Italy Defeating Ireland In T20Is: The last match of the 3-match T20 series between Italy and Ireland in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) took place on Tuesday, 26 January. This match was played at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, in which Italy surprised the cricket world by defeating Ireland. By winning this match, Italy also created history in T20 International, because this was the first victory of the Italian cricket team against any full member nation. Italy won this match played in Dubai by 4 wickets. In this match, the Italian team turned the tables in the last 2 overs and won the match with 3 balls remaining.

Italy turned the tables in the last 2 overs

After losing the toss and batting first, the Irish team could not even play the full 20 overs and were all out after scoring 154 runs in 19.4 overs. Chasing Ireland’s target of 155 runs, the Italian team had to score 30 runs in the last 2 overs to win, which Italy chased with 3 balls left. Italy, ranked 28th, achieved a historic victory against the world’s 11th ranked Ireland team.

Italy created history thanks to Grant Stewart

Italy had to score a difficult 30 runs in the last 2 overs i.e. 12 balls. In such a situation, Grant Stewart, who came to bat at number 7 for Italy, was determined to help the team overcome this problem. The result was that Stewart’s intentions won and Italy surprised not only Ireland but the entire cricket world by registering a historic victory. Grant Stewart hit 3 consecutive sixes one after the other to give Italy victory, due to which Italy won the last match of the 3-match T20 series against Ireland in just 3 balls. Grant Stewart scored unbeaten 33 runs on 19 balls, which also included 4 sixes and 1 four.

Ireland captain equals Rohit’s world record

Ireland definitely lost against Italy, but during this match, Ireland captain Paul Stirling equaled the world record of former Indian captain Rohit Sharma in T20 International. Sterling has equaled this in terms of playing the maximum number of matches in T20 International. Rohit has played 159 T20 International matches in his career. The match in which we lost against Italy was also the 159th T20 International match of Ireland captain Paul Stirling.