Lucknow: In the first T20I match played between Ireland and Pakistan in Dublin, the Irish team created history by defeating Pakistan by 5 wickets. With this they have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Let us tell you that in this match, Ireland had won the toss and decided to bowl first and after this, the Pakistani team scored 182 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs in this match. The Irish team, which came to chase the target, did not have a good start and they lost 2 wickets for 27 runs.
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In this match, opener Andrew Balbirnie took the lead and thrashed the bowlers of the Pakistani team. Facing 55 balls, he played an inning of 77 runs with the help of 10 fours and 2 sixes. On the basis of his brilliant innings, Ireland achieved this target against the team captained by Babar Azam at the loss of 5 wickets in 19.5 overs. In this match, the Irish team needed 11 runs to win in the last over and the Pakistani bowlers could not defend it. With this, they have also lagged 0-1 in the series.
Batting first in this match, opener Sam Ayub for Pakistani team scored 45 runs in 29 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas captain Babar Azam played at number three in this match and scored a half-century. He scored 57 runs in 43 balls and during this he hit 8 fours and one six from his bat. At one time it seemed that the Green Army would be able to score only around 160 but in the last overs, star batsman Iftikhar Ahmed hit some big shots and took his team to 180. He played an unbeaten inning of 37 runs with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes in 15 balls.
Babar and company could not defend the score of 182 and with this they were defeated by Ireland for the first time in this format since 2007. Young fast bowler Abbas Afridi proved to be the best for them, who took 2 wickets while giving 36 runs in 3.5 overs. Whereas Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Imad Wasim also got one wicket each. Let us tell you that now the second match between the two teams will be played on the same ground on Sunday.
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