IND vs IRE: Ireland made a big upset, created history by defeating India by 34 runs, Iyer flopped in captaincy debut

IND vs IRE 1st T20I: The beginning of the new era of Indian T20 cricket under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer has been very disappointing and shocking. In the first T20 match played at the Stormont Cricket Ground in Belfast, host Ireland caused a major upset and defeated world champion India by 34 runs. With this historic victory, Ireland has taken a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

Team India’s batting failed

This is the first time that Ireland has defeated the Indian team. Chasing the target of 183 runs, the Indian team was reduced to 148 runs in 18.5 overs. The Indian team, which set out to chase the target of 183, had a very bad start. The wickets of Samson (5), Ishan Kishan (1) and captain Shreyas Iyer (3) fell early. Abhishek Sharma was the only batsman who was seen playing in his own style. Abhishek played an inning of 50 runs in 20 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 7 fours.

Ireland bowled brilliantly

Tilak Verma (19), Shivam Dubey (25), and Axar Patel (15) could not convert good starts into big innings. The Indian team, losing wickets at regular intervals, was reduced to 148 runs in 18.5 overs and lost the match by 34 runs. For Ireland, Matthew Humphries took 3 wickets, Matthew Hollard took 3 wickets. Jai Mundra took 2 wickets. Liam McCarthy and Gareth Delaney took 1 wicket each.

Team India had achieved the target of 183 runs.

Earlier, after losing the toss and coming to bat first, Ireland scored 182 runs for 9 wickets. For Ireland, Captain Tucker scored 50 runs in 36 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 5 fours. Apart from this, Delaney was out after scoring 49 runs in 32 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 3 fours.

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For the Indian team, right-arm fast bowler Harshit Rana bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs. Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs. Shivam Dubey took 1 wicket for 18 runs in 3 overs. Washington was pretty expensive. He gave away 19 runs in 1 over without taking any wicket. Akshar Patel took 2 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs. From India, right-arm fast bowler Prasidh Krishna was the most expensive. Krishna gave away 57 runs in 4 overs. He did not get a single wicket. -with agency input