Ireland created history in Test cricket, doing what teams like India and New Zealand failed to do.
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Ireland vs Afghanistan Test : Ireland cricket team has created history in Test cricket. Ireland has done what teams like India, New Zealand and South Africa could not do. Ireland has created this unique record by winning the only Test match played against Afghanistan.
Sixth team to win first Test in fewest number of matches
The Ireland cricket team has achieved its first Test win in the eighth match of its career. They became the sixth team to win their first Test in the fewest number of matches. He has also left the Indian team behind in this matter. With this win, the Irish team has left behind many big teams apart from India. Let us tell that the Australian team is the number-1 team in this matter. Australia is the only team to have won the first match of Test cricket. After Australia, there are 3 teams who got their first win in the second match of their Test career. England, Pakistan and Afghanistan teams are included in this list.
Indian team won after 24 matches
India had to wait 25 matches for their first win in Test cricket. India did not win a single match in the first 24 Test matches. Bangladesh achieved their first win in Test cricket in the 35th match. Apart from this, New Zealand got their first win in Test cricket in the 45th match. These figures show what a huge achievement this is for Ireland.
Defeated Afghanistan by 6 wickets
Talking about the match, in the only test match played between Ireland and Afghanistan, Ireland defeated Afghanistan by 6 wickets. Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat first. In such a situation, Ireland got a chance to test their bowlers first. Ireland's bowlers did a brilliant performance and bowled out the Afghanistan team for just 155 all out. Only Ibrahim Zadran played an innings of 50 runs from Afghanistan. In reply, Ireland scored 263 runs in the first innings. Afghanistan were bowled out for 218 when they came out to bat in the second innings. In such a situation, Ireland had an easy target to win, which the team achieved with 6 wickets to spare.
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