope and pray
I really hope and pray that Iftikhar Ahmed retires and doesn’t ever look back on his career, just like this so called ‘no look’ shot. https://t.co/d27rTAWV3g
— Ahmad Shahan (@HeelGimmick) July 27, 2024
