A three-match T20 series is being played between Pakistan and Ireland during IPL 2024. Pakistan team is on tour to Ireland for this series. In the very first match of the series, Ireland caused a major upset by defeating Pakistan. Ireland defeated Pakistan for the first time in the history of T20. Before this, only one match was played between the two, in which Pakistan had won.
The first match of the three-match T20 series was played in Dublin, in which Ireland won against visiting Pakistan by 5 wickets with 1 ball remaining. Batting first in the match, Pakistan put 182/6 runs on the board. Captain Babar Azam played the biggest innings for Pakistan, scoring 57 runs in 43 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six.
This is how Ireland created history by winning
Ireland had a bad start while chasing the target of 183 runs. The team lost the first wicket of captain Paul Stirling (08) in the second over at the score of 14 runs. Then the team got the second blow on the first ball of the 5th over in the form of Lorcan Tucker, who returned to the pavilion after scoring only 04 runs.
After this, Andrew Balbirnie and Harry Tector provided stability to the team by making a partnership of 77 runs (52 balls) for the third wicket. This partnership ended in the 13th over with the wicket of Harry Tector, who returned to the pavilion after scoring 36 runs (27 balls) with the help of 3 fours and 1 six.
After this, the team lost the fourth wicket in the form of George Dockrell, who returned to the pavilion after scoring 24 runs in 12 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes. Then the team got the fifth blow in the form of Andrew Balbirnie who was playing a brilliant innings. Balbirnie scored 77 runs in 55 balls with the help of 10 fours and 2 sixes. After this, Curtis Campher and Gareth Delaney made an unbroken partnership of 16* (7 balls) for the sixth wicket and led the team to victory.
