Twitter Reactions: Paul Stirling, bowlers shine as Ireland deny Bangladesh series sweep

The Irish side denied the hosts a series sweep. losing the series 2-1.

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Ireland Team. (Photo Source: Twitter)

Ireland won the third and final T20I against Bangladesh by seven wickets at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Friday, March 31 as the Irish side denied the hosts a series sweep, losing the three-match series 2-1.

Bangladesh won the toss and decided to put up a total in their final outing. However, Paul Stirling and Co. decided to give the home side a run for their money with their clinical bowling performance. The bowling unit operated in tandem to hand the blows early on in the contest which came to haunt the Bangla Tigers.

Bangladesh were reduced to 41/5 and needed someone to step up and get them to a respectable total. In came Shamim Hossain and took the onus of getting the vital runs on the board for the side. The 22-year-old southpaw scored five boundaries and two maximums and got to 51 runs off 42 balls before he was caught by George Dockrell off Fionn Hand at deep backward square leg. However, that seemed to be the only highlight in their disastrous batting display as the rest of the unit collapsed for mere 124 runs.

Notably, Mark Adair returned a three-wicket haul, Matthew Humphreys got two to his name whereas the rest of the unit got one wicket each to wrap up the contest.

Captain Stirling leads the way

While the visitors already seemed to have stamped their authority, skipper Paul Stirling further helped extend their domination during the chase. Despite the early fall of Ross Adair for seven runs in the third over, Stirling continued to play his natural game and got the boundaries with ease.

Clobbering four maximums and 10 boundaries, the skipper set a solid foundation and led the way to a potential win. However, debutant Rishad Hossain got the big fish as Stirling was sent back to the dugout for 77 runs off 41 balls. 

Rishad, Taskin Ahmed, and Shoriful Islam got one wicket apiece in the second innings. Harry Tector (14 runs) and Curtis Campher (16 runs), who came in the middle-order, steered the side to clinch the third T20I and avoid a clean sweep.

Here is how Twitter reacted-

cricketireland
Cricket Irelandverified@cricketireland
Victory in Chattogram! We've beaten Bangladesh in Bangladesh for the first time in a men's international match 💪 We win by seven wickets with six overs to spare. What a win! WATCH: bit.ly/401Cu8w SCORE: bit.ly/3TtV3zN #BackingGreen ☘️🏏 #BANvIRE
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04:28 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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ICC
ICCverified@ICC
A commanding victory for Ireland in the third and final T20I 👏 Bangladesh win the three-match series 2-1. #BANvIRE | Scorecard: bit.ly/3KmvVrI
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04:34 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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UtkarshRatedR23
UቿҜᗩ尺ꌚዘ@UtkarshRatedR23
Stirlo, you absolute legend🙌 🥳 #banvsire
04:31 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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abhisharma6376
Abhishek Sharma@abhisharma6376
Ireland defeated Bangladesh in the last t20I. Paul Sterling-77(41) #BANvsIRE #T20I #PaulSterling #ShakibAlHasan #CricketTwitter
04:27 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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CryptoNFTMantra
Crypto Mantra@CryptoNFTMantra
Never understand why aggressive batters like Ireland's Paul Stirling or West Indian Rahkeem Cornwall are not picked for #IPL. They are just a joy to watch when they are in free flow. Just see Stirling today in #banvsire
03:55 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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Kamar044
Fahad Al Zaman@Kamar044
Why is Bangladesh taking Nasum in the team? His bowling is getting worse in every match. Very poor bowling. @BCBtigers #BANvsIRE
03:54 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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Khalilur_77
Khalilur Rahman@Khalilur_77
Whatever it happened in #BANvsIRE series @cricketireland is much better team than they performed. Today Ireland is showing that in field. After what happened in last 5 games, coming back like today is a great sign. Specially their fielding is top class today.
02:50 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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Kamar044
Fahad Al Zaman@Kamar044
Old Bangladesh Batting is going on. Totally stupidity. Shameless batting. @BCBtigers #BANvsIRE
02:24 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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AbdullahFahadAF
Abdullah Fahad@AbdullahFahadAF
there’s fearless cricket, here’s careless cricket! #BANvsIRE #Cricket #T20
02:04 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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SatzStar
Satish Iyer@SatzStar
Captain's knock by #PaulStirling as #Ireland beat #Bangladesh by 7 wickets and 6 overs to spare. BAN - 124 IRE - 126/3 (14) #BANvIRE #IREvsBAN #Ireland #Bangladesh #CricketTwitter #banvsire #cricket #ShakibAlHasan #Chattogram #cricketnews #cricketupdate
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04:29 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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ICC
ICCverified@ICC
A commanding victory for Ireland in the third and final T20I 👏 Bangladesh win the three-match series 2-1. #BANvIRE | Scorecard: bit.ly/3KmvVrI
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ViratKo66279185
Mrinango C.Borty (VK fan)@ViratKo66279185
@ICC Congratulations to Ireland on a thrashing win over Bangladesh 👏 #BANvIRE
04:34 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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cricketireland
Cricket Irelandverified@cricketireland
Victory in Chattogram! We've beaten Bangladesh in Bangladesh for the first time in a men's international match 💪 We win by seven wickets with six overs to spare. What a win! WATCH: bit.ly/401Cu8w SCORE: bit.ly/3TtV3zN #BackingGreen ☘️🏏 #BANvIRE
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deniascot
Denise Delany@deniascot
@cricketireland Great to finish on a high 👏👏👏👏
04:30 PM · Mar 31, 2023
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