India vs Ireland 1st T20I: First win for Hardik as a captain in International cricket
IND vs IRE, 1st T20I Live Updates: India have defeated Ireland in the 1st T20i by 7 wickets. An unbeaten 47 from Deepak Hooda, and good 20s from Kishan and Hardik.
9.2: Josh Little to Deepak Hooda 4 runs, India 111/3
8.6: Conor Olphert to Dinesh Karthik 4 runs, India 103/3
WICKET! 7.6: Hardik Pandya 24(12) lbw Josh Little, India 94/3
7.5: Josh Little to Hardik Pandya 6 runs, India 93/2
7.3: Josh Little to Deepak Hooda 4 runs, India 86/2
7.2: Josh Little to Deepak Hooda 4 runs, India 82/2
6.1: Conor Olphert to Deepak Hooda 6 runs, India 75/2
5.6: Andy Mcbrine to Hardik Pandya 6 runs, India 69/2
5.1: Andy Mcbrine to Hardik Pandya 6 runs, India 54/2
3.4: Mark Adair to Deepak Hooda 4 runs, India 44/2
3.3: Mark Adair to Deepak Hooda 4 runs, India 39/2
2.6: Craig Young to Hardik Pandya 4 runs, India 35/2
WICKET! 2.5: Suryakumar Yadav 0(1) lbw Craig Young, India 30/2
WICKET! 2.4: Ishan Kishan 26(11) b Craig Young, India 30/1
2.2: Craig Young to Ishan Kishan 6 runs, India 30/0
2.1: Craig Young to Ishan Kishan 4 runs, India 24/0
0.5: Josh Little to Ishan Kishan 4 runs, India 15/0
0.4: Josh Little to Ishan Kishan 6 runs, India 11/0
0.3: Josh Little to Ishan Kishan 4 runs, India 5/0
Deepak Hooda and Ishan Kishan opening for India.
Ireland post a total of 108/4 in 12 overs. Team India chase coming up shortly.
India need 109 to win the first T20i against Ireland.
11.5: Avesh Khan to Harry Tector 6 runs, Ireland 106/4
11.3: Avesh Khan to Harry Tector 4 runs, Ireland 97/4
22-year-old Harry Tector smashed fifty from just 29 balls
9.3: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Harry Tector 6 runs, Ireland 85/4
9.1: Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Harry Tector 4 runs, Ireland 77/4
WICKET! 8.4: Lorcan Tucker 18(16) ct Axar Patel b Yuzvendra Chahal, Ireland 72/4
7.5: Hardik Pandya to Lorcan Tucker 6 runs, Ireland 69/3
7.4: Hardik Pandya to Lorcan Tucker 6 runs, Ireland 63/3
5.6: Umran Malik to Harry Tector 6 runs, Ireland 52/3
5.5: Umran Malik to Harry Tector 4 runs, Ireland 45/3
4.3: Axar Patel to Harry Tector 4 runs, Ireland 28/3
WICKET! 3.5: Gareth Delany 8(9) ct Dinesh Karthik b Avesh Khan, Ireland 22/3
3.2: Avesh Khan to Harry Tector 4 runs, Ireland 21/2
WICKET! 1.2: Paul Stirling 4(5) ct Deepak Hooda b Hardik Pandya, Ireland 6/2
1.1: Hardik Pandya to Paul Stirling 4 runs, Ireland 6/1
WICKET! 0.5: Andy Balbirnie 0(2) b Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ireland 1/1
Hardik Pandya, Indian Skipper: “We will bowl first. Absolute honour to lead India. My role is simple, just back the players and ask them to play with freedom and express themselves. Umran Malik makes his debut today”
Andrew Balbirne, Ireland Skipper: “Probably would have bowled first because of the weather around. Guys are excited for the series. Really important to play against one of the best teams in the world. Conor Olpher is going to make his debut tonight.”
Overs: 12 Powerplay: 1-4 overs 2 bowlers can bowl 3 overs each, 3 bowlers can bowl 2 overs each.
Match starts at 11.20 pm IST, 12 overs per side.
The rain is back at Dublin, game between India and Ireland will be having a delayed start.
Teams:
Ireland (Playing XI): Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie(c), Gareth Delany, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker(w), George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Andy McBrine, Craig Young, Joshua Little, Conor Olphert
India (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umran Malik
India have won the toss and have opted to field
