So, that also brings a wrap to our coverage of the 3-match T20I series between Ireland and Pakistan. The visitors win it by 2-1. Pakistan will now tour to England for their upcoming assignment. For now, this is me Hiren Kumar singing off on behalf of my co-commentators Saptak Sanyal, Pritam Dey and scorer/analyst Dushyant Kumar.
Most fifties in T20Is-
1) Babar Azam- 39 2) Virat Kohli- 38 3) Rohit Sharma- 34 4) Mohammad Rizwan- 29 5) David Warner- 27
President of Ireland Cricket Board is giving the trophy to Babar Azam. Babar Azam has joined his teammates with the trophy to begin the celebration.
Babar Azam (Pakistan Captain) :“Yeah to
be honest all the credit to Ireland the way they batted. After the 10th
over, our bowlers fought back really well and restricted them to a competitive
total. To be honest we were happy that the crowd enjoyed the game.
Me and Rizwan have a good communication as we played a lot of cricket together and we
wanted to keep belief on ourselves and target the bowlers. We have a
big tournament coming up around the corner so we had a good series versus
Ireland over here. We will sit together and have a discussion regarding this
series.”
Lorcan Tucker(Ireland Captain)-"Ya it's a brilliant feeling to captain my country for the first time. I think this is a good preparation for us ahead of the T20 world cup. A week later, we are heading towards USA and I think we are ready for the grand stage.
We wanted to give our new bowlers more opportunities and they bowled in a great way. The way we played and the intent we showed is a positive takeaway for us. We have a tri-series this week and the world cup later. We are confident about our game."
Shaheen Shah Afridi (Player of the Match): "Yeah, I think the boys did well and we had a good partnership among the bowling group. We were planning to hit the length right with the new ball and were bowling a bit full in the last couple of games. It is good to play games before the World Cup which will help us work on our things. They are World class players (on Babar and Rizwan). They played brilliantly today. I am enjoying my time in Ireland and also thanks to the fans to come out in numbers and support us."
Player of the Match- Shaheen Shah Afridi
This is the 10th time, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have registered a century partnership between them in T20I.