Irish batsman sets world record in T20I, becomes first batsman in world to do so

Paul Stirling has become the first batsman to hit 400 fours in T20 International (Most Fours in T20I).

Bhoomi Goyal
Published on: 17 March 2024 11:21 AM GMT
Irish batsman sets world record in T20I, becomes first batsman in world to do so
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Ireland's Paul Stirling has created history in T-20 International. In the first T20 played against Afghanistan, Paul Stirling played an innings of 25 runs in 27 balls. In his innings, Stirling succeeded in hitting 2 fours and one six. During his innings, this Irish batsman made a world record in T-20 International.

Actually, Paul Stirling has become the first batsman to hit 400 fours in T20 International (Most Fours in T20I). Babar Azam is behind him. Babar has hit 395 fours in T-20 International so far. By the way, Babar will have a chance to break this record of Paul Stirling. Both are very close to each other.

In this matter, Virat Kohli is at third place, who has 361 fours in his name in T-20 International. Rohit Sharma has hit 359 fours. David Warner has a record of hitting 320 fours in T20I.

Talking about Paul Stirling's career, this batsman has played 6 Tests, 160 ODIs and 135 T-20 matches so far. He has 14 centuries in his name in ODI, one century in Test and one century in T-20. That means Stirling has scored 16 centuries so far in international cricket.

Talking about the match, Ireland batted first against Afghanistan. Playing first, Ireland had scored 149 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs, after which Afghanistan team could score only 111 runs. Ireland was successful in winning this match by 38 runs. The T-20 series between Ireland and Afghanistan is being organized in UAE. Three T-20 International matches will be played between the two teams.

Bhoomi Goyal

Bhoomi Goyal

English Content Writer in Newstrack from Jaipur, Rajasthan. (Education, Business, Technology, Political, Sports, Lifestyle, Crime and Webstories)

My self Bhoomi Goyal from Jaipur, Rajasthan. I have passed my Master's in Journalism and Mass Communication this year. I worked in Rajasthan Patrika for six months as an intern. I am working here from June 1st. I passed my graduation in BCA from Rajasthan University and master's in journalism and mass communication from Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur.

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