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.
