1st T20I: Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya assist India gun down 109 vs Ireland in rain-hit sport, take 1-0 sequence lead

Deepak Hooda, Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya excelled with the bat as India made a mockery of the Ireland bowling assault to gun down the 109-run goal and race to a straightforward seven-wicket win within the rain-hit opening T20I in Dublin on Sunday.

Hardik Pandya (24 off 12) and Hooda (47 not out off 29) shared a 50-run stand to chase down a stiff 108-run goal with 16 balls to spare and take 1-0 sequence lead.

Notably, after being invited to bat first, Ireland rode on Harry Tector’s counter-attacking 64* to submit a strong whole of 108 for 4 in 12 overs. However, it was not meant to be because the Irish have been outdone by the brilliance of Pandya and Hooda, who toyed with the opposition assault.

India vs Ireland, 1st T20I: Highlights

Regular opener Ishan Kishan (26) and his make-shift opening associate Hooda have been off to a flyer as they raced to 30/0 within the first 2.3 overs. However, Craig Young dismissed Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav (0) on back-to-back deliveries to dent India within the 109-run chase at The Village.

Captain Pandya joined fingers with make-shift opener Hooda and took off-spinner Andy McBrine to the cleaners. McBrine leaked 21 runs in his first over because the momentum shifted in the direction of India within the sixth over. However, Joshua Little struck in his second over to take away Hardik for twenty-four when India’s rating learn 94 for 3. Dinesh Karthik walked in subsequent and he, together with Hooda, ensured that India sailed by means of with none additional hiccups.

.@HoodaOnFire was the choose of the #GroupIndia batters and was our high performer from the second innings #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/jsZsjxbTZ5

— BCCI (@BCCI) June 26, 2022

Earlier, India opted to bowl in overcast circumstances however quickly after the rain arrived, delaying the beginning of play by greater than two hours and 20 minutes. The sport was diminished to 12 overs a facet after the break.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar breached the protection of Ireland skipper Andrew Balbirnie within the very first over. Skipper Hardik Pandya then bought himself into the assault within the second over and dismissed the damaging Paul Stirling. After hitting the primary ball over cowl, Stirling went for a similar shot however mistimed to be caught at mid-off. Avesh Khan joined the get together as he had Gareth Delany caught behind in his first over to go away Ireland at 22 for 3.

Ireland managed to stage a spirited restoration because of Tector, who took the assault to the Indian pacers, together with debutant Umran Malik. He dragged his third ball down the leg facet and it raced to the boundary off Lorcan Tucker’s (18 off 16) pads. Two balls later, Tector performed an attractive straight drive off a full supply. Malik dragged the subsequent one quick however Hector was prepared to tug it for a six.

The final over of the innings yielded 17 runs and pushed the full previous 100 with Tector accumulating a boundary from a reverse hit off Avesh earlier than smashing a full toss for six over deep cowl. Hector hit his third T20I fifty to energy Ireland to a aggressive whole.