Tuesday , December 24 2024

Ireland's Paul Stirling created history, the first batsman in the world to achieve this feat in T20I

Ireland's Paul Stirling has created history in T20 International. In the first T20 played against Afghanistan, Paul Stirling played an innings of 25 runs in 27 balls. Sterling managed to hit 2 fours and a six in his innings. During this innings, the Irish batsman made a world record in T20 International. Actually, Paul Stirling has become the first batsman to hit 400 fours in T20 International.

Irish batsman made world record

Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam is at second place in this matter. Babar has hit 395 fours so far in T20 International. Babar Azam will have a chance to break this record of Paul Sterling. Both are very close to each other. At the same time, Virat Kohli is at third place in this matter, who has 361 fours in his name in T20 International. Rohit Sharma has hit 359 fours. David Warner has the record of hitting 320 fours in T20I.

paul stirling cricket career

Talking about Paul Stirling's career, this batsman has played 6 Tests, 160 ODIs and 135 T20 matches so far. He has 14 centuries in ODI, one century in Test and one century in T20I. That means Sterling has scored 16 centuries in international cricket so far.

match status

Talking about the match, Ireland batted first against Afghanistan. Ireland, playing first, scored 149 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs, after which Afghanistan team could score only 111 runs. Ireland managed to win this match by 38 runs. The T20 series between Ireland and Afghanistan is taking place in UAE. Three T20 international matches will be played between the two teams.