T20 World Cup 2024 will be organized from June 2, this ICC tournament will be played jointly hosted by USA and West Indies. Just before this major tournament, Pakistan is playing a three-match T20 series against Ireland these days. Through this series, both the teams are strengthening their preparations for the T20 World Cup.

The first T20 match of the series was played yesterday (May 10) in Dublin, which host Ireland won by 5 wickets. After this defeat, Pakistan’s preparations for the T20 World Cup 2024 have suffered a major setback. In the match, Pakistan, playing first, scored 182 runs for 6 wickets. Ireland achieved the target by losing 5 wickets with one ball remaining.

Babar Azam once again played a slow innings

Pakistan, who came to bat first, had a bad start and Mohammad Rizwan was run out in the second over. Babar Azam, who came to bat at number three, scored 57 runs in 43 balls. Babar made a partnership of 85 runs for the second wicket with Saim Ayub. Ayub contributed 45 runs on 29 balls. In the middle order, Fakhar Zaman played an innings of 20 runs in 18 balls. In the end Pakistan managed to score 182 runs in 20 overs. Craig Young took two wickets for Ireland.

Andrew Balbirnie gave Ireland a historic victory by playing a half-century innings.

However, Ireland’s chase of the target also had a poor start. Paul Stirling was out after scoring 8 runs and then Tucker was out after scoring 4 runs. Andrew Balbirnie and Harry Taker took over the innings after two wickets fell for 27 runs. There was a partnership of 77 runs between the two for the third wicket. Taker became the victim of Imad Wasim after scoring 36 runs in 27 balls. Balbirnie held one end and was out in the 19th over after scoring 77 runs on 55 balls.

Ireland needed 11 runs in the last over. Curtis Camper hit a four against Abbas Afridi on the very first ball. He leveled the match by hitting two runs on the third ball and a four on the fourth ball. A leg bye run on the 5th ball gave Ireland a historic victory.