Pakistan beat Eire by seven wickets within the second T20I in Dublin on Sunday to arrange a deciding showdown within the three-match sequence. Eire made a dynamic begin after being put into bat because the hosts blasted 29 runs within the first three overs. However Shaheen Shah Afridi put the brakes on Eire’s assault, dismissing opening pair Paul Stirling and Andrew Balbirnie within the fourth over. Lorcan Tucker and Harry Tector (32) placed on 62 for the third wicket, with the previous scoring 51 in 34 deliveries.

Curtis Campher (22) and George Dockrell (15) boosted the rating earlier than Gareth Delany‘s 28 off 10 balls helped the hosts submit 193 for seven.

Pakistan spluttered at the beginning of their chase as Saim Ayub was caught within the first over and skipper Babar Azam nicked Graham Hume behind to depart for a duck within the second.

However Eire’s hopes of sealing a well-known sequence win with a recreation to spare have been dashed as Mohammad Rizwan (75 not out) and Fakhar Zaman (78) placed on a shocking 140-run partnership.

Azam Khan added 30 from 10 balls to take Pakistan residence with 3.1 overs unused.

“I am relieved, credit score to all batters,” mentioned Azam.

“We misplaced a number of wickets early on however we stored the momentum going. It was a superb determination to bowl first as a result of it was overcast and there was a little bit of rain.”

Eire had claimed their first ever T20 victory in opposition to Pakistan within the sequence opener on Friday, profitable by 5 wickets with one ball to spare.

Pakistan will even face Eire within the group stage of subsequent month’s T20 World Cup in america and the West Indies.

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