India vs Ireland HIGHLIGHTS 1st T20I: India win by 7 wickets

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India take 1-0 lead in the series after chasing down the target by 7 wickets

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FOUR! Fuller delivery, outside off and Hooda slices that through the point region to get another boundary and finish the game for the visiting side. India win by 7 wickets

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FOUR! Length ball, outside off to Hooda and he punches that through the covers for a four.

After 9 overs,India 103/3 ( Deepak Hooda 39 , Dinesh Karthik (W) 5)

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India are cruising towards the target now. Hooda has been on fire today. He started off slowly but then got into the groove

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WICKET! Ireland finally have a wicket but that’s too late. Little bowls that full, around the leg stump channel. Pandya gives clears his front leg and tries to go over on side but couldn’t connect his stroke and the ball hits his back leg. The umpire has given that out but the Indian skipper has gone upstairs. The DRS shows that the ball was pitching in ling and the wickets was Umpire’s call. He will have to walk back.

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SIX! Hardik Pandya shows his power and hammers that straight back for a maximum

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FOUR! Short one from Little, around the off stump and Hooda upper cuts that and the ball runs away for a four over wicket-keeper’s head

After 7 overs,India 78/2 ( Deepak Hooda 28 , Hardik Pandya (C) 18)

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A good comeback from the debutant after being hit for a six on the very first delivery. He gives 9 in that one.

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SIX! What a way to welcome the debutant. Conor Olphert bowls that down the leg and Hooda helps it on its way over fine leg boundary for a six

After 6 overs,India 69/2 ( Deepak Hooda 19 , Hardik Pandya (C) 18)

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SIX! A maximum to finish the over. Pandya hammers that one over long on and that’s a pretty expensive over

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SIX! Hooda joins tha party as the spinner bowls that touch fuller, on the stumps. The right-hander dances down the track and hits that straight back for a six

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SIX! Andy McBrine tosses that up, right in that slot and Pandya smashes that over mid wicket

After 5 overs,India 48/2 ( Deepak Hooda 12 , Hardik Pandya (C) 5)

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Another good over from Young. He has kept things tight in that one.

After 4 overs,India 45/2 ( Deepak Hooda 11 , Hardik Pandya (C) 4)

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That was a bit expensive over for Ireland. Deepak Hooda scored a couple of boundaries in that one.

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FOUR! Another boundary for India. Adair bowls that full, moving away from the right-hander, Hooda swings his bat, gets an outside edge and the ball flies over short third man for a boundary

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FOUR! Slower one from the bowler, touch fuller in length and Deepak Hooda hits that towards mid wicket for a boundary

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FOUR! Hardik Pandya ends that over with a four. That was a free hit and the right-hander gives himself some room on the fuller ball, on to his stumps and hits that over mid on

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WICKET! That’s two in two. Suryakumar Yadav is back in the hut for a golden duck. Young gets that length delivery into the right-hander who misses his stroke completely and it hits his back leg. The Ireland players appeal and the on field umpire raises his finger. SKY has gone upstairs but the DRS shows that the ball would have hit the stumps. India lose two on the trot

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WICKET! A bit of a swing from Young and Ishan Kishan who tried to go across on that fuller delivery, on to the stumps misses it completely. The woodwork behind him is disturbed and Ireland have the first breakthrough

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SIX! Ishan Kishan is in some form. He first plays that back of the length delivery late for a boundary and then pulls the short one for a maximum over backward square leg

After 2 overs,India 20/0 ( Deepak Hooda 2 , Ishan Kishan 16)

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Brilliant start from India and especially Ishan Kishan. He is not holding back from putting away the bad deliveries away to the boundary.

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FOUR! Short and wide and Ishan Kishan throws the bat on it and hits that over cover for another four

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SIX! Ishan Kishan has started to score runs quickly right away. He first got a boundary on the length ball going down the leg and then pulls the back of the length ball over mid wicket boundary

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Deepak Hooda has opened the innings with Ishan Kishan

After 12 overs,Ireland 108/4 ( Harry Tector 64 , George Dockrell 4)

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The hosts have recovered quite well after losing early wickets. Tector has anchored Ireland to 108/4 in 12 overs.

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SIX! Full toss, outside off and Tector goes over off side for another six

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FOUR! A reverse lap as Avesh Khan bowls that full. The ball was going down the leg but the batter improvises that well and finds the gap between short third man and backward point

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Tector plays that straight back past the bowler for a single and notches up a FIFTY!

After 11 overs,Ireland 91/4 ( Harry Tector 49 , George Dockrell 3)

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Chahal continues his form and gives just 11 runs in his three overs. He keeps the scoring rate down in this over as well.

After 10 overs,Ireland 87/4 ( Harry Tector 47 , George Dockrell 1)

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Another good over for Ireland, courtesy some fine hitting from Tector. He scored a boundary and a six in that one.

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SIX! Fuller, outside off, Tector goes down on his knee and hammers that over extra cover

After 9 overs,Ireland 73/4 ( Harry Tector 34 , George Dockrell 0)

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India get an important wicket in that over. But Tector is still there and he is looking pretty comfortable at the moment.

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WICKET! Chahal provides the breakthrough. Tosses it up against Tucker who goes for the slog sweep but finds a man at deep mid wicket

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SIX! Another one. This time Pandya pushes the length a bit and bowls it on the stumps. Tucker hammers that over mid wicket for another maximum.

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SIX! This time it’s Tucker who hooks that short delivery from Pandya for maximum over square leg region

After 7 overs,Ireland 56/3 ( Harry Tector 30 , Lorcan Tucker (W) 6)

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Chahal keeps it tight in that over. India need some good overs to put a halt at Ireland’s scoring rate

After 6 overs,Ireland 52/3 ( Harry Tector 28 , Lorcan Tucker (W) 4)

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SIX! What a way to finish the over. Umran bangs that short and the batter pulls that over backward square leg for a maximum.

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FOUR! Good strike from Tector. Umran bowls that full and straight and the batter just hits that back for a boundary

After 5 overs,Ireland 34/3 ( Harry Tector 17 , Lorcan Tucker (W) 2)

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Ireland manage to get some runs in that over. Tector hit a couple of fours to get the scoreboard moving. But they need some more to get back on track

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FOUR! Two in two from Tector. He first pierces the off side field nicely for a four on the delivery that was bowled full and outside off and then takes the aerial route towards widish long off for another one.

After 4 overs,Ireland 22/3 ( Harry Tector 7 , Lorcan Tucker (W) 0)

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Brilliant over from Avesh Khan as he picks one in that. India are off to a good start

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WICKET! That’s the third one down. Delany departs. Length delivery, outside off from Avesh. It didn’t really have much swing. Delany tries to go over covers but ends getting under edge. Dinesh Karthik who is keeping wickets today takes an easy catch.

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FOUR! Tector takes advantage of the pace that Avesh Khan generates. He bowls that full, outside off and the batter throws the bat on it. The ball takes the outside edge and goes over the slips for a boundary

After 3 overs,Ireland 17/2 ( Gareth Delany 8 , Harry Tector 2)

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar has kept the batters completely silent with the kind of swing he is getting.

After 2 overs,Ireland 14/2 ( Gareth Delany 8 , Harry Tector 0)

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The Indian bowlers are getting the movement and the Ireland batters are not really looking comfortable at the moment. Delany though concludes the over with a boundary through the covers.

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WICKET! This time Stirling doesn’t connect it. Hardik Pandya pulls the length a bit, bowls it outside off and the batter tries to go over mid off this time but doesn’t connect and Deepak Hooda takes a good catch on the off side.

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FOUR! Stirling goes over covers. That was touch fuller, outside off and the batter hits that nicely for a boundary

After 1 overs,Ireland 1/1 ( Paul Stirling 0 , Gareth Delany 0)

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A fantastic start from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He troubled the batters with some movement and scalped an early one.

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WICKET! India get the early breakthrough. Brilliant delivery from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. That length delivery just came into the right-hander from outside off and clips top off stump.

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The players are out in the middle. Paul Stirling and Andrew Balbirnie will open the innings for Ireland and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will bowl the first over for India

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The LIVE ACTION starts at 11:20 pm (IST). We have revised playing conditions here. The powerplay will be of four overs while two bowlers can bowl a maximum of three overs apiece.

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The match has been reduced to 12 overs per side.

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The rain has stopped and the covers have been removed.

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Just as we thought that the LIVE ACTION will begin soon, it has started drizzling again.

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There is some good news for the fans. The covers are off and we are likely to have a shortened game.

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The covers are still on. The raining is getting heavier.

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It has started raining again and the start of play is delayed

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It looks like the rain has stopped and we can witness LIVE ACTION in sometime.

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Playing XI
Ireland: Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie(c), Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker(w), Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Craig Young,  Andy McBrine, George Dockrell, Conor Olphert, Joshua Little

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The covers are back as it has started raining again.

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Playing XI
India: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya(c), Axar Patel, Dinesh Karthik(w), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Umran Malik

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So we have two debutants in the match. While Umran Malik has got his India cap, Conor Olphert will be making his debut for Ireland.

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Hardik Pandya has won the toss and he has elected to bowl first

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It has stopped raining in Dublin and the covers are coming off.

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We have a delay for the toss as it has started to rain a while back.

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Umran Malik is set to make his T20I debut for India in this match.

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Hardik Pandya will be making his captaincy debut in this game.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the first T20I between India and Ireland.