India vs Ireland, 2nd T20 International: When And Where To Watch, Live Coverage On TV, Live Streaming Online
India will be looking to sweep the series when they take on Ireland again.
Virat Kohli-led Team India outplayed Ireland in the first of two Twenty20 Internationals as the visitors scored 208/5 before restricting the hosts for 132/9 in Dublin on Wednesday. As the two teams meet for the second time at the same venue on Friday, Ireland would be hoping to hit back against their higher-ranked opponents. Although the margin of defeat in the opener was 76 runs, Ireland were quite impressive overall. After Indian openers Rohit Sharma (97) and Shikhar Dhawan (74) blazed away to put up a 160-run stand in 16 overs, the Irish bowlers did manage to claw back. Peter Chase, who recorded figures of 4 for 35, was the pick of the Ireland bowlers as he got rid of MS Dhoni, Sharma and skipper Kohli at crucial junctures.
Boyd Rankin and Paul Stirling also managed to keep things moderately tight too. As far as the batsmen were concerned, James Shannon, who is not very experienced in international cricket, did well against a strong bowling attack to score a 35-ball 60 with five fours and four sixes.
In the end, Ireland fell well short on all counts as Kuldeep Yadav, the Player of the Match, claimed 4 wickets 21 and got India a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
"They played the fast bowlers well, but struggled against the spinners, because they were not using their feet properly. We (he and Yuzvendra Chahal) varied the pace. Maybe they are not used to it," said Yadav.
"I did not expect it to spin like it did in the second innings," Yadav said after the game.
Now that India have started their much-anticipated tour of the United Kingdom on a bright note, Kohli said that the touring party will experiment with their middle-order batting. The 29-year-old believes that a flexible batting order will help keep India's opponents guessing while they are in Ireland and England.
India can't lose the series now, so the team management has decided to field the players like Dinesh Karthik, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Siddarth Kaul and Umesh Yadav, who missed the first outing.
"We're going to give everyone a go in this series. The management and me as captain decided it. There're no mysteries and we're looking everyone to give game time," said Kohli at the post-match ceremony.
Another run-fest is on the cards at the warm and sunny Malahide on Friday and Ireland will have an excellent opportunity to notch up a win against a top team, while India would be hoping to make light work of their lower-ranked opposition.
Squads:
Ireland: Gary Wilson (capt/wk), Andy Balbirnie, Peter Chase, George Dockrell, Joshua Little, Andy McBrine, Kevin O'Brien, William Porterfield, Stuart Poynter, Boyd Rankin, James Shannon, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson.
India: Virat Kohli (capt), Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Siddarth Kaul, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav.
After blockbuster knocks from Indian openers, spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal spun their web around the Irish batsmen as India thumped the hosts by a mammoth 76-run margin in the first T20I in Dublin. The whole Ireland batting line-up collapsed as both Chahal and Kuldeep shared seven wickets amongst them. Kuldeep's 4 for 21 in the match is now his best ever performance in the format. Chahal too picked up 3 for 38 in his four overs. Chasing a huge total of 209, Ireland never looked comfortable against brilliant Indian bowling line-up. Jasprit Bumrah drew the first blood picking up Paul Sterling in the second over of the game. Post the power-play overs, Virat brought on spinners and they worked their magic to perfection. The spin duo crushed the entire Irish middle-order picking wickets at regular intervals. The host team collapsed like a pack of cards. Only James Shannon's 60 off 35 balls was the positive for the Irish team as no other batsman was able to go past the score of 15. In the end Ireland could only muster 132 for 9 in 20 overs falling short by 76 runs.
Earlier, riding on a 160-run stand between openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma, India posted a target of 209 in 20 overs. Both Shikhar and Rohit pounced on the Irish bowlers from the word go. Both the openers clobbered the bowlers all-around the park dealing in boundaries and sixes. After power-play overs, India were 59 without loss. Continuing the fine form, Dhawan reached his fifty in 27 balls. Following Dhawan, Rohit Sharma too slammed his 15th T20I fifty. Sharma then continued whacking the ball all-around before getting out on 97. Although India lost Raina, Dhoni and Virat in the same over but reached 208 in their designated quota of 20 overs. Peter Chase was the most successful bowler for Ireland picking up 4 wickets for 35 runs. (Highlights: India vs Ireland)
Highlights of India vs Ireland 1st T20, straight from The Village, Dublin
23:44 IST: Thank you for staying with us for the live match updates.
23:43 IST: India beat Ireland by 76 runs in the first T20I match in Dublin. Lead 2-match series 1-0.
23:40 IST: It's over! Ireland could only manage 132-9 in 20 overs.
23:34 IST: OUT! Cleaned up by a missile yorker from Bumrah! Picks up his second wicket. Dockrell walks back after scoring 9 runs. IRE 126-9 after 17.1 overs
23:27 IST: OUT! Kuldeep picks up his fourth! Poynter had no idea about that one. Cleaned up by Kuldeep. IRE 123-8 after 15.5 overs
.@imkuldeep18 takes a four for.
He has also attained his best T20I bowling figures of 4/21 in this game.#IREvIND pic.twitter.com/I43E8T6MeF — BCCI (@BCCI) June 27, 2018
23:24 IST: OUT! Kuldeep strikes again! Third wicket for the chinaman. Thompson trying to dispatch the ball over long-on boundary hands a simple catch to Hardik Pandya. IRE 114-7 after 15.1 overs
23:21 IST: FOUR! Brilliant shot from Thompson! Brute force from the southpaw. Dispatches Pandya for a boundary over long-off. IRE 113-6 after 14.5 overs
23:19 IST: Bowling change for India! Hardik Pandya is back. IRE 104-6 after 14 overs. Ireland require another 105 runs from 36 balls
23:11 IST: OUT! Another one for India! Chahal removes Garry Wilson on the score of 5. Wilson steps out but misses the ball completely. That was a simple stumping for MSD. IRE 96-6 after 12.4 overs.
23:10 IST: OUT! Chahal has the final laugh! Tossed up again but this thime Kevin miss-times the ball. Dhawan with a simple catch. IRE 96-5 after 12.3 overs.
23:08 IST: SIX! Now Kevin O Brian is after Chahal. It was in the arc for the Irish. Ball is lost. New balls come in. IRE 94-4 after 12.1 overs.
23:04 IST: OUT! Trying to sweep Kuldeep Yadav, James Shannon is trapped in front! He is out after scoring a brilliant 60 off 35 balls. IRE 85-4 after 11.3 overs.
23:00 IST: SIX! Brilliant way to start the over. Shannon is reading Chahal with ease now. IRE 78-3 after 10.1 overs. Ireland require another 131 runs from 59 balls.
22:57 IST: OUT! Kuldeep Yadav in action! Simi Singh is out after scoring 7 runs. Simple catch to Virat Kohli in covers. IRE 72-3 after 9.3 overs
22:53 IST: That's FIFTY for Shannon off 29 ball! A double to reach his maiden half-century. IRE 72-2 after 8.5 overs
22:52 IST: SIX! Shannon is reading Chahal really well now. Brilliant timing on that one. Shannon moves on to 49 of 28 balls. IRE 70-2 after 8.4 overs
22:45 IST: Huge shout from Chahal on the final ball of the over but umpire says NOT OUT! Flat wrong'un from the leggie, Shannon trapped in front but umpire adjourns it not out. Mab be there was height on it. IRE 52-2 after 7 overs
22:43 IST: Chahal STRIKES! Flighted delivery from Yuzi Chahal, Balbirnie steps out but misses the ball completely. Dhoni does the rest! That was easy for him. Second wicket falls for the home team. IRE 45-2 after 6.3 overs
22:41 IST: FOUR! Short and wide outside off stump from Bhuvi and Shannon cuts it away for four. Shannon batting brilliantly at the moment. He has scored 30 off 21 balls. IRE 43-1 after 6 overs.
22:36 IST: Skipper Virat Kohli continuing with Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He is into his third over. IRE 36-1 after 5 overs
22:35 IST: SIX to finish the over! First six for Ireland! Brilliant timing on that one from Shannon. Just a flick of the wrists. First over from Hardik Pandya leaks 13 runs. IRE 36-1 after 5 overs
22:30 IST: After Chahal, Rohit joins the party! Drops a sitter! Shannon balloons the ball in the air but Sharma misjudges the catch. Bumrah is furious! IRE 22-1 after 3.3 overs
22;20 IST: Bumrah draws first blood! Sterling walks back after scoring 1 run. Trying to pull a short ball off Bumrah, Sterling only manages a top edge. Simple take for Kuldeep Yadav. IRE 4-1 after 1.2 overs.
22:18 IST: Watchful start from Ireland. 4 runs from the fist over of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. IRE 4-0 after 1 overs.
22:15 IST: Ireland openers Stirling and Shannon are at the centre. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will open the bowling for India.
India set a target of 209 against Ireland in the first T20I at Dublin
22:01 IST: Final ball and it's a SIX! Pandya with the helicopter shot over bowlers head and the ball crashes into the advertising hoardings. What a way to finish the innings. IND 208-5 in 20 overs
22:00 IST: Virat walks in and goes back! Out for a duck! Yet again trying to hit the ball out of the park skipper puts the ball straight down the throat of deep-mid wicket.
21:56 IST: OUT! OUT! Dhoni and Sharma get out on successive balls! Trying to whack the ball out of the ground, Dhoni hands a simple catch to deep-mid wicket. On the very next ball Rohit Sharma gets cleaned up by Chase.
21:54 IST: SIX! Muscled by MSD. Powers Rankin straight down the ground for a SIX.
21:51 IST: FOUR! First ball boundary for MS Dhoni. Pulls and Pulls it hard. Rankin pitches it short and ball reaches the fence in no time. IND 192-2 after 18.2overs
21:48 IST: Still no Virat Kohli. MS. Dhoni walks to the centre.
21:47 IST: First wicket for Peter Chase in the match. Trying to up the scoring rate Suresh Raina fails! Hands a simple catch deep mid-wicket fielder O'Brien. IND 186-2 after 17.5 overs
21:45 IST: SIX! Stand and deliver for the HITMAN! Terrific shot straight down the ground off Chase. Sharma moves up to 92 off 55 balls. IND 183-1 after 17.3 overs.
21:42 IST: Rohit Sharma inching towards T20I ton. 3 boundaries to finish of the 17th over from Thompson. Sharma batting 85 off 53 balls. IND 174-1 after 17 overs.
21:36 IST: Gabbar walks back after scoring 74 off 45 balls. Trying to dispatch the ball over long-off, Dhawan only manages bottom of the bat. Brilliant running catch from Thompson.IND 160-1 after 16 overs.
21:33 IST: Another life for Rohit Sharma! Tries to sweep the ball off Kevin O Brien. Top edge but fielder again drops the catch. Ball lands wide of long-on. IND 155-0 after 15.3 overs.
21:30 IST: India looking unstoppable at the moment! 15 overs are up and the scoreboard reads 148 without any loss. Dhawan batting on 69 (42b) along with Sharma 73 48 balls. Five overs more to go!
21:27 IST: FOUR! FOUR! to end the 14th over from Stirling. Rohit is showing his class at the moment. IND 133-0 after 14 overs
21:23 IST: India cruising after 13 overs with 122 on the board. Dhawan batting on 59 off 37 balls along with Rohit Sharma 57 off 41 balls.
21:10 IST: SIX and 50 for Shikhar Dhawan! India reaches 100-run mark too. What a way to reach the landmark. Down the ground a clears the rope over deep mid-wicket. Reaches fifty off 27 balls. IND 100-0 after 10.1 overs.
21:08 IST: SIX! What a beautiful shot from Rohit Sharma. Clears his left-leg and dispatches it straight down the ground foe a massive blow. IND 92-0 after 9.4 overs.
21:06 IST: Indian openers are on a roll here. Collecting boundaries in almost every over . Another boundary to finish off the 9th over. 84-0 after 9 overs.
20:54 IST: SIX! Dhawan dances down the ground off the final ball from Chase and the ball ends over the fence. IND 59-0 after 6 overs. Dhawan batting on 30 off 15 balls along with Rohit on 25 off 22 balls.
20:47 IST: 50 up for India in no time. Kevin O Brien gives away 13 runs in his first over. Both openers are dealing in boundaries at the moment. It's a blazing start. 6 fours and two sixes till now. IND 50-0 after 5 overs.
20:46 IST: Dhawan and Rohit are on fire. 9 runs in the fourth over off Boyd Rankin. IND 37-0 after 4 overs
20:43 IST: Stuart Thompson goes for 17 runs in his first over. Six and a four to finish off the second over. Shikhar Dhawan on the charge here!
20:38 IST: 10 runs to finish of the second over from Peter Chase. IND 11-0 after 2 overs
20:36 IST: 4 runs! First boundary for India. Down the leg side. IND 7-0 after 1.3 overs.
20:34 IST: Full toss from Peter Chase and Rohit Sharma tucks it for a double. IND 3-0 after 1.1 overs.
20:33 IST: Brilliant bowling from Boyd Rankin. Just 1 run from the first over. IND 1-0 after 1 over.
20:31 IST: First runs for team India. Flick off the pads from Rohit Sharma for a single. IND 1-0 after 0.3 overs.
20:30 IST: First ball. Right on the money from Boyd Rankin!
20:29 IST: Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma are at the centre. Boyd Rankin to open bowling for Ireland.
20:25 IST: Both teams are at the centre along with the umpires and match officials for the national anthems. We are just minutes away from the first ball.
20:10 IST: Ireland (Playing XI): Gary Wilson(c), Paul Stirling, James Shannon, Andrew Balbirnie, Simi Singh, Stuart Poynter(w), Kevin O Brien, Stuart Thompson, George Dockrell, Boyd Rankin, Peter Chase. Born in Punjab, playing for Ireland. What a moment for Simi Singh!
20:07 IST: India (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni(w), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal. Manish Pandey has been chosen over in-form Dinesh Karthik. Umesh Yadav too sits out.
20:01 IST: Ireland skipper Gary Wilson wins the toss and opts to bowl first against India.
19:52 IST: Here are some interesting facts for you ahead of the toss.
India will become seventh nation to play 100 or more T20I matches. Pakistan leads the chart with a total of 128 T20I matches played.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli needs just 17 more runs to become the fastest man to accumulate 2000 runs in T20Is.
This will be the first bilateral series between India and Ireland. Both teams have clashed only once before during ICC World Twenty20 at Nottingham in 2009 where India registered a comfortable 8-wicket win.
19:51 IST: Players are on the field. Warming up ahead of the series opener.
Warm-ups underway at @MalahideCC - just over an hour until just our second T20I ever against India! #IREvIND #BackingGreen pic.twitter.com/STXk3HoKCd — Cricket Ireland (@Irelandcricket) June 27, 2018
19:50 IST: Here's the pitch for you! Looks a belter of a track. It's bright and sunny here in Dublin.
Take a look at the pitch for the first T20I against Ireland.#IREvIND pic.twitter.com/0q8PKQgN1h — BCCI (@BCCI) June 27, 2018
19:45 IST: Fans are in the park. Tickets are sold out. Full house expected at the The Village, Malahide, Dublin.
19:30 IST: Hello and welcome to the live updates of the first T20I match between Ireland and India.
With a set opening combination in Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma, and Kohli at No. 3, Lokesh Rahul seems a likely candidate for the No. 4 spot in the absence of Ajinkya Rahane. It will be interesting to see who among the trio of Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik and Manish Pandey will get a game as Dhoni and all-rounder Hardik Pandya fill up the No. 6 and 7 spots. Since Dinesh Karthik is going through a purple patch and Raina can come handy as a bowler, it is highly likely that Manish Pandey would sit out of the game. On the bowling front, Kohli will be tempted to field both leg-spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav, giving them an early taste of conditions.
The pace department will most likely be led by the established duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah even as Umesh Yadav will be eager to be back in the shortest version for India for the first time since 2012. With Pandya as the third seaming option, it will also be interesting to see whether medium pacer Siddarth Kaul makes his India debut after an impressive stint in the Indian Premier League (IPL). For the hosts, skipper Gary Wilson, former captain William Porterfield and all-rounder Kevin O'Brien are the ones to have T20 experience against an Indian team. Meanwhile, 31-year-old Simranjit Singh will enjoy the spotlight of playing against his erstwhile nation.
DUBLIN: India set themselves up nicely for the sterner tests ahead with a dominant performance as they outclassed Ireland by a whopping 76 runs in the opening T20 International, on Wednesday.Dubbed as dress rehearsal for the marquee England series, the formidable Indian team outbatted the opposition scoring an imposing 208 for five, courtesy openers Rohit Sharma (97 off 61 balls) and Shikhar Dhawan (74 off 45 balls).In reply, Ireland could only manage 132/9 in 20 overs despite a breezy innings of 60 off 35 balls by opener James Shannon.Irish batsmen didn't have a clue how to play chinaman Kuldeep Yadav (4/21 in 4 overs). His partner in crime Yuzvendra Chahal was hit for four sixes but eventually ended with improved figures of 3 for 38 in his four over spell.As Kuldeep-Chahal ran through the top and middle-order, the rest of the batsmen were incapable of making a match of it. Such was their plight that save Shannon, none of the other home team batsman scored above 15.Bhuvneshwar Kumar (0/16 in 4 overs) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/19 in 4 overs) were as usual steady at the start and effective at the death.However a lot of credit should once again go to Rohit, who missed out on a well-deserved third T20 international century. The Indian vice-captain made amends for his poor IPL form with a breathtaking innings in company of an in-form Dhawan, who was also keen to send the bowlers in a leatherhunt.The opening pair put on 160 in 16 overs to set the foundation. However India lost three wickets in the final over, preventing them from scoring in excess of 225, which looked likely on a placid track. But the score was above par for an Ireland side, which rarely gets to play quality opposition.Young right-arm medium pacer Peter Chase finished with career-best figures of 4 for 35 with a memorable 20th over in which he accounted for Mahendra Singh Dhoni (11), Rohit and skipper Virat Kohli (0).Rohit went for a wild slog and was bowled thereby missing out his hundred by a whisker. His innings had eight fours and five sixes while Dhawan five boundaries and an equal number of maximums.India reached 50 in the fifth over. When the team total reached 61, Rohit-Dhawan completed 1000-run in the form of their partnership in T20 Internationals.India's 100 came up in the 11th over and neither batsman had offered a chance to the bowlers till then. Dhawan reached his seventh T20 half-century off 27 balls, while Rohit's 15th T20 half-century came off 39 balls.Such was their dominance on the Irish bowling that there were only a couple mishits until then.Ireland did have their opportunities. There were a couple of miscommunications while running between the wickets and Ireland even managed a direct hit but didn't get a favourable decision.Stuart Thompson had a nightmarish time on the field. First, he dropped Rohit at long off in the 15th over off George Dockrell (0-40) and then let go another one at long on in the next over off Kevin O'Brien (1-36). Finally he managed to latch onto a chance off Dhawan in that same over.
