Dublin: India won the two-match Twenty20 cricket series against Ireland. India won the last match by four runs to win the series 2-0.
Batting towards the target of 226 set by India, Ireland struggled till the last ball. At the end of 20 overs, Ireland were 221 for five. India won the toss and elected to field.
Youngster Umran Malik – Ireland needed 17 runs to win the toss and elected to field. Adyar, who faced the first ball, could not score. The second ball became Noble. The next two balls put pressure on India as Adyar crossed the boundary. Two runs scored off four and five balls. If Ireland hits a six off the last ball, a coup is guaranteed. Adyar, who was caught off Umran offside, was able to score a run.
Skipper Andy Balbirnie (60 off 37 balls with seven sixes and three fours), opener Paul Stirling (40 off 18 balls with three sixes and five fours) and Harry Hector (39 off 28 balls) shone for Ireland. The Indian bowlers took a beating. All the bowlers who made four overs conceded over 40 runs. Herschelle Patel conceded 54 runs. Umran, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Herschelle Patel and Ravi Bishnoi took one wicket each.
Indian skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bat The innings of Deepak Hooda, who scored his maiden century in the Indian jersey, and Sanju Samson, who scored his maiden half-century, took India to a huge score. Hooda became only the fourth Indian to score a century in T20I. With Deepak Hooda joining Sanju for the second wicket, India dominated the Irish bowlers. The duo put on 176 for the second wicket. They also hold the record for India’s highest partnership in Twenty20. Rohit Sharma – KL to face Sri Lanka in Indore in 2017 Rahul’s team’s record of 165 runs was broken. Deepak Hooda (104 off 57 balls with six sixes and nine fours) smashed Sanju Samson (77 off 42 balls with four sixes and nine fours). Sanju and Ishant Kishan opened the innings. Ishant, who scored three off five balls, was caught by wicketkeeper Lorkan Tucker off Mark Adyar. With Hooda and Sanju joining, the Irish bowlers were left reeling. Hooda, who scored a half-century off 27 balls, was the most attacking. Sanju scored a half-century in Twenty20 cricket off 31 balls. The duo combined for the second wicket of the innings, hitting 50 off 35 balls and 100 off 55 balls. India were 189 when Adyar bowled Sanju in the 17th over. Deepak Hooda became the star of the match and the series.
” What’s up ”
Former India captain Ajay Jadeja speaks in Malayalam on the channel’s Extra Innings program after the second Twenty20 cricket match against Ireland. The conversation took place between Malayalee actor Sanju Samson and Jadeja.
Jadeja’s mother is from Haryana and hails from Alappuzha. Sanju started replying in Malayalam to Jadeja’s question whether he was disappointed that he could not score a century like Deepak Hooda. To Sanju’s question, “Is the prayer okay?” Jadeja replied in Malayalam, “Is he there?” The video of the two talking in Malayalam went viral on social media. During the first Twenty20 match against Ireland, Sanju took the fans by the hand. During the match, Sanju, who was walking along the boundary, was called to buy autographs and take selfies.