Iyer-led India lose to Ireland

India made four changes to their playing eleven – Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, and Jasprit Bumrah made way for Shreyas Iyer (who was leading the side and elected to field on winning the toss), Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, and Prasidh Krishna.

Ireland made seven changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Andy Balbirnie, Paul Stirling, Curtis Campher, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Josh Little, and Ben White made way for Tim Tector, Ross Adair (Mark Adair’s older brother), Ben Calitz, Liam McCarthy (no relation to Barry McCarthy), Matthew Humphreys, and a pair of debutants (Jai Moondra and Matt Holland, the player of the match).

The first Powerplay of Ireland’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 36, and lost three wickets.

Though his innings included a couple of boundaries, Ross Adair had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored 12. Eleven balls into the match, he was caught by Sanju Samson. Rana broke the 20-run stand.

Harry Tector, who faced three balls, failed to get off the mark. Samson had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he caught him off the bowling of Arshdeep Singh, who broke the five-run stand.

Tim Tector, Harry Tector’s younger brother, scored 17 off a dozen balls, which included a couple of boundaries and a six. Four balls later, he was caught by Shreyas. Harshit broke the five-run stand.  

Ireland scored 50 off 6.5 overs (41 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Calitz, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 15. Twenty-one balls after Tim Tector’s dismissal, he was caught by Krishna. Shivam Dube broke the run-a-ball stand.

Ireland scored 100 off 13 overs (78 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While the contribution of Lorcan Tucker, Ireland’s skipper, to the partnership was 38, Gareth Delany’s contribution to it was 11. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Tucker’s half-century – which included five boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 35 balls.

He eventually faced 36 balls, failing to add to the aforementioned score. Forty-four balls after Calitz’s dismissal, he was caught by Tilak Varma. Rana broke the 64-run partnership.

Ireland scored 150 off 16.4 overs (101 balls). India had conceded eight extras at that point.

George Dockrell, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 19. Seventeen balls after Tucker’s dismissal, he was caught by Arshdeep. Axar Patel broke the 49-run stand.

A hundred and five balls (17.3 overs) into the match, India sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Liam McCarthy was the batter. It was struck down by Irish umpire Gareth Morrison.

Delany, whose 32-ball innings included three boundaries and as many sixes, eventually missed his half-century by just a run. Eleven balls after Dockrell’s dismissal, he was caught by Axar. Arshdeep broke the 14-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Though his five-ball innings included a boundary, Liam McCarthy had no reason to be in seventh heaven – the next ball, he was caught by Varma off the bowling of Axar.

The ninth-wicket pair put on four. Humphreys, who faced three balls, scored a couple. Five balls later, Varma and Samson ran him out.

Moondra, who was born in Tonk, Rajasthan, faced a couple of balls, scoring as many. He was unbeaten.   

India eventually conceded nine extras. Ireland scored 182 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Washington, who bowled an over, conceded 19. He was wicketless, as was Krishna, who bowled four overs, conceding 57.

Dube, who bowled three overs, conceded 18. He picked up a wicket.

Axar and Arshdeep bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 33, the latter conceded 28.

Rana, who bowled four overs, conceded 24. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 68, and lost three wickets.

Samson, whose four-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Moondra had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the 16-run stand.

Ishan Kishan, who faced five balls, scored a run. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Tucker. Holland broke the 29-run stand.

India scored 50 off 3.4 overs (23 balls). Ireland had conceded three extras at that point.

Shreyas had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored three. Eleven balls after Kishan’s dismissal, he was caught by Dockrell. Holland broke the 15-run stand.

Abhishek Sharma, who faced 20 balls, missed his half-century by just a run. Seventeen balls after Shreyas’ dismissal, he was caught by Calitz. Liam McCarthy broke the 20-run stand.

Fifty-nine balls (9.4 overs) into the chase, Ireland sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Varma was the batter. It was struck down by Morrison.

Varma, whose 21-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 19. Fourteen balls after Abhishek’s dismissal, he was caught by Ross Adair. Humphreys broke the 10-run stand.

India scored 100 off 11.5 overs (72 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave Ireland no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Washington, who faced a dozen balls, scored nine. Ten balls after Varma’s dismissal, he was caught by Calitz. Holland broke the run-a-ball stand.

Dube, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 25. Four overs later, he was caught by Moonda, who broke the 35-run stand.

Axar, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. Five balls later, he was caught by Tim Tector. Delany broke the two-run stand.

Rana, whose nine-ball innings included a six, scored eight. Eight balls later, he was caught by Calitz. Humphreys broke the 10-run stand.

Arshdeep, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Four balls later, he was caught by Tim Tector. Humphreys broke the one-run stand.

Krishna, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

Ireland eventually conceded 11 extras. India, who were all out for 148 off 18.5 overs, lost by 34 runs.

Harry Tector, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 22.

Delany, who bowled an over, conceded three. He picked up a wicket, as did Liam McCarthy, who bowled three overs, conceding 29.

Moondra, who bowled four overs, conceded 25. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Humphreys, who bowled 3.5 overs, conceded 38. He picked up three scalps, as did Holland, who bowled four overs, conceding 28.

Ireland led the two-match series 1-0.