IND vs IRE T20 World Cup 2024 Match 08: what a debut for India, defeating Ireland by 8 wickets!

The Indian cricket team has defeated Ireland by 8 wickets in its first match of T20 World Cup 2024. Team India has made its debut in the T20 World Cup with a win. The 8th match of the World Cup between India and Ireland was played in New York. In this match, Ireland, batting first, scored 97 runs and were all out in 16 overs. In response, Team India chased the target in 12.2 overs and won the one-sided match. Captain Rohit Sharma batted brilliantly for the team.

Scorecard

India      97/2(12.2)

Ireland  96(16)

Match report

Team India had got the target of only 97 runs in 20 overs. The team chasing this won the match within 13 overs. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were opening for the team. However, it was not a good start between the two and Virat Kohli was out after scoring 1 run at the score of 22 runs. After that Rishabh Pant came on the field. An excellent half-century partnership was also seen between Rohit and Pant.Rohit Sharma could score 52 runs in 37 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 4 fours. After that he retired due to injury. Although his injury is not serious. Apart from this, Pant played an unbeaten inning of 36 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 fours in 26 balls. Suryakumar Yadav returned to the pavilion after scoring only 2 runs. Whereas Shivam Dubey could not open his account, he remained unbeaten after playing 2 balls.Hardik Pandya took 3 wickets in his name. Apart from this, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh took 2-2 wickets. Whereas Akshar Patel and Mohammad Siraj got 1-1 wickets.

Batting first, Ireland scored 96 runs in 16 overs and the team had to be all out. For the team, Paul Stirling 5, Andrew Balbirnie 2, Lorcan Tucker 10, Harry Tector 4, Curtis Campher 12, George Dockrell 3, Gareth Delaney 26, Mark Adair 3, Barry McCarthy 0, Joshua Little 14 and Benjamin White scored 2 not out.