India vs Ireland, 1st T20I, latest score and updates: That’s it! India have won by 26 runs. A comprehensive win. They outplayed Ireland in every department. After being send into bat, the openers set the platform with massive 160-run stand. Rohit missed out on his ton by 3 runs. India managed to post a formidable 208/5. In reply, Ireland got off to a jittery start. They lost Stirling early, But then James Shannon, riding on luck kept the momentum going. He scored 60 but the Indian spinners wove a web around the batsmen in the middle overs and that’s where Ireland’s game was lost. Kuldeep was brilliant with four wickets. Chahal picked up three. Ireland never got the momentum going and fell well short. Preview: It’s the dress rehearsal before the the actual test but India would do well not to let the guard down when they take on a lowly but effervescent Ireland in a two-match T20 rubber. The games will mark the onset of a long summer for the Indian team, with sterner tests against England to follow this short series in Malahide on the outskirts of Dublin. England have just hammered Australia in an ODI series and most of their top players are in sublime form. [caption id=“attachment_4611441” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File image of Ireland captain Gary Wilson and Indian captain Virat Kohli. Agencies[/caption] Perhaps it was a marker of this crucial impending assignment that India decided to stay on and practice in London on Monday. While the contingent had arrived from Delhi on Saturday, this was a first training session on-tour, held at the Merchants Taylor School cricket ground. Reportedly, the players were split into three groups while practicing all facets of the game. Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar headed the pace group along with all-rounder Hardik Pandya, while a few others practised fielding drills. Among batsmen, openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan enjoyed a first stint together. Skipper Virat Kohli and the in-form KL Rahul batted together in adjacent nets against spin and pace respectively. While Rahul has been a constant part of the T20I squad, Ajinkya Rahane’s omission from the ODI squad means that he is once again a contender for the number four spot when the three-match series against England begins on July 12. Since the tour of South Africa, this is the first time a full-strength Indian team will be seen in action. Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah and MS Dhoni were rested for the T20 tri-series in Sri Lanka in March. The former trio also missed the one-off Test against Afghanistan in Bengaluru recently. With Rahul in contention for a starting spot in the middle order, Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina and Dinesh Karthik will be left jostling for two spots. As part of the full-strength Indian side, the three had featured in the T20 series against South Africa. Raina had been used as a pinch-hitting, aggressive number three option, but the current situation might warrant a re-think. Nevertheless, Raina provides a sixth bowling option as well. India would also not want to drop Dinesh Karthik, who is in sizzling form since March. It could mean that Pandey eventually warms the bench, despite scoring 255 runs in 8 T20Is this year against South Africa, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at an average of 85. On the bowling front, Kohli will be tempted to field both leg-spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav, giving them an early taste of conditions here. However, the pace department is an area of concern, as the second-choice fast bowlers have not enjoyed enough game time. Since the 2017 Champions Trophy, India have played 32 ODIs and 18 T20Is, with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah handling the new ball in 26 ODIs and 9 T20Is, respectively. Umesh Yadav last played an ODI in September 2017 against Australia at Bengaluru. Siddharth Kaul was in the Indian squad for the home ODIs against Sri Lanka in December, but was not picked ahead of Kumar-Bumrah. Kaul is also yet to make his T20I debut, while Yadav played his only T20I back in 2012. It remains to be seen if the think tank will bench either Kumar or Bumrah against Ireland to give other pacers some much needed overs. India and Ireland do not have a rich playing history. Despite touring England in 2011 and 2014, this is the Men in Blue’s first visit here since 2007 when they played a solitary ODI at Belfast. Rohit, Dhoni and Karthik were part of that squad, albeit Karthik was picked ahead of Dhoni in the playing eleven for that one-off game. Overall, India and Ireland have played only four times, in three ODIs (the other two during 2011 and 2015 ODI World Cups) and a T20I in 2009 during the World T20 in England. India had won that game at Nottingham by eight wickets with Rohit scoring an unbeaten half-century. Dhoni and Raina are the other current’ members from that playing eleven nine years ago. For Ireland, skipper Gary Wilson, former captain William Porterfield and all-rounder Kevin O’Brien are the ones to have T20 experience against an Indian team. Meanwhile, 31-year-old Punjab-born off-spinner Simranjit Singh will enjoy the spotlight of playing against his erstwhile nation. Teams: India: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Siddarth Kaul. Ireland: Gary Wilson (c & wk), Andrew Balbirnie, Peter Chase, George Dockrell , Josh Little, Andy McBrine, Kevin O’Brien, William Porterfield, Stuart Poynter, Boyd Rankin, James Shannon, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson. With inputs from PTI
Highlights, India vs Ireland, 1st T20I at Dublin, Full cricket score: Virat Kohli and Co win by runs 76 runs
That’s it! India have won by 26 runs. A comprehensive win. They outplayed Ireland in every department. After being send into bat, the openers set the platform with massive 160-run stand. Rohit missed out on his ton by 3 runs. India managed to post a formidable 208/5. In reply, Ireland got off to a jittery start. They lost Stirling early, But then James Shannon, riding on luck kept the momentum going. He scored 60 but the Indian spinners wove a web around the batsmen in the middle overs and that’s where Ireland’s game was lost. Kuldeep was brilliant with four wickets. Chahal picked up three. Ireland never got the momentum going and fell well short.
 "Highlights, India vs Ireland, 1st T20I at Dublin, Full cricket score: Virat Kohli and Co win by runs 76 runs")
After 20 overs,Ireland 132/9 ( Boyd Rankin 5 , Peter Chase 2)
That’s it! India have won by 76 runs. A comprehensive win. They outplayed Ireland in every department. After being send into bat, the openers set the platform with massive 160-run stand. Rohit missed out on his ton by 3 runs. India managed to post a formidable 208/5. In reply, Ireland got off to a jittery start. They lost Stirling early, But then James Shannon, riding on luck kept the momentum going. He scored 60 but the Indian spinners wove a web around the batsmen in the middle overs and that’s where Ireland’s game was lost. Kuldeep was brilliant with four wickets. Chahal picked up three. Ireland never got the momentum going and fell well short.
After 19 overs**,Ireland** 129/9 ( Boyd Rankin 3 , Peter Chase 1)
Bhuvneshwar conceded just three runs. He started off with three dots and then concede three singles off the last three balls.
After 18 overs,Ireland 126/9 ( Boyd Rankin 1 , Peter Chase 0)
Another brilliant over. A couple of yorkers, a couple of plays and misses. Bumrah hit brilliant lengths and varied his pace well. It’s just a matter of time now. A wicket maiden from Bumrah.
OUT! Stumps are shattered. Bumrah sends back Chase.
Chase had a good time with the ball but he departs for a golden duck. Charges down the track, Bumrah bowls a yorker on off. Chase has moved too far away, looks to hit it through the off side but is beaten by the pace and finds the stumps shattered.
After 17 overs**,Ireland** 126/8 ( George Dockrell 9 , Boyd Rankin 1)
Ireland going nowhere. They aren’t connecting off the middle either. A lot of inside edges in that over. Pandya gives away just three runs.
After 16 overs**,Ireland** 123/8 ( George Dockrell 7 , Boyd Rankin 0)
Kuldeep was hit for a six in that over but that doesn’t matter. He scalped two wickets, registered his best figures in T20Is and foxed both Thompson (with flight) and Poynter (with wrong’un). A brilliant spell ends. 4-1-21-4.
After 15 overs,Ireland 114/6 ( Stuart Thompson 12 , Stuart Poynter (W) 5)
10 runs off the over. But Ireland are going nowhere with 95 needed off 30 balls. Thompson hit a thumping boundary off the penultimate ball to bring some cheer to the fans.
After 14 overs,Ireland 104/6 ( Stuart Thompson 6 , Stuart Poynter (W) 1)
They are not able to get Kuldeep away. He has been brilliant so far. Poynter looked to hit one over the off side but got an outside edge which fell safely. 8 runs off the over. Kuldeep’s figures read – 3-1-12-2.
After 13 overs,Ireland 96/6 ( Poynter 0 , Thompson 0)
Chahal doesn’t get the hat-trick.
He kept on flighting it in that over despite being hit for a six off the first ball by O’Brien and was rewarded with 2 wickets. 8 runs and two wickets off the over.
OUT! 2 in 2 for Chahal. This is poor from Ireland. Wilson departs for a golden duck.
Quite similar to the Balbirnie wicket. It’s fligted outside off, Wilson gets down the track and looks to swing across the line but is done in by the flight and the leg spin. He misses and Dhoni does the rest.
OUT! O’Brien departs. Another crucial breakthrough for India.
Chahal gets his second wicket. It’s tossed up outside off, O’Brien looks to go downtown, doesn’t connect it off the middle and helps it into the hands of the long off fielder. Three wickets in four overs for India.
After 12 overs,Ireland 88/4 ( Gary Wilson (C) 5 , Kevin O’Brien 2)
Another brilliant over from Kuldeep. The Irish batsmen are befuddled by his variations. He got the big wicket of Shannon in that over. O’Brien mistimed his heave off the first ball but it fell short. 5 runs off the over.
OUT! Kuldeep gets the big wicket. Shannon departs.
Nicely done by Kuldeep, he sees Shannon walk across and darts in a quicker one. Shannon looks to paddle but is beaten by the pace and gets trapped right in front. Shannon was lucky, he scored a half century but Ireland needed more from him.
After 11 overs,Ireland 83/3 ( James Shannon 59 , Gary Wilson (C) 3)
Chahal didn’t get lengths right. Either he was short or too full. He got hit for a six off the first ball and then a couple of short balls were hit straight to fielders for singles. 11 runs off the over. Ireland need something special from Shannon now.
After 10 overs**,Ireland** 72/3 ( James Shannon 51 , Gary Wilson (C) 0)
A maiden wicket from Kuldeep. What a start from him. He varied his pace well and confused the batsmen with his spin changes. There were two close LBW appeals which were turned down in that over. Good stuff from Kuldeep.
OUT! Kuldeep strikes in his first over.
OUT! Kuldeep strikes in his first over.
The wrongún does the trick. It’s flighted on off, draws Simi Singh forward who looks to flick but gets a leading edge to short extra cover fielder.
After 9 overs**,Ireland** 72/2 ( James Shannon 51 , Simi Singh 7)
Ireland get another 10-run over. Shannon hit a six and then a couple to get to his fifty. The hosts are slowly getting the momentum. Shannon is the key as he is well set and would look to up the ante.
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