New Delhi. Pakistan cricket team managed to save its reputation by winning the do-or-die match against Ireland. The Pakistani team, which started with a defeat in the T20 series against Ireland, has won the third match. With this victory, Pakistan has won the T20 series 2-1. Ireland won the first match of the series. Due to this, Pakistan was in danger of losing the series.
Shaheen Shah Afridi played a big role in Pakistan's victory in the third T20 match against Ireland. Afridi bowled brilliantly in this match and took 3 wickets. He spent only 14 runs in his 4 over spell. Abbas Afridi (2/43) also bowled well.
Thanks to this performance of Shaheen and Abbas Afridi, Pakistan restricted Ireland to the score of 178 runs for 7 wickets. Captain Lorcan Tucker scored the highest 73 runs for Ireland. Andy Balbirnie scored 35 runs and Harry Tector scored 30 runs. Apart from these three, not a single batsman could score more than 10 runs for the host team.
After the bowlers of Pakistan, the batsmen also performed strongly and helped their team win by 6 wickets in just 17 overs. Especially captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan played brilliantly. Babar Azam scored 75 runs on 42 balls while Rizwan scored 56 runs on 38 balls. Both of them made a partnership of 139 runs for Pakistan. Azam Khan, who has a heavy body, also showed his power in the end and scored 18 runs in 6 balls. Sam Ayub was out after scoring 14 runs.
tag: Babar Azam, Ireland, pakistan cricket team, Shaheen Afridi
first published : May 15, 2024, 09:36 IST
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