India defeated Ireland by 7 wickets in the first T20I of the 3 match series on Sunday. The match was reduced to 12 overs per side following rain and wet outfield.

Match Summary :

India 111 for 3 (Hooda 47*, Kishan 26, Young 2-18)
beat
Ireland 108 for 4 (Tector 64, Chahal 1-11, Bhuvneshwar 1-16)
by 7 wickets

Ireland finished on 108/4 from 12 overs. Harry Tector who remained unbeaten on 64 runs brought Ireland back in the game after losing early wickets. Ireland were once struggling at 3-22 before Tector's one man show helped the hosts post a competitive total on the board.

Tector faced 33 balls to hit 6 fours and 3 sixes. Wicketkeeper batsman Lorcan Tucker scored 18 runs while no other batters could reach double digit scores.

Bhuvneshwar Kunar, Avesh Khan, Hardik Pandya and Yuzvendra Chahal shared a wicket each for India.

Chasing a target of 109 runs to win, India completed the chase with 7 wickets and 16 balls to spare. Deepak Hooda was the top scorer for India with unbeaten 47 runs at the top of the order. Hooda smashed 6 fours and 2 sixes.

Ishan Kishan scored 11 ball 26 while captain Hardik Pandya played a quickfire 24 runs from 12 balls to help India chase the target.