India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live Score Updates: India set a target of 186 for Ireland.© AFP
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live Updates:Â Prasidh Krishna struck twice in his first over as Ireland went two down in the chase of 186 runs in the second T20I of the three-match series at The Village, Dublin on Sunday. Earlier, Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 58 runs off 43 balls as India posted 185 for 5. Sanju Samson scored 40 runs off 26 balls while Rinku Singh hit 38 off 21. Barry McCarthy was the pick of the bowlers for Ireland with two wickets to his name. Ireland skipper Paul Stirling won the toss and opted to bowl first. India lead 1-0 in the series.
India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah(c), Ravi Bishnoi
Ireland (Playing XI): Andrew Balbirnie, Paul Stirling(c), Lorcan Tucker(w), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Craig Young, Joshua Little, Benjamin White
Here are the Live Updates of the 2nd T20I match between India and Ireland, straight from Dublin:
-
21:42 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Good bowling
IRE 22/2 (4)
-
21:36 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: WICKET!
Lorcan Tucker is out and there is the second wicket for Prasidh Krishna in his first over. It was a short ball again from Krishna and another Irish batter could not time his pull properly. Needless to say that Ireland are in trouble in this chase of 186 runs.
-
21:36 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: OUT!
IRE 19/1 (2.3)
-
21:31 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Expensive over!
IRE 18/0 (2)
-
21:26 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: India review!
On the fourth ball of the first over, Jasprit Bumrah trapped Andrew Balbirnie in front of the stumps. Umpire gave it not out and India reviewed it. Ball tracking suggested that it would have clipped the top of stumps. India retained their review and Balbirnie survived.
-
21:20 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Ireland start chase!
Jasprit Bumrah starts with the new ball for India. Here we go!
-
21:10 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: India post 185/5!
End of India’s innings and they have posted a really good total, all thanks to Rinku Singh and Shivam Dube’s sensational attack in the final two overs.
-
21:07 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Rinku is out!
End of a terrific knock from Rinku Singh. This is exactly what India wanted from him in this format. He departs for 38 runs off 21 balls.
-
21:06 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: SIX!
Rinku Singh slams it away for a six.
-
21:05 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Another SIX!
Shivam Dube sends another one into the crowd. This one is much bigger from the southpaw.
-
21:04 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: SIX!
Shivam Dube joins the party now. It was a fuller ball on the legs of Dube from Mark Adair. Dube hit it for a six.Â
-
21:03 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Expensive over!
22 runs came off the final over of Barry McCarthy and India look all set to post a big total.
-
21:02 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: SIX!
Oh! This is terrific stuff from Rinku Singh. He is putting on a show here in Dublin. This was bowled fuller from McCarthy and Rinku has slammed it over the deep extra cover for a six.
-
20:58 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Rinku Singh on fire!
Rinku Singh has put his foot on the accelerator pedal now. More than him, it was India that needed it. He hit a four towards third man region before slamming a six on the slower ball over long-on.
-
20:56 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Good bowling again
IND 143/4 (18)
-
20:51 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: 3 more overs remaining!
IND 137/4 (17)
-
20:43 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Gaikwad is OUT!
15.1 – Ruturaj Gaikwad is gone! He is out at the score of 58 off 43 balls. It was a slower ball from Barry McCarthy. Gaikwad wanted to play it over the mid-off fielder but the change of pace got him. He hit the ball high in the air before Harry Tector took a really good catch running behind to long-on.
-
20:40 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Fifty for Gaikwad!
Ruturaj Gaikwad raced to his half-century with a four on the third ball of the over and slammed a six on the fifth ball, putting his foot on the accelerator pedal. 16 runs came off the final over of Benjamin White. He ends his quota with figures of 1 for 33.
-
20:35 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: 5-run over!
IND 113/3 (14)
-
20:28 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: OUT!
Benjamin White finally gets the reward of good bowling. It was a googly that took the edge of Sanju Samson’s willow and crashed onto the stumps. Samson departs after a fine knock of 40 off 26 balls. Rinku Singh comes in to bat next.
-
20:25 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Good bowling
IND 104/2 (12)
-
20:19 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: SIX!
A poor short ball on the body of Sanju Samson from Josh Little and the batter pulls it away for a big six over backward square leg. 18 runs off the over already! The final ball is a dot ball and that keeps India one short of 100 at the end of this over.
-
20:18 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Hat-trick FOURS!
Not much wrong with the ball from Josh Little, but Samson got an edge on it for a four towards the third man fence. That makes it a hat-trick of fours for Samson. India are accelerating.
-
20:17 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Back-to-back FOURS!
-
20:11 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Impressive bowling!
Benjamin White has fared well so far. In his second over, he gave only five singles. That controls India’s scoring rate a bit.
-
20:06 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Gaikwad accelerates!
A short ball and Gaikwad hits it in front of square on the leg side for a four. Craig Young follows it with another short ball and Gaikwad hits it past the mid-on fielder for another four.
-
20:04 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: FOUR!
A short ball from legspinner Benjamin White and Gaikwad hits it away for four. He rocked back and hit thw ball from the deep mid-wicket region for a four.
-
20:01 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Shared powerplay!
Sanju Samson cuts away the final delivery of Josh Little for a beautiful four towards the backward point region. India scored 47 runs in the first powerplay and also lost two crucial wickets. Ruturaj Gaikwad is the set batter while newcomer Samson is giving him a really good support from the other end.Â
-
19:53 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: WICKET!
4.1 – Another wicket for Ireland! This is a poor shot from Tilak Varma and he will have to pay the price of it. It was a short ball but Varma failed to time his pull well. He hit it high in the air before Dockrell at deep square leg took a really good catch.
-
19:46 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: WICKET!
Jaiswal is gone! You live by the sword, you die by it. Jaiswal perishes while trying to hit another one over the fence. He pulled the short ball really well but you gotta give the credit to Curtis Campher for taking an absolute stunner at deep square leg.
-
19:44 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: FOUR!
IND 26/0 (3)
-
19:40 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: SIX!
1.5 – This was a bit short ball from Little again and Jaiswal has pulled it away for a six over square leg. Superb batting from Jaiswal this is! He is never afraid of taking on the bowlers, something what we have seen in IPL.
-
19:39 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: FOUR!
1.4 – Slightly short from Little and Jaiswal pulls it away for a four towards the deep mid-wicket region.
-
19:38 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: FOUR!
1.1 – That’s pure class from Ruturaj Gaikwad. It was bowled fuller and on the middle stump from Little. Gaikwad brought his beautiful wrists into play to flick the ball past the short fine leg fielder for a four.
-
19:36 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Good start for Ireland!
IND 2/0 (1)
-
19:33 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Action starts!
Mark Adair is bowling the first over. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad have opened the batting for India with the former batter on strike. Here we go!
-
19:24 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Good chance for Indian batters
The Indian batters, especially the middle-order, must be sad about how rain spoiled the game in the first T20I, but here is their chance. India will be batting first and the middle-order is likely to get a chance tonight. Let’s see how it fares.
-
19:06 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Here are the playing XIs –
-
19:05 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Here is Bumrah said –
“We would have batted first as well. The weather is a little better today and we wanted to put runs on the board. The body is good, was a little careful in the begining and then after that kept on building confidence and it was good. Same team,” said Jasprit Bumrah after the toss.
-
19:04 (IST)
India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live: Ireland also unchanged
“We gonna have a bowl today. Looks a good surface, hopefully it plays well. Usually a high-scoring venue here. We are playing the seam team,” said Paul Stirling after the toss.
Topics mentioned in this article
