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Pakistan team is on Ireland tour before T20 World Cup 2024. Where a three-match T20 series is being played between the two teams. By winning the first match of the series, the Irish team has taken a 1-0 lead. In this match, Pakistan team captain Babar Azam batted brilliantly and scored a half-century. With this, Babar has equaled a special record of Team India's star batsman Virat Kohli.
Babar Azam equaled Virat's record
Pakistan captain Babar Azam played an inning of 57 runs on 43 balls in the first match of the T20 series against Ireland. Babar hit 8 fours and one six during his innings. In T20 International cricket, Babar and Virat have scored more than 50+ 38 times. In T20 international cricket, Virat Kohli has 38 half-centuries and one century to his name, while Babar Azam has 35 half-centuries and 3 centuries to his name.
Pakistan lost by 5 wickets
In this match, Pakistan, batting first, scored 182 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Batting for Pakistan, captain Babar Azam scored 57 runs and Sam Ayub scored 45 runs. Apart from this, Iftikhar Ahmed scored 37 runs. While bowling for Ireland, Craig Young took maximum 2 wickets. After this, Ireland achieved the target of 183 runs with one ball remaining. Batting for Ireland, Andrew Balbirnie scored the highest innings of 77 runs. With this victory, Ireland has taken a 1-0 lead in the series.