In the second T20 match, Pakistan defeated Ireland easily by 7 wickets to level the 3-match series 1-1.
Pakistan completed Ireland’s target of 194 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 16.5 overs.
In the second T20 match of the series played in Dublin, the Green Shirts won the toss and elected to field first and invited the hosts to bat first.
Ireland’s batting
When Ireland opened the innings, openers Paul Stirling and Andy Balberney gave the team a 29-run start, but Shaheen ended Irish captain Stirling’s innings on the second ball of the fourth over.
The host team was not even able to recover from the loss that following two balls, Shaheen gave his team a major victory and put a full stop on 16 runs in front of the innings of the hero of the previous match, Bilburni.
In the first T20, Ireland outclassed Pakistan, losing by 5 wickets
After that, Lorcan Tucker and Harry Tucker combined and the duo put on a 62-run partnership for the third wicket.
Harry Tector played an innings of 32 runs but Abbas Afridi with the help of Shaheen made Tector run.
From the other end, Lorcan played brilliantly and scored a half-century and combined with Kurtis Kaempfer to take the score to 137, but Amir took a catch on his own ball to finish off Kaempfer’s work.
George Dockrell scored 15 while Lorcan scored 51 runs off 34 balls.
In the final overs, Gareth Delaney showed aggressive batting and scored 28 runs off 10 balls with 2 sixes and 3 fours to take his team to a total of 193 runs.
Thus, Ireland scored 193 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted overs and gave Pakistan a target of 194 runs to win.
On behalf of Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi took 3 wickets by giving 49 runs in 4 overs while Abbas Afridi dismissed 2 players for 33 runs in 4 overs.
Pakistan’s batting
Chasing the target, Pakistan started the innings when Saeem Ayub showed his dangerous ambitions by hitting a six, but he returned to the pavilion on the third ball following scoring just 6 runs.
After the fall of two wickets for 13 runs, Fakhar Zaman came to support Mohammad Rizwan and both of them changed the map of the match with their aggressive batting.
Both players scored half-centuries and put on a partnership of 140 runs off 77 balls to guide Pakistan to victory.
Fakhar Zaman scored 78 runs off 40 balls with the help of 6 sixes and as many fours, but Ben White ended the left-hander’s innings on a total of 153.
Rizwan also played the best from the other end, while the new batsman Azam scored 30 runs with the help of 4 sixes in 10 balls as soon as he came to the wicket and gave Pakistan a magnificent victory just 19 balls before.
Rizwan played an unbeaten innings of 75 runs off 46 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 6 fours and was declared the man of the match.
Thus, Pakistan easily achieved the target of 194 runs given by Ireland in the 17th over for the loss of 3 wickets while the series of 3 T20 matches between the two teams was tied at 1-1.
It may be remembered that Ireland achieved a historic victory in the first T20I once morest Pakistan in Dublin.
It may be noted that the second T20 match to be played at the Clontarf Cricket Stadium on Sunday, which was scheduled to start at 7 PM Pakistan time, was delayed due to rain, and was tossed following a delay of 45 minutes.
The toss took place at 7:20 p.m. Pakistan team captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to field first.
After the toss, there is no room for error for the Babar Azam-led side as today’s defeat would mean a series defeat in the run-up to the T20 World Cup 2024.
Pakistan’s performance in the first T20 was disappointing as a result of which 3 changes have been made. It has been decided not to include Shadab Khan, Azam Khan and Abbas Afridi in the team.
After a poor performance in the first T20 match, Mohammad Amir has been included in the team in place of Shadab Khan as an all-rounder, Shadab Khan failed to score any runs while bowling and giving away 54 runs to the opposition team. gave
Pakistan’s possible playing XI
Pakistan’s playing XI consists of Babar Azam, Saeem Ayub, Muhammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Amir Shamal.
Ireland’s Possible Playing XI
Ireland’s playing XI includes Paul Stirling (captain), Mark Adair, Andrew Balberney, Curtis Kempfer, Gareth Delaney, George Dockrill, Graham Hume, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (WK), Ben White, Craig Young.
It may be noted that following completing the 3 T20 series once morest Ireland, Pakistan will visit England and play 4 T20 matches there which will end on May 30.
After the tour of England, Pakistan will leave for America to participate in the T20 World Cup, where it has been placed in Group A along with arch-rivals India, Canada, USA and Ireland.
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2024-05-13 17:51:43
