Ireland vs Bangladesh Women’s T20I: A three-match T20 series is ongoing between Ireland women’s team and Bangladesh women’s team. The first match of the series was played in Sylhet, Bangladesh, where Bangladesh lost to Ireland by 12 runs. In this game, Garvey Lewis, the captain of the Irish women’s football team, won the toss and decided to bat first, a decision that proved to be correct. The team set a target of 170 points for Bangladesh to win, but Bangladesh could only score 157 points in the end. This is the first time the Irish women’s team has won a T20 international match on Bangladesh soil.
Leah Paul scores a strong half-century
Leah Paul (79 points) and Gavi Lewis (60 points) had outstanding performances for the Irish women’s team. These players scored strong half-centuries and played a major role in the team’s respectable results. The Irish women’s team got off to a terrible start. Amy Hunter was out after scoring just 10 points. After that, Ola Prendergrast was unable to play the big game. But Leah showed an example of strong hitting. He scored 79 runs in the match off 45 balls, hitting 10 fours and 2 sixes.
The bowlers showed their quality
Thereafter, Dilara Akter and Shobana Mostari got off to a brilliant start for Bangladesh. These players collaborated to score 103 runs for the first wicket. It looks like Bangladesh will win this match easily. But once both players were out, Bangladesh’s innings collapsed. Captain Nigar Sultana was out after scoring just four runs. Ritu Moni, Janetul and Fardus could not even open their accounts and after 20 overs the team scored 157 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Orla Prendergrast and Arlene Kelly took wickets for Ireland at 3-3. The bowlers of the Irish women’s team performed well and did not allow the Bangladeshi batsmen to hit a big ball.
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This match was done by Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was the first Indian player to do this in a pink ball Test.
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