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India vs Ireland, 1st T20

India in Ireland T20I Series - 1st T20I

Ireland v India

India won by 76 runs

T20I no. 678 | 2018 season
Played at The Village, Malahide, Dublin
27 June 2018 (20-over match)


India innings (20 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
RG Sharma	b Chase	97	87	61	8	5	159.01
19.3 bowled him! A tired shot from Rohit, who misses out on a third T20I ton. It's a length ball on leg stump. Everything you want at this stage. He slogs at it and can't get anywhere near making contact. It tonks the top of leg stump 202/4
S Dhawan	c Thompson b O'Brien	74	65	45	5	5	164.44
15.6 takes it! You wouldn't know it from his exasperated reaction. Stuart Thompson. Runs in from long-off and has to lunge again. This time he makes no mistake. Dhawan gets under this full ball but it's off the toe-end and loops up for the fielder. A smashing innings ends. 160/1
SK Raina	c O'Brien b Chase	10	11	6	2	0	166.66
17.5 short ball on the ribs and a very awkward short-arm pull from Raina. He's backing away and looking to nudge it into the leg side, but he gets a top edge that deep square leg takes comfortably 186/2
MS Dhoni†	c Thompson b Chase	11	8	5	1	1	220.00
19.2 holes out to deep midwicket. Runs down the pitch against the short ball and is cramped for room. Still manages to get a full pull shot out of it, but it's not got enough to clear the boundary 202/3
HH Pandya	not out	6	3	1	0	1	600.00

V Kohli*	c Thompson b Chase	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
19.5 another at deep midwicket! Length ball on leg stump, clears the front foot and slogs, finds the fielder. As easy as that. Four wickets for Chase. 202/5
MK Pandey	not out	0	1	0	0	0	-

Extras	(lb 4, w 6)	10

Total	(5 wickets; 20 overs)	208	(10.40 runs per over)

Did not bat B Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, JJ Bumrah, YS Chahal

Fall of wickets 1-160 (Dhawan, 15.6 ov), 2-186 (Raina, 17.5 ov), 3-202 (Dhoni, 19.2 ov), 4-202 (Sharma, 19.3 ov), 5-202 (Kohli, 19.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
WB Rankin	4	0	34	0	8.50	10	3	2	(1w)

PKD Chase	4	0	35	4	8.75	12	1	3	(3w)
17.5 to Raina, short ball on the ribs and a very awkward short-arm pull from Raina. He's backing away and looking to nudge it into the leg side, but he gets a top edge that deep square leg takes comfortably 186/2 19.2 to Dhoni, holes out to deep midwicket. Runs down the pitch against the short ball and is cramped for room. Still manages to get a full pull shot out of it, but it's not got enough to clear the boundary 202/3 19.3 to Sharma, bowled him! A tired shot from Rohit, who misses out on a third T20I ton. It's a length ball on leg stump. Everything you want at this stage. He slogs at it and can't get anywhere near making contact. It tonks the top of leg stump 202/4 19.5 to Kohli, another at deep midwicket! Length ball on leg stump, clears the front foot and slogs, finds the fielder. As easy as that. Four wickets for Chase. 202/5
SR Thompson	2	0	31	0	15.50	2	5	1	(1w)

KJ O'Brien	3	0	36	1	12.00	3	3	2	(1w)
15.6 to Dhawan, takes it! You wouldn't know it from his exasperated reaction. Stuart Thompson. Runs in from long-off and has to lunge again. This time he makes no mistake. Dhawan gets under this full ball but it's off the toe-end and loops up for the fielder. A smashing innings ends. 160/1
GH Dockrell	4	0	40	0	10.00	5	2	3

Simi Singh	1	0	12	0	12.00	0	0	1

PR Stirling	2	0	16	0	8.00	2	2	0


Ireland innings (target: 209 runs from 20 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
PR Stirling	c Kuldeep Yadav b Bumrah	1	5	3	0	0	33.33
1.2 top edge taken by mid-on. Too fast for the pull. Awful position with the legs, not optimal with the hands. Stirling not close to being behind the line of this. It loops up and Kuldeep takes this just behind the umpire 4/1
JNK Shannon	lbw b Kuldeep Yadav	60	49	35	5	4	171.42
11.3 Another big shout for lbw from Kuldeep, umpire Hawthorne raises his finger this time. This was pretty adjacent. Quick fizzer from over the wicket, full and skids on middle, Shannon plays around it and is pinned in front. Failed paddle-sweep. End of a fine innings from him 85/4
A Balbirnie	st †Dhoni b Chahal	11	22	14	1	0	78.57
6.3 Chahal hangs it up outside off, it dips, creating distance between the bat and the pitch again. The ball also breaks away further, well past the reach of the advancing Balbirnie. Simple stumping for Dhoni 45/2
Simi Singh	c Kohli b Kuldeep Yadav	7	12	10	1	0	70.00
9.3 Simi chips a leading edge straight into the lap of short cover. Kuldeep tosses up a wrong'un, it leaves the right-hander and dips. Simi uses his feet, eyes up the leg side, and hands a catch to Kohli 72/3
GC Wilson*	st †Dhoni b Chahal	5	14	9	0	0	55.55
12.4 Make that six down. Two in two for Chahal. Wilson dances down the track, Chahal held this legbreak back. It dips sharply and spins away as Wilson is left overbalanced. He swings for the hills and just collects fresh air 96/6
KJ O'Brien	c Dhawan b Chahal	10	5	5	0	1	200.00
12.3 O'Brien aims to clear the boundary again. No dice. Dhawan runs across to his right from wide long-off and snaffles this. Tossed up, full outside off, breaks away further, O'Brien lifts it down the ground but gets more height as opposed to distance. Ireland five down and sinking in steep chase 96/5
SR Thompson	c Pandya b Kuldeep Yadav	12	13	8	1	0	150.00
15.1 Thompson holes out to Hardik Pandya at long-on. This was lobbed up on middle, nice and full, Thompson gets under it and swings it in the air but does not clear Pandya. India three wickets away from 1-0 114/7
SW Poynter†	b Kuldeep Yadav	7	15	9	0	0	77.77
15.5 Kuldeep Yadav celebrates his fourth wicket. Delicious wrong'un, pitches on middle and leg and breaks away to hit off stump. Poynter does not read the variation and simply plays down the wrong line 123/8
GH Dockrell	b Bumrah	9	9	6	0	1	150.00
17.1 Bumrah spears in a yorker from wide of the crease and pings the base of off stump. Dockrell moves away outside leg and exposes all three stumps. Bumrah hits off with a pin-point yorker. It's waaay past the reach of Dockrell who had ventured outside leg 126/9
WB Rankin	not out	5	15	13	0	0	38.46

PKD Chase	not out	2	8	8	0	0	25.00

Extras	(lb 2, w 1)	3

Total	(9 wickets; 20 overs)	132	(6.60 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-4 (Stirling, 1.2 ov), 2-45 (Balbirnie, 6.3 ov), 3-72 (Simi Singh, 9.3 ov), 4-85 (Shannon, 11.3 ov), 5-96 (O'Brien, 12.3 ov), 6-96 (Wilson, 12.4 ov), 7-114 (Thompson, 15.1 ov), 8-123 (Poynter, 15.5 ov), 9-126 (Dockrell, 17.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
B Kumar	4	0	16	0	4.00	12	1	0

JJ Bumrah	4	1	19	2	4.75	15	3	0	(1w)
1.2 to Stirling, top edge taken by mid-on. Too fast for the pull. Awful position with the legs, not optimal with the hands. Stirling not close to being behind the line of this. It loops up and Kuldeep takes this just behind the umpire 4/1 17.1 to Dockrell, Bumrah spears in a yorker from wide of the crease and pings the base of off stump. Dockrell moves away outside leg and exposes all three stumps. Bumrah hits off with a pin-point yorker. It's waaay past the reach of Dockrell who had ventured outside leg 126/9
HH Pandya	4	0	36	0	9.00	6	4	1

YS Chahal	4	0	38	3	9.50	9	0	4
6.3 to Balbirnie, Chahal hangs it up outside off, it dips, creating distance between the bat and the pitch again. The ball also breaks away further, well past the reach of the advancing Balbirnie. Simple stumping for Dhoni 45/2 12.3 to O'Brien, O'Brien aims to clear the boundary again. No dice. Dhawan runs across to his right from wide long-off and snaffles this. Tossed up, full outside off, breaks away further, O'Brien lifts it down the ground but gets more height as opposed to distance. Ireland five down and sinking in steep chase 96/5 12.4 to Wilson, Make that six down. Two in two for Chahal. Wilson dances down the track, Chahal held this legbreak back. It dips sharply and spins away as Wilson is left overbalanced. He swings for the hills and just collects fresh air 96/6
Kuldeep Yadav	4	1	21	4	5.25	11	0	1
9.3 to Simi Singh, Simi chips a leading edge straight into the lap of short cover. Kuldeep tosses up a wrong'un, it leaves the right-hander and dips. Simi uses his feet, eyes up the leg side, and hands a catch to Kohli 72/3 11.3 to Shannon, Another big shout for lbw from Kuldeep, umpire Hawthorne raises his finger this time. This was pretty adjacent. Quick fizzer from over the wicket, full and skids on middle, Shannon plays around it and is pinned in front. Failed paddle-sweep. End of a fine innings from him 85/4 15.1 to Thompson, Thompson holes out to Hardik Pandya at long-on. This was lobbed up on middle, nice and full, Thompson gets under it and swings it in the air but does not clear Pandya. India three wickets away from 1-0 114/7 15.5 to Poynter, Kuldeep Yadav celebrates his fourth wicket. Delicious wrong'un, pitches on middle and leg and breaks away to hit off stump. Poynter does not read the variation and simply plays down the wrong line 123/8

Match details

Toss Ireland
Series India led the 2-match series 1-0

Player of the match Kuldeep Yadav (India)

Umpires R Black and M Hawthorne
TV umpire AJ Neill
Match referee BC Broad (England)
Reserve umpire PA Reynolds

Match notes

India innings
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 59 runs, 0 wicket)
India: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 5
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (RG Sharma 23, S Dhawan 22, Ex 5)
India: 100 runs in 10.1 overs (61 balls), Extras 5
S Dhawan: 50 off 27 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 61 balls (RG Sharma 45, S Dhawan 50, Ex 5)
RG Sharma: 50 off 39 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
India: 150 runs in 15.1 overs (91 balls), Extras 6
1st Wicket: 150 runs in 91 balls (RG Sharma 73, S Dhawan 73, Ex 6)
India: 200 runs in 18.6 overs (114 balls), Extras 10
Innings Break: India - 208/5 in 20.0 overs (HH Pandya 6, MK Pandey 0)

Ireland innings
Ireland: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 2
JNK Shannon: 50 off 29 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
Ireland: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 3

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