PAK vs IRE: Pakistan Cricket Team has lost to Ireland for the first time in T20Is
Pak vs Ire: Ireland Cricket Team has beaten Pakistan for the first time in T20i cricket.
The Irish achieved the feat against Pakistan on May 10th, in the first of the three T20Is the teams are set to play against each other.
The Pakistani batters only managed to put up a total of 182/6 which the Irish batters chased easily with one ball to go and at the loss of just five wickets.
The Pakistani captain was the highest run-scorer for his team with 57 runs off 43 balls.
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Saim Ayub and Iftikhar Ahmed managed to score 45 on 29 balls and 37* on 15 balls.
Paul Stirling’s bowler Craig Young took two wickets and Gareth Delany and Mark Adair took one wicket each.
In reply, the Pakistani bowlers couldn’t control the Ireland batters as Andrew Balbirnie struck a fast 77 off 55 balls.
He was aided by Harry Tector and George Dockrell who scored 36 off 27 balls and 24 off 12 balls respectively.
Pakistan’s Abbas Afridi took two wickets while Imad Wasim and Shaheen Shah Afridi took a single wicket each.
This defeat makes Babar Azam the first captain to lose to Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, and Ireland.
The Green Shirts will play the second T20I against Ireland on May 12th, Sunday.
