T20 World Cup 2024 | Babar Azam Leads Pakistan to Thrilling 3-Wicket Win

After a hard fight, Pakistan won in their last game. They were in an impossible situation as they fell short of a dangerous 62/6 early on, losing several crucial wickets. With the Afridis’ help, Babar Azam played an essential role in bringing calmness to the innings.

Pakistan won despite Ireland’s excellent bowling, particularly from McCarthy and the seamers. Ireland’s plan, to depend first on seamers and later on leg-spinners Delany and White, did not work out. Pakistan’s early elimination from the competition was a result of their disappointing batting problems along with challenging conditions. Ireland did not win any of the games and came in last in the group.

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Though Stirling was forced to use his spinners to make up for lost overs, Ireland produced a very decent effort out of this modest total before running out of steam. They were genuinely in the game for most of their defense as they went all out for wickets over a large portion of the innings. When the winning runs were scored in the end, Babar Azam was there because he stood like a rock and took all the stress.

Match Summary

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Pakistan finished their poor T20 World Cup campaign in Florida on Sunday, defeating Ireland by 3 wickets thanks to Babar Azam’s undefeated 32. Pakistan found it difficult to chase the 107 runs, but Babar held one end tight to guarantee that the 2009 tournament champions would not suffer any more upsets. Ireland reached 106 for 9 earlier, due to three wickets each from Shaheen Afridi and Imad Wasim, after being invited to bat first. surprisingly, the two teams had already been eliminated from the competition.

Pakistan Playing XI:

1. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
2. Saim Ayub
3. Babar Azam (c)
4. Fakhar Zaman
5. Usman Khan
6. Shadab Khan
7. Imad Wasim
8. Shaheen Afridi
9. Abbas Afridi
10. Haris Rauf
11. Mohammad Amir