IND vs IRE / India won the third consecutive T20 series from Ireland – won the second match by 3 runs

IND vs IRE: Team India has won the T20 series against Ireland. The team won the second match of the 3-match T20 series by 33 runs. With this, the Indian team has taken a 2-0 lead in the bilateral series. The third match of the series will be played on August 23. Batting after losing the toss, India scored 185 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs at The Village Stadium in Dublin. In response, the Irish team could only manage 152 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs.

Turning Point: Rinku-Dubey scored 42 runs in the last 2 overs

The target point of the match was the last two overs of the Indian innings. In this, the pair of Rinku Singh and Shivam Dubey scored 42 runs. With the help of these runs, India chased down the target of 185 runs. After 18 overs, India had scored 143 runs for four wickets.

This is how Ireland's wickets fell

First: Paul Stirling (0 Run) – Famous Krishna caught by Arshdeep on the third ball of the third over. Sterling wanted to hook the short ball at shoulder height, but the ball took the top edge and went into the air, Arshdeep took a simple catch.

Second: Lorcan Tucker (0 run) - The famous Krishna caught by Gaikwad on the last ball of the third over. Tucker wanted to pull the short ball of off stump. Lost control and the ball went up in the air along the edge. Gaikwad-Dubey got confused in taking the catch, but Gaikwad completed the catch at mid-on.

Third: Harry Tekkar (7 runs) – Ravi Bishnoi bowled the second ball of the sixth over. Fuller on a length ball, beaten and bowled.

Fourth: Curtis Camper (18 runs) – Bishnoi caught by Dubey in the 11th over. Dubey caught at point on Ravi's flight ball.

Andrew Balbirnie completes 2000 T20 runs

Irish opener Andrew Balbirnie completed 2 thousand runs in T20 International. He has become the second Irish batsman to reach this milestone. Balbirnie achieved this feat by scoring his 31st run of the innings.

3 shocks to Ireland in Powerplay

Chasing a mammoth target of 186 runs, Ireland did not get off to a good start. The team lost 3 wickets inside the powerplay. The team's score was 31 runs in 6 overs.

India scored 185 runs with the help of Rinku's innings.

Batting first after losing the toss at The Village Stadium in Dublin, Team India scored 185 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. Rinku Singh, playing his second T20 International match, gave a good finish to the team playing an innings of 38 runs off 21 balls.

Before Rinku, wicketkeeper Sanju Samson scored 40 off 26 balls and Rituraj Gaikwad scored 58 off 43 balls. Barry McCarthy took the maximum 2 wickets from Ireland. While Craig Young, Mark Adair and Benjamin White got 1-1 wickets.

Average start for Powerplay India

Electing to bat first, the Indian team made an average start. The team lost two wickets in the first 6 overs to score 47 runs. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal 18 and Tilak Verma were dismissed after scoring one run. Craig Young and George Dockrell took one wicket each.

Rituraj hit his second half-century

Rituraj Gaikwad, who came out to open, scored the second half-century of his T20 career. He scored 58 runs in 43 balls at a strike rate of 134.88. Gaikwad's innings included 6 fours and a six.

Gaikwad-Samson's half-century partnership

After losing two wickets for 34 runs, Rituraj Gaikwad and Sanju Samson shared a half-century partnership for the third wicket. Both added 71 runs. Samson fell victim to Craig Young after scoring 40 runs and the partnership between the two was broken.

Rinku Singh's explosive innings

Rinku, who came to play after the dismissal of Sanju Samson, took Team India's score to 180 by playing an explosive innings. He scored 38 runs in 22 balls at a strike rate of 180.95. Rinku's innings included two fours and three sixes. Rinku shared a 55-run partnership with Shivam Dubey on 28 balls. Shivam Dubey returned unbeaten after scoring 22 runs off 16 balls including two sixes.

Scored 42 runs in the last 2 overs

After scoring 129 runs in 15 overs, the team's score reached only 143 runs in 18 overs. Shivam Dubey and Rinku Singh were taking time to get set. Then in the 19th over, Rinku Singh scored 22 runs with the help of 2 sixes and a four. Shivam Dubey hit 2 sixes in the last over, Rinku also hit a six in this over and the team collected 20 runs from the last over. In this way the team scored 42 runs in the last 2 overs and the score reached 185 runs.

Team India's wickets fell like this

First: Yashasvi Jaiswal (18 runs) – Craig Young caught by Curtis Camper on the fourth ball of the fourth over. Jaiswal wanted to pull the short ball and was caught by Camper at deep midwicket.

Second: Tilak Verma (1 run) - On the first ball of the 5th over, McCarthy got Tilak caught by Dockrell. Wants to pull the short length ball ahead, the ball takes the top edge of the bat and goes in the air. Dockrell caught at deep square leg.

Third: Sanju Samson (40) - Craig Young bowled the second ball of the 13th over short of good length on the off stump. Samson went to play a big shot, but the ball hit Sanju's bat and went into the stumps.

Fourth: Rituraj Gaikwad (58) - Barry McCarthy bowled the first ball of the 16th over slower on good length. Rituraj Gaikwad was caught at long off trying to hit a six.

Playing XI of both the teams

India: Jasprit Bumrah (Captain), Rituraj Gaikwad (Vice-Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Sanju Samson (Wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh and the Prasidh Krishna.

Ireland: Paul Stirling (Captain), Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Camper, Benjamin White, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, George Dockrell, Joshua Little, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Craig Young.