Pakistan vs Ireland
A T20 World Cup match was played between Pakistan and Ireland. This match between the two teams was held in Lauderhill, Florida, USA. This was the last match of Group A. Pakistan’s team won this match. It was not easy for Pakistan to win this match as well. They defeated Ireland by 3 wickets in this match. With this, Pakistan’s team ended their journey in the World Cup here. This World Cup was no less than a nightmare for Pakistan. They had to be out of the group stage for the first time in the T20 World Cup.
how was the match
In the match played against Ireland, Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bowl first. Along with this, the Pakistani bowlers performed brilliantly in this match and proving their captain’s decision right, they allowed the Ireland team to score only 106 runs in 20 overs by losing 9 wickets.
When asked to bat, they were rocked early by Pakistan’s two left-arm pacers. Shaheen Afridi and Amir picked up three and two wickets respectively, reducing Ireland to 28/5 inside the powerplay. When Haris Rauf bowled his first over, Ireland were in serious trouble at 32/6. Then Gareth Delany and Mark Adair took charge of the innings and added some runs for their team. Due to which Ireland could reach 106/9 from 32/6.
The run chase was not easy
The Pakistan team had almost messed up the run chase against Ireland as well. The Pakistan team chased this target of 107 runs by scoring 111 runs in 18.5 overs losing 7 wickets. Pakistan’s middle order disappointed in this match. At one time they had lost only two wickets for 52 runs, but after that they suddenly lost 6 wickets for 62 runs, but Babar kept his wicket from one end and played an important role in winning the match for his team. However, Shaheen hit some long shots in the end and won the match for his team. Shaheen scored 13 runs in 5 balls in this match. Apart from this, his bowling was also amazing. For this he was also selected as the Player of the Match.
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