BPL 2023: Iftikhar Ahmed stars with another blistering fifty

Iftikhar Ahmed continued his rich-vein of form in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) as he scored a blistering fifty on Friday against Dhaka Dominators on Friday, a day after hitting his maiden T20 century.

The 32-year-old took only 31 balls to complete his fifty and ended up scoring an unbeaten 56 from 34 balls, which helped Fortune Barishal reach a competitive total of 173-5.

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The Pakistan batter smashed five four and two sixes during his knock.

Earlier on Thursday, Ahmed had scored an unbeaten 45-ball century, to help Barishal register a 67-run win over Rangpur Riders,

Iftikhar is now the second leading run-scorer in this season of BPL with 256 runs in six innings, only behind his teammate Shakib Al Hasan , who is on top with 275 runs in five innings.

The Pakistan batter is averaging 128 with a strike-rate of 181.56.

Back-to-back Player of the Match awards for Iftikhar Ahmed in the #BPL2023 👏 pic.twitter.com/tpNUMqK7xG

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