Breaking News: India hammer Ireland by 76 runs in first T20I
Dublin, June 28 (CRICKETNMORE) - India rode on an all-round effort to kick off their English summer with a 76-run thrashing of minnows Ireland in the first of the two-match T20I series here on Wednesday. Put into bat, the visitors posted
Dublin, June 28 (CRICKETNMORE) - India rode on an all-round effort to kick off their English summer with a 76-run thrashing of minnows Ireland in the first of the two-match T20I series here on Wednesday.
Put into bat, the visitors posted a commanding 208/5, thanks to brilliant half centuries from seasoned openers Rohit Sharma (97 off 61 balls; 4x8, 6x5) and Shikhar (74 off 45 balls; 4x5, 6x5) before the bowlers sprung into action to restrict the hosts for a meagre 132/9. Ireland's chase surrounded around opener James Shannon's (60 off 35; 4x5, 6x4) half century as all the other batsmen faltered in reading India's wrist spin twins -- Yuzvendra Chahal (3/38) and Kuldeep Yadav (4/21).
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Ireland batsmen's weakness against quality spin bowling was clearly exposed as wickets started to crumble one after the other as soon as skipper Virat Kohli employed Chahal and Kuldeep. With the powerplay yielding 43 runs for the loss of Paul Sterling's (1) wicket, Chahal packed back Irish No.3 Andrew Balbirnie (11) stumped by Mahendra Singh Dhoni off just his third ball, before getting Kevin O' Brien (10) and skipper Gary Wilson (5) off successive deliveries.
