India vs Ireland Scorecard and Highlights: India with a comfortable 8-wicket win against Ireland in their tournament opener

India vs Ireland Scorecard and Highlights: Post-match comments

Rohit, India captain: Yeah, just a little sore (the arm). I said it at the toss as well. Quite unsure of what to expect from the pitch. Not aware on what it is to play like on a pitch that's five months old. I don't think the wicket settled down even when we batted second. There was enough for the bowlers. That's pretty much what you gotta do. Try to hit those lengths consistently. All these guys have played a lot of Test cricket. Arshdeep is the only guy who hasn't. His two wickets upfront set the tone for us. Don't think we can play four spinners here (laughs). When we picked the team, we wanted to have the balance. If conditions are there for seamers, we wanted to have that. Spin will play a part later on. Today was a four-seamer pitch and we still managed to get two spinners who are allrounders. I don't know what to expect from the pitch to be honest. We will prepare as if the conditions are going to be like this (for Pakistan game). This is going to be a kind of game where all XI of us will need to contribute. It was scratchy, but good to spend some time in the middle and understand what kind of shots to play there.

Stirling, Ireland captain: Toss played a crucial part - stuck in to bat in overcast conditions. We needed to put a bit of pressure back on the Indian bowlers. They didn't really miss that often. Their groupings and lengths were outstanding. Any time in the middle is crucial for us. We'll be back here for a couple of days. Will give it a good crack against Canada.

Jasprit Bumrah, Player of the match: Coming from India, with the ball seaming around, I wouldn't complain when there's help for bowlers. In this format you have to adapt to the conditions, you have to be proactive. Trying to stick to the plans and trying to go back to what has worked for me. You always want to cover all the bases in these conditions. You got to be prepared, very happy with the outing today.

India vs Ireland Scorecard and Highlights: India with a comfortable 8-wicket win against Ireland in their tournament opener

Rohit Sharma gets to his 50 and Rishab with 30 odd will give India lots of confidence going forward in the tournament. India will take on Pakistan on Sunday where all the drama will unfold. 

India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant take India closer to victory

Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant have fired and taken the team to a comfortable position. Excellent partnership by the duo who have taken the game far away from the Irish unit. The Irish heads have gone down and looks like they have accepted defeat here

Rohit Sharma: 52

Rishabh Pant: 18

India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Virat Kohli gets dismissed early in the powerplay, India are 29/1 in 4 overs

India lose Virat early in the chase and it has proven to a bad decision so far of not including Jaiswal at the top. Kohli with a failure on top of the order won please the Indian fans. 

Ireland needs plenty of wickets from here to even get competitive in this match.

Rohit Sharma takes India off to a flying start

Rohit Sharma smashes the ball to all parts, while Kohli is stranded on 0 on the other end.

India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Ireland bundle out for 96 in 16 overs

Arshdeep Singh finishes things off, Ireland falls 4 short of 100!! 

India will fancy their chances of getting over the line comfortably in this encounter.. 

India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Ireland lower order puts a late fight, gets the team close to the 100 run mark

Gareth Delaney has played a useful knock in the end here and raised hope for the Irish side of getting to a decent total on this ticky pitch.

India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Ireland struggling on a poor pitch - 49/7 in 10.1 overs

Ireland are going nowhere with this innings, the Indian bowlers have been brilliant and not allowed the Irish batters to settle.

India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Ireland in deep trouble after losing their 2nd wicket in the powerplay

Brilliant bowling by Arshdeep, he is on fire and has put India right on top in this game! 

Ireland are 26/2 in 5 overs

Tucker: 9

Tector: 1

India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Arshdeep Singh strikes early, dismisses Paul Stirling in the 3rd over

Ireland in trouble early on, Stirling eparts and Arshdeep gets the first breakthrough on a pitch which is looking two paced.

India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Team news - India

India with an interesting batting combination, Virat and Rohit to open and Pant will bat at number 3.

India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Playing XIs

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.

Ireland (Playing XI): Paul Stirling(c), Andrew Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker(w), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little, Benjamin White.

India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Pitch report by Eb Rainford and Shaun Pollock

63 meters square boundary on one side, 72 on the other, and 74 meters straight boundary. Outfield, which was sluggish in last game, has been given an extra cut. Surface looks okay. It's pitch number four, SA-SL was on pitch number one. 180 was scored by India in the warm-up game here.

TOSS

India win the toss and opt to bowl first.

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The crowd erupted in cheers as Rohit, Bumrah, and Jaiswal strode out to the middle. Overcast skies loomed above Nassau County, but no rain was forecasted. The crowd roared once more, this time as Kohli made his entrance.

Stay Tuned we are just 10 mins away from the toss. 

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India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Rahul Dravid's pre-match comments on India's playing XI

"In a Playing XI and in a T20 game, there'll always be that one or two slots that you might make the odd change. In general, we are quite settled with a combination in our heads, though I haven't announced it or I haven't said it. You know, honestly, we are very clear about the direction we're going in, the direction we're going in, but we've picked a squad, you know, that allows us to maybe make those one or two changes based on the condition"

India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Paul Stirling's pre-match comments on Ireland's playing XI

"It will be the morning of the match when we decide - I think because we haven't actually seen the ground yet. I think we've got to sort of keep everyone waiting on that front, but we're probably down to 12 or 13 if we're going to be honest. But we won't make the final call without seeing what we've got to play on."

India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Ireland (Team News)

Ireland's journey to the World Cup was challenging, as they had to navigate through tough European qualifications after missing out on direct entry.

Their persistence paid off with a commendable second-place finish. Ireland's competitive spirit is noteworthy, particularly with recent victories over teams like Pakistan and Afghanistan in the T20I format.

India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Head-to-Head record

India vs Ireland (T20s)

Total matches – 7

India – 7

Ireland – 0

Tie - 0

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India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Pitch Report: Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York

The pitch is expected to favor the spinners and pace-off bowling, with teams preferring to bat first in day games. Recent weather conditions have been wet, potentially affecting pitch conditions on match day.

The captain who wins the toss will look to bat first and set a total. Both teams and spectators would hope that the drop-in pitch does not misbehave as it did in Sri Lanka's six-wicket defeat.

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India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Probable Playing XIs

India Probable XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh.

Ireland Probable XI: Andy Balbirnie, Paul Stirling (c), Lorcan Tucker, Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Craig Young/Ben White, Josh Little.

India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: Squads

India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube.

Ireland Squad: Paul Stirling(c), Andrew Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker(w), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Ross Adair, Barry McCarthy, Mark Adair, Joshua Little, Craig Young, Benjamin White, Neil Rock, Graham Hume.

India vs Ireland Live Score and Updates: ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Match 11

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