Pakistan vs Ireland LIVE Updates, T20 World Cup 2024: Pakistan captain Babar Azam has won the toss and opted to bowl first against Ireland in what is the last game in the ongoing tournament for both the teams. With both sides out of contention for the Super 8 stage of the 2024 T20 World Cup, Pakistan and Ireland’s only motivation for their final group game will be to earn back some pride. Pakistan will go to four points with a win, after a dismal tournament that has seen calls from many former Pakistan cricketers to change the side and captain. Ireland will be aiming for their first win in the tournament, having lost to India and Canada and having had their match against USA washed out due to rain. Pakistan’s match against Ireland is a dead rubber but captain Babar is wants his team to play its A game. “As a professional, you need to prepare for every match. We’ll look to play our best today,” said the Pakistan skipper. (Live Scorecard | Points Table)

Here are the playing XIs –

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam(c), Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Abbas Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Amir

Ireland: Paul Stirling(c), Andrew Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker(w), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little, Benjamin White