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Pakistan has ended its journey in the T20 World Cup with victory. 2009 champion Pakistan defeated Ireland by 3 wickets on Sunday night. The team lost 7 wickets in chasing the modest target of 107 runs and won in the 19th over.
Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida. The Irish team could score only 106 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Pakistan captain Babar Azam played an unbeaten inning of 32 runs on 34 balls, while Shaheen Afridi remained unbeaten on 13 runs on 5 balls. He led the team to victory by hitting a six. Abbas Afridi contributed 17 runs. Barry McCarthy took 3 wickets. Curtis Camper got 2 wickets.
Many moments and records were seen in this match. Shaheen took 2 wickets in the first over of the match. Jarath Delaney hit the ball on the pair of Haris Rauf. Babar Azam became the highest run scorer in T-20 World Cup.
Moments and records of PAK Vs IRE match…
1. Shaheen got 2 wickets in the first over, Balbirnie-Tucker out.
Shaheen Afridi took 3 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs.
Shaheen Afridi sent Andrew Balbirnie to the pavilion on the third ball of the first over and Lorcan Tucker on the fifth ball. Both the openers could not even open the account. With this, Shaheen has taken more than 50 wickets this year. He bowled a fuller ball to Andrew Balbirnie on the off stump. The ball swung late. Balbirnie tried a straight drive but missed the ball and was bowled. Whereas Shaheen bowled a fuller ball to Tucker near the off stump, Tucker wanted to drive but the ball went out with an angle and the ball took the fine edge of the bat and reached the keeper’s hands.
2. The ball hit Haris Rauf’s thigh.
Haris Rauf took 1 wicket for 17 runs in 4 overs.
In the 9th over of Ireland’s innings, Jarath Delany took a fuller ball back on the off stump and hit it straight towards the bowler. Haris went for the catch but the ball hit his hand and hit his thigh. Later the physio came to the field.
3. Shaheen-Usman collided with each other for the catch
Shaheen and Usman collided at log-on.
In the 14th over of Ireland’s innings, Imad bowled a length ball on the middle stump. Mark Adair, who was batting, played a shot over deep midwicket. The ball went in the air. While trying to take the catch, Shaheen collided with Usman Khan. Finally Shaheen completed the catch. Imad took two wickets in this over. He bowled Barry McCarthy on the last ball of the over.
4. McCarthy bowled a wicket maiden over
Barry McCarthy changed the game by taking 2 wickets in the 10th over.
Pakistan lost two wickets in the 10th over. Barry McCarthy dismissed Usman on the first ball of the over and Shadab on the third ball. Shadab could not even open an account. Usman Khan was dismissed by McCarthy for 2 runs. McCarthy then enthralled the match by taking the third wicket in his next over, dismissing Mohammad Rizwan for 17 runs.
5. Pakistan won with Shaheen’s six
Shaheen won the match by hitting 2 sixes in the 19th over.
Delenn came to bowl in the 19th over of Pakistan’s innings. Shaheen was on strike and he took Pakistan’s score beyond 100 by hitting a six on the second ball. After this, Pakistan won the match by hitting a six while slog sweeping the fifth ball of the over. In this over, he also missed the catch of Irish captain Paul Stirling.
Now know the records…
1. Most runs in T-20 WC as captain
Pakistani captain Babar Azam has become the highest run-scorer in the T20 World Cup as a captain. He has made this record leaving behind former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Now he has scored 549 runs in 17 World Cup innings. Earlier, MS Dhoni had 529 runs in 29 innings.
2. Most wickets in powerplay in this World Cup
The Pakistani team has equaled PNG and Uganda in terms of taking the most wickets in the powerplay in the T20 World Cup 2024. In today’s match, Pakistan dismissed 5 batsmen in the first 6 overs of Ireland’s innings. In this, Shaheen sent both the openers to the pavilion in the first over itself.
