IND vs IRE: India start campaign on high, pulverise Ireland by six wickets

Team Indias first T20 World Cup 2024 is being played against Ireland at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York Earlier the Men in Blue played a warmup game at the venue against Bangladesh in which they came victorious by a margin of 60 runsIND vs IRE headtohead In T20 Internationals both teams have played against each other seven times out of which India is leading with seven wins Ireland is yet to win a T20I game against the BluesThe spectators will keep tabs on Indian stalwart Virat Kohli as he is coming off after having a great run in the recently concluded Indian Premier League 2024 Featuring in 15 matches he has amassed 741 runs for Royal Challengers Bengaluru following which he was also awarded with the Orange CapAlso ReadT20 WC 2024 IND vs IRE Men in Blue eye campaigns first win against IrelandIndias Rishabh Pant is set to make his first international appearance after staying out for about 15 months During the warmup match against Bangladesh the lefthander accumulated 53 runs off 32 deliveries He retired out after him smashing 4 fours and 4 sixesWith Yashasvi Jaiswal in Indias T20 World Cup 2024 side the question arises for the suitable opening duo Following IPL 2024 performances there are higher chances of Kohli opening the innings with traditional opening batsman Rohit Sharma If Jaiswal secures his spot as an opener then Team India might get a proper leftyrighty opening pairIND vs IRE live updates Full SquadsIndia Squad Rohit Sharmac Yashasvi Jaiswal Virat Kohli Suryakumar Yadav Rishabh Pantw Hardik Pandya Ravindra Jadeja Axar Patel Kuldeep Yadav Jasprit Bumrah Arshdeep Singh Mohammed Siraj Yuzvendra Chahal Sanju Samson Shivam DubeIreland Squad Paul Stirlingc Andrew Balbirnie Lorcan Tuckerw Harry Tector Curtis Campher George Dockrell Gareth Delany Ross Adair Barry McCarthy Mark Adair Joshua Little Craig Young Benjamin White Neil Rock Graham HumeIND vs IRE live updates Probable XIIndia Probable XI Rohit Sharma c Virat Kohli Rishabh Pant Suryakumar Yadav Shivam Dube Hardik Pandya Ravindra Jadeja Axar Patel Kuldeep Yadav Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep SinghIreland Probable XI Andy Balbirnie Paul Stirling c Lorcan Tucker Harry Tector Curtis Campher George Dockrell Gareth Delany Mark Adair Barry McCarthy Craig YoungBen White Josh LittleIND vs IRE live updates Confirmed playing XIIndia Rohit Sharmac Virat Kohli Suryakumar Yadav Rishabh Pantw Hardik Pandya Ravindra Jadeja Axar Patel Jasprit Bumrah Arshdeep Singh Mohammed Siraj Shivam DubeIreland Paul Stirlingc Andrew Balbirnie Lorcan Tuckerw Harry Tector Curtis Campher George Dockrell Gareth Delany Barry McCarthy Mark Adair Joshua Little Benjamin WhiteIND vs IRE live updates Toss updateIndia captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first against Ireland Yashasvi Jaiswal misses the cut in Indias playing XI against Ireland at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York Rishabh Pant secured the wicketkeeping spot over Sanju Samson1047 PM India win by six wicketsPant finishes off in style as India beat Ireland by six wickets and 46 balls to spare in their World Cup opener1030 PM 851 11Sharma reaches his fifty and then walks off during the drinks break He is seen holding his right shoulder which was hit by a bouncer earlier in the innings Replays show the delivery might have even clipped his elbow before hitting his shoulder1019 PM 521 8Pant smashes McCarthy straight down the ground for four on the fifth ball of the over The rest of the over consists of three singles and a two1003 PM 331 5Pant swings hard at the fifth ball of the over after only three runs off the first four deliveries The ball beats him The next is a wide before Pant swings at the final ball but it heads through to the keeper once again Tough to bat still944 PM 220 2Sharma gets lucky with an inside edge for four on the fifth ball then smashes a low full toss over midon for six to finish the over A total of 15 runs came off the over927 PM 96 20A dissapointing performance of Ireland with the bat but the pitch is tricky and it wont be easy for India If Ireland takes a couple of early wickets they will be in the game916 PM 668 13Little scores 14 runs off Pandyas over hitting another flat shot down the ground Rohit quickly fields the ball to stop consecutive boundaries903 PM 497 11Pandya secures his third wicket putting him in line for a hattrick as the righthanded batsman is caught by Dube at deep point after scoring three runs8 52 PM IRE 496 10Pandya gets his second wicket and Siraj gets his first Ireland reaches 49 runs for the loss of six wickets8 42 PM IRE 364 8Hardik Pandya strikes the wicket of Tucker Team India is in total control of the match Followed by Jasprit Bumrah who dismissed Tector for just four runs8 32 PM IRE 262 6Ireland continues to struggle against the Indian pace Tucker and Harry Tector take Ireland to runs after the first powerplay8 20 PM IRE 132 4Arshdeep helps India to get early breakthroughs and gets the opening pair in a single over Siraj on the other hand is keeping things tight for Ireland8 08 PM IRE 70 2The Irish batsmen are struggling to score runs against Indias pace attack The duo manages to score runs after the completion of two overs8 04 PM IRE 30 1Captain Paul Stirling and Andrew Balbirnie opening the innings for Ireland scored 3 runs in Arshdeep Singhs first over