Ireland lose to Bumrah-led India

Neither India nor Ireland made any changes to their playing eleven.

On winning the toss, Paul Stirling, Ireland’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 47, and lost a couple of wickets.

Yashasvi Jaiswal, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 18. Twenty-two balls into the match, he was caught by Curtis Campher. Craig Young broke the 29-ball innings.

Tilak Varma, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Three balls later, he was caught by George Dockrell. Barry McCarthy broke the five-run stand.

India scored 50 off 6.4 overs (40 balls). Ireland had conceded an extra at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 36 balls. While Ruturaj Gaikwad’s contribution to the partnership was 26, Sanju Samson’s contribution to it was 24. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

India scored 100 off 11.1 overs (67 balls). Ireland had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Gaikwad’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries – came off 39 balls.

Samson, whose 26-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, eventually scored 40. Forty-nine balls after Varma’s dismissal, Ben White broke the 71-run partnership.

India scored 150 off 18.3 overs (111 balls). Ireland had conceded five extras at that point.

Gaikwad, whose 43-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six, eventually scored 58. Seventeen balls after Samson’s dismissal, he was caught by Harry Tector. McCarthy broke the 24-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 27 balls. While the contribution of Rinku Singh, the player of the match, to the partnership was 28, Shivam Dube’s contribution to it was 22. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was five.

Rinku, whose 21-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 38. Twenty-eight balls after Gaikwad’s dismissal, he was caught by Young. Mark Adair broke the 55-run partnership.

Dube, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of sixes, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. He was unbeaten, as was Washington Sundar, who faced a ball, failing to get off the mark.

Ireland eventually conceded eight extras. India scored 185 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Josh Little, who conceded 48, was wicketless.

Adair, White, and Young picked up a wicket apiece. They conceded 36, 33, and 29, respectively.

McCarthy conceded 36, picking up two scalps.

The first Powerplay of Ireland’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 31, and lost three wickets.

Stirling, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. Fifteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Arshdeep Singh. Prasidh Krishna broke the 19-run stand.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Lorcan Tucker, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. Three balls later, he was caught by Gaikwad off the bowling of Krishna.

Although his innings included a boundary, Tector had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 14 balls later, Ravi Bishnoi broke the nine-run stand.  

Four balls into the chase, India sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Andrew Balbirnie was the batsman. Using the umpire’s call, it was struck down by Irish umpire Paul Reynolds.

Ireland scored 50 off eight overs (48 balls). India had conceded eight extras at that point.

Balbirnie’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 39 balls.

Campher, whose 17-ball innings included a six, scored 18. Twenty-eight balls after Tector’s dismissal, he was caught by Dube. Bishnoi broke the 35-run stand.

Ireland scored 100 off 13.5 overs (83 balls). India had conceded 10 extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 29 balls. While Balbirnie’s contribution to the partnership was 34, Dockrell’s contribution to it was 13. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was four.

The fifth-wicket pair eventually put on 52. Dockrell, whose 11-ball innings included a six, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Five overs after Campher’s dismissal, Bishnoi and Samson ran him out.

Balbirnie, whose 51-ball innings included five boundaries and four sixes, eventually scored 72. Four balls later, he was caught by Samson. Arshdeep Singh broke the eight-run stand.

McCarthy, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Six balls later, he was caught by Bishnoi. Jasprit Bumrah, India’s skipper, broke the eight-run stand.

Adair, whose 15-ball innings included three sixes, scored 23. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Varma. Bumrah broke the 22-run stand.

Young, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just a run. He was unbeaten, as was Little, who faced a couple of balls, failing to get off the mark.  

Ireland scored 150 off 20 overs (120 balls). In fact, they scored 152 for the loss of eight, and lost by 33 runs. India had conceded 16 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Sundar and Dube bowled two wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 19, the latter conceded 18.

Arshdeep bowled four overs, conceding 29. He picked up a wicket.

Bishnoi, Krishna, and Bumrah (whose spell included a maiden) bowled four overs each, picking up two scalps apiece. They conceded 37, 29, and 15, respectively.

India led the three-match series 2-0. In fact, they won the series with a match to spare.