Not Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma or Babar Azam! Eire star turns into 1st participant to hit 400 fours in T20Is

Eire star batter Paul Stirling achieved an enormous feat within the historical past of the T20Is. The opening batter turned the first-ever batter within the historical past to hit 400 fours within the shortest format of the sport, attaining the feat effectively forward of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam. 

Paul Stirling achieved the feat through the ongoing first T20I of the collection in opposition to Afghanistan. The match between the groups is happening on the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah, the place guests misplaced the toss and had been requested to bat first. 

Paul Stirling offered his staff with an honest begin. He performed some crisp host in his innings and together with Andrew Balbirnie (22) added 38 runs for the opening partnership in fast time. The captain seemed stable on the crease however cashed on the beginning he obtained. 

Paul Stirling performed an honest innings of 25 runs off 27 balls. He batted with a strike fee of round 100. His innings had been laced with 2 fours and 1 six. With the 2 boundaries that he hit, he accomplished 400 fours within the T20I profession, turning into the primary batter to take action. 

After Paul Stirling obtained out, Harry Tector took cost and made positive that he took his staff to the aggressive whole. The batter slammed an impressive half-century and remained unbeaten until the top. He scored 56 runs off 34 balls, batting with a strike fee of over 164 with 7 fours and a pair of sixes to his title. 

Other than him, Gareth Delany (16) and Mark Adair (10*) made helpful contributions in the long run as Eire ended with a complete of 149 runs on the board. After they misplaced wickets, it didn’t appear that they’d even attain right here due to the heroics of Harry Tector. 

For Afghanistan, skipper Rashid Khan was the choose of the bowlers together with his figures of 4/19. Other than him, Nangeyalia Kharote picked two wickets whereas Azmatullah Omarzai chipped in with a scalp as they restricted the opposition underneath a complete of 150 runs.  Eire could be hoping to kick begin the T20I collection on excessive. They suffered 2-0 loss within the ODI collection and would need to make a comeback within the ongoing collection.

Most fours within the T20Is, Eire’s Paul Stirling tops the record 

Eire skipper Paul Stirling tops the record of most fours in T20 Internationals. The opening batter now has 401 boundaries to his title. He’s adopted by former Pakistan skipper Babar Azam, who to date has hit 395 fours in his profession. 

The Indian greats in Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are subsequent within the record with 361 and 359 boundaries respectively. Australia opener David Warner is fifth on the record as he has slammed 320 boundaries in his T20I profession to date. 

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