Pakistan have recovered from a thumping defeat to draw a parity in the three-match T20I series against Ireland. Mohammad Rizwan's excellent 75* and Fakhar Zaman's outstanding 78 played starring role in Pakistan's series levelling victory.

Rizwan won player-of-the-match award for his effort of steering the ship till the end to take Pakistan over the line. And when he was reminded that along with Virat Kohli, he’s the only other batter from a Test playing nation to average over 50 in T20Is, the Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter expressed his admiration for the Indian batting stalwart.

“Virat Kohli is a good player and we learnt a lot from him. I respect him," Rizwan said.

“I don’t look at my numbers, if you look at the average, you are an average player. If you look at the match situation and the conditions then it’s better," Rizwan said.

Rizwan also praised Ireland for giving Pakistan a tough fight.

“If you look at the whole match, they (Ireland) played really well. So have to credit them guys. Chasing 194 is not easy as Ireland know the conditions and they gave difficult time early on but we decide to attack and this is why we were successful," he added.
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