After Afghanistan, Ireland also made a big upset in the history of cricket by defeating South Africa.
In the second match of the 2 T20I series played between Ireland and South Africa in Abu Dhabi, Ireland defeated South Africa by ten runs to level the series at one apiece.
In the match played on Sunday, Ireland scored 195 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs while playing first. On behalf of Ireland, opener Russ Adair scored 100 runs off 58 balls while batting stormily, while captain Paul Stirling scored 52 runs off 31 balls. South Africa’s Wayne Milder dismissed two players.
In response to Ireland’s 195 runs, the South African team scored 185 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Reza Hendrick and Matthew Bretzky scored 51 and 51 runs for South Africa. Ireland’s Mark Adair dismissed 4 South Africans, while Graham Homme took three wickets.
It should be noted that South Africa has faced two upsets in a month. In the series of 3 ODI matches played in Sharjah from September 18 to 22 last month, Afghanistan defeated South Africa in 2 matches and won the series 1-2.
