Ireland achieved a historic victory over Babar Azam’s Pakistan team by five wickets at Clontarf Cricket Club in Dublin, marking their first T-20 victory over Pakistan. It is worth noting that Ireland have only beaten Pakistan once, in the 50-over World Cup in 2007.
With the loss against Ireland, Pakistan lost the third consecutive T20 series 1-0. This series will be played just before the T20 World Cup, which will be held between the United States and the West Indies from June 2nd. What is noteworthy is that both teams will play against each other. They will also face each other in the group stage of next month’s T20 World Cup.
Ireland achieved record victory over Pakistan:
The Pakistan side, who were struggling to bat first, scored a total of 182 runs in 20 overs, with opener Saim Ayub (45 off 29 balls) and skipper Babar Azam (57 off 43 balls) the top scorers for the Men in Green. It became. Meanwhile, pacer Craig Young was Ireland’s star performer with the ball, taking two important wickets in one over of Babar Azam and Azam Khan, putting immense pressure on Pakistan’s middle order.
Ireland also didn’t have much luck with the bat, losing their first two wickets in less than four overs. Andrew Balbirnie and Harry Tector then built a 75-run partnership to take the team past the 100-run mark.
Balbani then continued his counter-attacking innings (77 off 55 balls) to take his team closer to the target before he was dismissed by Shaheen Shah Afridi in the 19th over of the game. But in the end, Curtis Campfer scored a leg bye on the penultimate ball of the game, clinching a memorable victory for his team.
Netizens are reacting to Ireland’s record win over Pakistan:
Immediately after Pakistan’s defeat against Ireland on Friday, one user wrote: “My grandfather has been watching cricket since 1932 and he said this was the worst Pakistan team ever. It was also the worst day of my life and he’s almost 100 years old.” Old. “
Another user asked the ICC about the limited number of matches played by teams like Ireland and the Netherlands, and said, “Teams like Ireland 🇮🇪 and Netherlands 🇳🇱 should be part of mainstream cricket. Don’t you think? Decades have passed and there are still very few teams that play on the main calendar.
Yet another user wondered whether it was time to hand back the captaincy of the Pakistan cricket team to Shaheen Shah Akhtridi. They wrote, “It’s time to hand the captaincy back to @iShaheenAfridi.”
Notably, Babar Azam recently took back the white-ball captaincy of the Pakistan side from Shaheen Shah Afridi. Meanwhile, Shan Masood continues to lead Pakistan in red-ball cricket.
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