India made no changes to their playing eleven.
On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s
skipper, inserted the Irish.
The match was reduced to an 18-overs-a-side match.
Jeremy Bray had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he
didn’t get off the mark. A couple of overs into the match, Zaheer Khan, the
player of the match, broke the four-run stand.
William Porterfield, Ireland’s skipper, faced eight balls,
scoring five. Seven balls later, he was caught by Yusuf Pathan. Khan broke the
five-run stand.
Andre Botha, whose five-ball innings included a
boundary, scored five. Five balls later, he was caught by Yusuf. Pathan broke
the eight-run stand.
Kevin O’Brien, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Thirteen
balls later, Pragyan Ojha broke the 11-run stand.
Gary Wilson, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary,
scored 19. Twenty-one balls later, Harbhajan Singh broke the 20-run stand.
Ireland scored 50 off 10.2 overs (64 balls). India had
conceded a couple of extras at that point.
John Mooney, whose 22-ball innings included a
boundary, scored 19. Thirty balls after Wilson’s dismissal, he was caught by
Yuvraj Singh. Ojha broke the 24-run stand.
The seventh-wicket pair put on a run. Regan West, who
faced a ball, scored a run. The next ball, Suresh Raina and Dhoni ran him out.
Andrew White, whose 25-ball innings included three
boundaries and a six, scored 29. (Dho)Nine balls later, he was caught behind.
Khan broke the 19-run stand.
Ireland scored 100 off 17.2 overs (106 balls). India
had conceded four extras at that point.
Alex Cusack, whose six-ball innings included a couple
of boundaries, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten, as was Kyle McCallan, who
scored nine. His seven-ball innings included a boundary.
India eventually scored eight extras. Ireland scored
112 for the loss of eight wickets off 18 overs. Yuvraj, who bowled a wicketless
over, conceded four. Irfan Pathan and Ishant Sharma bowled three wicketless
overs apiece. While the former conceded 22, the latter conceded 18.
Harbhajan, who bowled four overs, conceded 25. He
picked up a wicket. Ojha, who bowled four overs, conceded 18. He picked up a
couple of wickets. Khan, who bowled three overs, conceded 19. He picked up four
scalps.
India’s openers scored 50 off seven overs (42 balls). Ireland
had conceded four extras at that point. While Gautam Gambhir’s contribution to
the partnership was 26, Rohit Sharma’s contribution to it was 20.
Gambhir, whose 31-ball (Rank)innings included three
boundaries and a six, eventually scored 37. Sixty-five balls into the chase, he
was caught by Boyd. West broke the 77-run partnership.
India scored 100 off 13.2 overs (81 balls). Ireland
had conceded five extras at that point.
Dhoni, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary, scored
14. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Bray. McCallan broke the 23-run
stand.
Rohit’s half-century – which included four boundaries
and a couple of sixes – came off 44 balls. He faced 45 balls, eventually scoring
52. He was unbeaten, as was Yuvraj, who faced four balls, scoring three.
The number of extras they eventually conceded gave
Ireland no reason to be in seventh heaven.
India, who scored 113 for the loss of a couple of
wickets off 15.3 overs, won by eight wickets with 15 balls to spare.
O’Brien and Cusack bowled two wicketless overs apiece.
While the former conceded 17, the latter conceded 13. Rankin bowled four
wicketless overs, conceding 28. McCallan bowled 3.3 overs, conceding 28. He
picked up a wicket, as did West, who bowled four overs, conceding 23.
India advanced to the Super Eights.
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