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.

Published - 31 Mar 2023, 16:51 IST | Updated - 31 Mar 2023, 16:41 IST

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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-

Cricket Ireland

@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

04:28 PM · Mar 31, 2023

ICC

@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

04:34 PM · Mar 31, 2023

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UቿҜᗩ尺ꌚዘ@UtkarshRatedR23

Stirlo, you absolute legend🙌 🥳 #banvsire

04:31 PM · Mar 31, 2023

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

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

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

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

Fahad Al Zaman@Kamar044

Old Bangladesh Batting is going on. Totally stupidity. Shameless batting. @BCBtigers #BANvsIRE

02:24 PM · Mar 31, 2023