India wins the match by 143 runs, their highest margin in a T20I victory. Ireland fell like a pack of cards. The Indian bowlers were into it since the first over where Umesh Yadav took the first wicket. From there, there was no looking back.
A lot to ponder for Ireland after the listless performances. For India, Virat Kohli will be facing selection dilemmas in England. Here, we wrap up our live coverage of the match here.
Yadav continues. A single on the first ball is followed by a couple of runs on the other. Rankin steps out of the crease, eventually fails to connect with the ball; Dinesh Karthik does the rest. Raykin is STUMPED OUT!
India wins the match | Ireland loses by 143 runs.
Chahal continues. A dot, a single, and a dot on the first three balls of the over. A WIDE! ball next. A single on the next ball is followed by a wicker on the next ball. Thompson is BOWLED OUT! and Chahal is elated. Peter Chase is the new man in. FOW: 68/9, Stuart Thompson 13 (9). A dot ball to end the over.
Yadav continues. Dockrell is CAUGHT OUT! first ball. He looks to go big but fails to connect. Boyd Rankin is the new man in. FOW: 56/8, George Dockrell: 4 (8).
1,0,1,1 on the next four balls of the over. Rankin hits a LONG SIX! on the last ball of the over, over the long-off boundary region.
Chahal continues. Three dot balls on a trot. Three runs on the next ball. Thompson hits a couple of FOURs! to end the over.
Kuldeep Yadav brought into the attack. Wilson welcomes him with a FOUR! towards the third-man boundary. A dot ball next. Yadav BOWLS OUT! Wilson. A great show of spin there. George Dockrell is the new man in. FOW: 44/7, Gary Wilson: 15 (18). A couple of dot balls is followed by a single on the last ball.
Chahal to continue. A dot ball first up. Chahal takes out Simi on the next ball as he is LBW OUT! Stuart Thompson is the new man in. FOW: 36/6; Simi Singh 0 (2). Ireland takes four singles on the next four balls as the over ends.
Pandya continues. Pandya begins with a WIDE! ball first-up. A single on the next ball is followed by a dot ball.
Pandya takes out danger-man O'Brien. The leading edge lands into the hands of the third-man fielder. Simi Singh is the new man in. FOW: 32/5; Kevin O'Brien 0 (2).
Wilson hits a FOUR! on the next ball. A dot ball to end the over.
Yuzvendra Chahal introduced into the attack. A quiet over for Ireland here as they score only three runs on the first five balls of the over.
Chahal strikes on the first ball of his last over. Andy is BOWLED OUT! as Chahal bowls a lovely loopy delivery on the last ball. Kevin O'Brien is the new man in. FOW: 30/4; Andy Balbirnie 9 (7).
Hardik Pandya introduced. A single on the first ball is followed by a dot on the next ball. A single and a dot ball next. A couple of singles to end the over.
Kaul to continue. A hat-trick of dot balls for Kaul here. A fine start there. Shannon is BOWLED OUT! Gary Wilson is the new man in. FOW: 22/3; James Shannon 2 (7).
A WIDE! ball next is followed by a dot ball on the last delivery. A good over from Kaul here.
Yadav to continue. Porterfield welcomes him with a FOUR! A couple of runs on the next ball is followed by a SIX! on the next ball. Umesh strikes the stumps and BOWLS OUT! Porterfield. Andy Balbirnie is the new man in. FOW: 16/2; William Porterfield 14 (11).
A couple of runs on the next ball. Andy hits a FOUR! on the last ball of the over.
Siddharth Kaul to share the new ball. A couple of dot balls is followed by a single on the next ball. Another set of dot balls is followed by a couple of runs on the last ball of the over.
Umesh Yadav will begin with the new ball. Paul Stirling and James Shannon to open for Ireland. A dot-ball first up.
Stirling tries to punch the ball through the covers but is CAUGHT OUT! in the second slip. William Porterfield is the new man in. FOW: 0/1; Paul Stirling 0 (2). A hat-trick of dot balls by Umesh, next. A single to end the over.
O'Brien to bowl the last over. Will he be able to keep India below 200, here?
A WIDE! ball first-up. A couple of runs by Pandey on the next ball. A single on the next ball.
O'Brien bowls it wide off the stump, Pandya latches onto it. The ball kisses the sky and travels over the boundary ropes in the deep cover region for a towering SIX! Another ball, another boundary for Pandya, this time into the sightscreen for another SIX!
The short ball is dispatched with disdain between the non-striker and the mid-on region for FOUR! A single to end the over. Pandya ends with 32 runs off only 9 balls.
Chase returns. A hat-trick of singles on the first three balls. A wild WIDE! ball next.
Pandya on fire as he hits two huge SIXes! on the next two balls. Stupendous hitting there. A couple of runs on the last over of the ball.
O'Brien returns. A couple of singles on the first two balls.
O'Brien bowls it slow and Raina falls for it. Raina is CAUGHT OUT! It is his third wicket. Hardik Pandya is the new man in. FOW: 169/4; Suresh Raina 69 (45).
Pandey scores a FOUR! on the next ball now. A single and a dot ball to end the over.
Paul Stirling returns. A WIDE! ball on the first delivery. A full toss is driven to the wide long-off region for three runs on the next ball. A couple of runs on the next ball.
Pandey and Raina, both take four singles to end the over. Nonetheless, India score 10 runs off the over.
Peter Chase returns. A dot ball is followed by a SIX! on the next ball as Raina thumps the ball over wide long-on boundary region. A couple of singles next.
Raina hits another boundary, this time a FOUR! through the leg-side boundary. A single on the last ball ends the over. Will Raina hit a century tonight?
O'Brien to continue. A couple of singles on the first two balls. A dot ball is followed by a single on the next ball. A WIDE! ball next.
Raina hits a FOUR! through the short fine-leg region, and completes his HALF-CENTURY! A single on the last ball ends the over.
India and Ireland will lock horns in the second Twenty20 International on Friday. The 2nd T20I match between the two sides will be played at The Village, in Dublin. The India-Ireland T20I game will begin at 8.30 pm (IST). After beating Ireland convincingly in the first match, the Virat Kohli-led side would be looking forward to ending the series on a winning note.
Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma ran rampant on the Irish side they scored 160 runs for the first wicket. The first wicket partnership saw India score over 200 runs while batting first. India’s middle order line-up comprising of Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya were not able to fire much. Watch Video of Team India Practice Session: Men in Blue Probable Line-up Against Ireland Ahead of 2nd T20I at Dublin.
For Ireland, the only good performance came from opener James Shannon as he scored a fighting half-century during the run-chase. The spin-duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal was the pick of the bowlers as they picked up seven wickets between them. India vs Ireland 2nd T20I 2018 Live Cricket Streaming: Get Live Cricket Score, Watch Free Telecast of IND vs IRE T20 Match on TV & Online.
Teams:
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, and Siddarth Kaul.
Ireland: Gary Wilson (captain and wk), Andrew Balbirnie, Peter Chase, George Dockrell, Josh Little, Andy McBrine, Kevin O'Brien, William Porterfield, Stuart Poynter, Boyd Rankin, James Shannon, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, and Stuart Thompson.
Come Friday, both the teams would be itching to register a win. However, it would be an uphill task for the hosts, Ireland, to stage an upset in the night. For Virat Kohli, who had announced several changes in the team composition, it would be a dilemma to pick and choose the playing XI.
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