India vs Ireland 1st T20I at Dublin, 26 Jun, 2022

Toss: India, who chose to bowl
Ireland 108/4 (12)
India 111/3 (9.2)
India won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: Deepak Hooda
  • Dinesh Karthik 5 * (4)
  • Deepak Hooda 47 * (29)

  Over 1.0   

Over 0.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to PR Stirling, no run, gets forward and  knocks it to square leg, Balbirnie sets off but sent back. Throw hits the bat of the non-striker's bat 

Over 0.2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to PR Stirling, no run,  covers the line and defends it watchfully.

Over 0.3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a back of length delivery to PR Stirling,1 leg bye, goes on to the back foot and swings across the line at this inswinger, the ball rolls behind square off the thigh pad

Over 0.4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to Andrew Balbirnie, no run, gets forward and guides with an open bat face to point

Over 0.5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a pitched up delivery to Andrew Balbirnie,  out Bowled!! Bhuvi sees an opportunity and thinks ah I can slip in the inswinger now as he is not getting in line. Balbirnie plays that defence with so much uncertainty and totally misses. Peach of a ball hitting top of off stump.

Over 0.6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to Gareth Delany, no run,  gets forward and misses the defence, the ball struck on the pads down the leg side

  Over 2.0   

Over 1.1: Wide ball. Hardik Pandya to PR Stirling, 

Over 1.1 Hardik Pandya bowls a pitched up delivery to PR Stirling, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and  lofts on the rise with an angled bat to hit this over cover-point for four.

Over 1.2 Hardik Pandya bowls a good length delivery to PR Stirling, out Caught by Hooda!! Stirling goes for the on-rise shot again, but this doesn't bounce as much as he expected and lobs to mid-off off the bottomf of the bat.

Over 1.3 Hardik Pandya bowls it short of length to Gareth Delany, 2 runs, gets wait for the ball on the back foot and guides it away down to the third man and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 1.4 Hardik Pandya bowls a good length delivery to Gareth Delany, no run, play and miss from Delany as he throws his bat at this one without moving the feet

Over 1.5 Hardik Pandya bowls a good length delivery to Gareth Delany, 2 runs, gets on top of the bounce and punches it away through cover and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 1.6 Hardik Pandya bowls a good length delivery to Gareth Delany, Boundary!g Stay leg-side to the outswinger and give the full face of the bat with an open face. Timed it nicely

  Over 3.0   

Over 2.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to Harry Tector, no run, gets forward and closes the bat face early to this outswinger, ball escapes to third man

Over 2.2 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls it short of length to Harry Tector, no run, goes on to the back foot and manages to fend it towards cover

Over 2.3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to Harry Tector,1 leg bye, moves across in the crease and misses the glance, the ball rolls behind off the thigh pad

Over 2.4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a good length delivery to Harry Tector, no run, steps out and is very late on the shot, rushed by the Bhuvi nip-backer, hit on the thigh pad

Over 2.5 Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls a back of length delivery to Harry Tector, no run,  get his bat down in time to save his stumps

Over 2.6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar slips in a full toss to Harry Tector,1 run, gets late on the drive, uppish and then rolling to mid-off. A needless overthrow for a run

  Over 4.0   

Over 3.1 Avesh Khan bowls a pitched up delivery to Harry Tector, no run, comes on to the front foot and looks to play the drive but misses.

Over 3.2 Avesh Khan bowls a pitched up delivery to Harry Tector, Boundary! Gets forward and  goes hard on the drive, gets a thick edge that escapes for four.

Over 3.3 Avesh Khan bowls a good length delivery to Harry Tector,1 run, gets an inside edge onto pad, realises the ball is slowling moving towards mid-on and calls for a quick single

Over 3.4 Avesh Khan bowls a good length delivery to Gareth Delany, no run, gets inside the line and lets it go through to the keeper.

Over 3.5 Avesh Khan bowls a good length delivery to Gareth Delany, out Caught by DInesh Karthik!! Delany thought it will move away so he could slash outside off stump, but this cut back in to get the inside edge. Karthik takes an easy catch.

Over 3.6 Avesh Khan bowls a good length delivery to Lorcan Tucker, no run, coming forward to play, thinks the flick wide of mid-on is one but this ball seams a long way away to beat the outside edge

  Over 5.0   

Over 4.1 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Harry Tector,1 run,  backs away and drives to deep cover.

Over 4.2 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Lorcan Tucker,1 run, gets forward and flicks it away through mid-wicket for a single.

Over 4.3 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Harry Tector, Boundary! Gets forward and smashes it along the ground to deep cover fence for four.

Over 4.4 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Harry Tector, Boundary! Gets under the ball and lofts it over the infiled and gets another boundary.

Over 4.5 Axar Patel bowls it flat in the air to Harry Tector,1 run, gets forward and  knocked to the right of the bowler, Tucker sets off but sent back. Axar attacks the ball and fires a direct-hit,

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