Pakistan wins the T20I series against Ireland despite the upset

Pakistan win T20I series against Ireland post upset

Pakistan have been stunned by Ireland in their preparation T20I series against the associate nation. Ireland have been able to pull an unlikely win against Pak in the first T20I. Many experts suggested that Pakistan is looking vulnerable before World Cup T20I starting in June. But the Pak team has won the next two T20Is to win the series by 2-1.

Pak have won the toss and elected to field first. Ireland opener Andy Balbirnie scored 35 runs off 26 balls but Ross Adair fell to Shaheen Shah Afridi. Captain Lorcan Tucker scored 73 runs from 41 balls and Harry Tector stayed till the end to score 30 from 20. Rest of the batters did not have much to contribute and Ireland ended up scoring 178/7 in their 20 overs.

Shaheen Shah Afridi became Player of the Match for Pakistan
Shaheen Shah Afridi became Player of the Match for Pakistan

With a decent target, Pakistan needed their openers to give them a solid start. Experienced opener Mohammad Rizwan once again scored fifty with 56 runs from 38 balls. Babar Azam, who failed in previous matches, showcased his class and scored 75 runs from 42 balls. Azam Khan scored 18 runs from 6 balls to finish the victory for Pak in 17 overs.

Pakistan won the match by 6 wickets with 18 balls remaining. They scored 181/4 to strongly showcase that teams around the world cannot take them lightly. Shaheen Shah Afridi took 3/`14 in this match and became Player of the Match, giving his team a respectable series win.

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