Captain Shreyas Iyer flopped! Was it costly for Vaibhav Suryavanshi not to choose? Ireland defeated India

PC: Dainik Bhaskar

Yesterday the first match of the T20 series was played between India and Ireland. Batting first, Ireland had given India a target of 183 runs. Abhishek Sharma gave a great start for India. In the end, Ireland won the first T20 match by 34 runs. Shreyas Iyer and the Indian team have to face defeat in their first match as captain.

India’s batting

Ireland had given India a target of 183 runs. Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson started the innings for India. However, Sanju Samson could not play a decent innings in today’s match. He was out after scoring just 5 runs. Also, Ishan Kishan, who played a good innings against Afghanistan, also failed. He was out after scoring 1 run. After that Shreyas Iyer came to play. Shreyas Iyer was batting as captain for the first time. Abhishek Sharma was out after scoring 50 runs. Captain Shreyas Iyer was out after scoring 3 runs. Tilak Verma was out after scoring 19 runs. Washington Sundar was out after scoring 9 runs. Shivam Dubey was out on 25 runs.

ireland bowling

Ireland bowled well in the powerplay and India lost 3 important wickets. Matthew Hallard took the wickets of Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan. Jai Mundra dismissed Sanju Samson. Ireland bowled brilliantly. He took 4 important wickets for India in 10 overs. Matthew Hallard took three wickets.

ireland batting

When the Indian team called them to bat first, Tim Tector and Ross Adair opened the innings for Ireland. However, they could not give a good start to Ireland. Both the batsmen were out one after the other on 12 and 17 runs. Then Harry Tector came to play. However, he was out on zero. Then Captain Lorcan Tucker came to play. Benjamin Calitz was out for 15 runs. Captain Lorcan Tucker scored a half century. George Dockrell was out on 19 runs. Gareth Delaney played a brilliant inning of 49 runs.

India’s bowling

Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh started the bowling for India. Both the bowlers bowled brilliantly in the power play. The swings of both looked good. Harshit Rana dismissed Tim Tector and Ross Adair. While Arshdeep Singh took the wicket of Harry Tector. While Shivam Dubey bowled out Benjamin Calitz. Harshit Rana took a total of 3 wickets. Akshar Patel took one wicket in the last overs.