WI vs IRE Highlights: ICC T20 World Cup LIVE – Ireland beat West Indies by 9 wickets and thus, have qualified for the Super 12s of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. Not only the fans, but even the Irish players celebrated this memorable day. The celebration of their players is currently doing the rounds on social media. This match will certainly go down in the history books of Irish cricket as they managed to knock out a team that has won the T20 WC twice. Follow ICC T20 WC Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
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What it means! 👊
A memorable day for Ireland as they progress to the Super 12 🤩#T20WorldCup | #IREvWI pic.twitter.com/agiPYOhRj0
— ICC (@ICC) October 21, 2022
WI vs IRE Highlights
“What it means! 👊 A memorable day for Ireland as they progress to the Super 12 🤩 #T20WorldCup | #IREvWI” read the caption of their Tweet. After being asked to bowl first, the Irish bowlers were right on the money. They barely gave any breathing space to the Nicholas Pooran-led side.
WI vs IRE Highlights: Irish players CELEBRATE in GRAND style after knocking two-time champions West Indies out of T20 World Cup, Check Pics
West Indies could only get to 146, and lost five wickets in the process. As for the Irish bowlers Gareth Delany picked three wickets. During the second innings, Ireland’s openers showed no mercy as they scored 72 runs in just seven overs. Paul Stirling was fabulous in particular.
The veteran all-rounder went on to score an unbeaten 48-ball 66. In the end, the Andrew Balbirnie-led side went on to chase their target with three balls to spare. Thus, the Irish skipper was a happy man during the post-match and expressed his delightment. He drew light on the game and stated that it was a “proud day” to be Irish.
#BackingGreen pic.twitter.com/XLFf9qQxf0
— Cricket Ireland (@cricketireland) October 21, 2022
“It (win) means everything. We had a disappointing loss last year at the same stage. We did a lot of thinking and a lot of things changed back home. New coach and there were a couple of things that we wanted to do as a team, the way we wanted to play. Losing the first game and then coming back and beating a two-time champion in a must-win game … just couldn’t be prouder. Pretty emotional finish to the game, but we are just delighted as a group.”
WI vs IRE Highlights: Irish players CELEBRATE in GRAND style after knocking two-time champions West Indies out of T20 World Cup, Check Pics
A lot of things can happen on your day in T20 cricket. We could be playing our next game here, we’ve played three here and that could be in our favour. We want to pit ourselves against the best. It was a really good wicket. He (Stirling) is one of our best ever batters. The way he played today, it made it easy for me and the way I played made it easy for him.
“The way Lorcan came in and played freely was great. It was a real all-round performance. The bowlers were superb, the wicket was good. A proud day to be Irish,” said Andrew Balbirnie after the completion of the game. Thus, Ireland join Network and West Indies to the next stage of the T20 WC. It will be exciting to see how they perform during the Super 12s.
WI vs IRE Highlights: Irish players CELEBRATE in GRAND style after knocking two-time champions West Indies out of T20 World Cup, Check Pics
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