IND vs IRE 1st T20I, Match Preview–2023

IND vs IRE 1st T20I, Match Preview–2023. India and Ireland are set to wrestle with each other in a T20I series. IND vs IRE T20I series will witness three encounters. The first encounter takes place on August 18 (Friday).

India last played a T20I series against West Indies this month. India failed to outplay West Indies in the series, losing 3 matches out of 5 and winning only 2. West Indies grabbed a T20I series victory against India after a long time.

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Ireland was part of ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers in July. In the tournament, Ireland reached the final. However, in a close-fought match, they lost to Scotland by 8 runs. Hence, they ended up as runners-up in the tournament.

In head-to-head records, India and Ireland have squared off five times in T20Is. India has won 5 games while Ireland is yet to register a win against India. Last year too, India crushed Ireland 2-0 in a two-match series.

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IND vs IRE 1st T20I, Match Preview–2023

India

Jasprit Bumrah is the captain of India in IND vs IRE T20I series. Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma are two uncapped players in India squad.

Some youngsters like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Tilak Varma are part of the team. Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar, and Avesh Khan are also part of the bowling department.

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IND Squad: Jasprit Bumrah (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanju Samson, Jitesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan

Ireland

Paul Stirling is the skipper of Ireland in IND vs IRE T20I series. They have all of their key players in their squad. Ireland also has the home advantage in their favour.

Andrew Balbirnie, Harry Tector, and Lorcan Tucker are important batsmen for the team. In the bowling department, Mark Adiar, Joshua Little, and Craig Young will lead the attack.

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IRE Squad: Paul Stirling (Captain), Andrew Balbirnie, Ross Adair, Harry Tector, Gareth Delany, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Fionn Hand, Lorcan Tucker, Mark Adair, Joshua Little, Barry McCarthy, Theo van Woerkom, Benjamin White, Craig Young