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India will clash with Ireland in a two-match T20I series.
The 1st T20 match will be on June 26 at Dublin, Malahide.
The 2nd match will be on June 28 at the same venue.
The match will start at 9 pm IST.
Team news
All-rounder Hardik Pandya will captain the Indian side. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is his deputy.
India has announced a 17-man squad for this series.
Most of the 1st team regulars are in England for the 5th test match. So it’s a great opportunity for the uncapped youngsters to show their calibre.
The experienced players include such Yuzvendra Chahal, Dinesh Karthik, and Ishan Kishan.
Suryakumar Yadav has also made a return to the team from a spell of injury.
The uncapped players are Rahul Tripathi, Arshdeep Singh and Umran Malik.
India could decide to feature players who didn’t play against SA, like Deepak Hooda and Venkatesh Iyer, along with Umran, Rahul and Arshdeep.
It’s an important series for Sanju Samson who gets another chance after his superlative IPL form. Samson didn’t feature in the series against South Africa.
Ireland has announced a 14-man squad for the series.
Andrew Balbirnie will captain Ireland in the series.
Kevin O’Brien has retired which opens the door for Stephen Doheny to open the innings with Paul Stirling.
Balbirnie, Gareth Delany and Curtis Campher will form the middle order.
Ireland’s main all-rounders are Barry McCarthy and Andrew Balbirnie.
The bowling responsibility will be shouldered by Harry Tector, Craig Young, George Dockrell, and Lorcan Tucker.
Current form
Ireland last played a T20I series against USA in December 2021.
In the two-match T20I series, Ireland won 1 match and lost the other.
Out of the last 5 T20 matches, Ireland have won 3.
India played SA in a five-match T20I series, where they won 2 and lost 2 matches.
One game was washed out due to rain.
Head to Head record
India and Ireland have played 3 T20Is so far.
India has emerged victors in all three.
The teams met for the first time in the 2009 T20 World Cup at Trent Bridge.
India won the game by eight wickets thanks to Zaheer Khan who picked up 4 wickets conceding just 19 runs.
Venue stats
The Village Stadium in Dublin is the venue.
India has played 2 T20I games against Ireland here and won both.
Total matches played – 18
Matches won by teams batting first- 7
Matches won by teams bowling first- 11
Average 1st Innings score- 153
Highest total recorded – 252 for 3 by Scotland vs Holland
Lowest total recorded – 70 all out by Ireland vs India
Who will win
India will be the obvious favourites to win this game.
Even though regulars like Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer are missing, the team has enough firepower to decimate the Irish.
It is a massive opportunity for India to test its bench strength.
Youngsters like Umran Malik and Rahul Tripathi can increase their chances of getting into the first team by showing up for this series.
For Ireland, it will be a good learning opportunity as they have a busy cricket season coming up.
