T20 World Cup 2024 Match 8: India vs Ireland| Match Results| Award Winners| POTM| Stats| Records

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India vs Ireland: India dominated Ireland in their first league match of the T20 World Cup 2024 to register a comfortable victory by 8 wickets against them at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.

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After winning the toss, India’s skipper Rohit Sharma decided to bowl first. Indian bowlers were straight to business from the first over of the match, swinging deliveries troubling the batters from the start. In the third over of the match, Arshdeep Singh dismissed Ireland’s skipper Paul Sterling and then Andrew Balbirnie in the same over. Indian bowlers made Irish batters struggle for every run. However, tail-enders hit some boundaries and sixes to take their team’s score to 96 runs, but while trying to run a double on a free hit, Gareth Delany got run-out, and Ireland’s innings ended on the score of 96.

India’s chase of 97 runs didn’t start well as Virat Kohli, who came up to the field as an opener for the first time in the T20 World Cup with skipper Rohit Sharma, got out on the score of 1; the big wicket gave some hopes to Ireland, but skipper Rohit Sharma didn’t let them celebrate and batted cautiously afterward. The Indian captain scored his first fifty in this tournament but couldn’t continue his innings for some reason and left the crease. Ireland picked up Suryakumar Yadav’s wicket, but the skipper had already done the damage. Rishabh Pant hit the winning runs for his team as India won the match by 8 wickets.

T20 World Cup 2024 Match 8: India vs Ireland| Batting Scorecard

BATTING(Ireland)		R	B	4s	6s
Andy Balbirnie	b Arshdeep Singh	5	10	1	0
Paul Stirling (c)	c Pant b Arshdeep Singh	2	6	0	0
Lorcan Tucker	b Pandya	10	13	2	0
Harry Tector	c Kohli b Bumrah	4	16	0	0
Curtis Campher	c Pant b Pandya	12	8	1	1
George Dockrell	c Bumrah b Mohammed Siraj	3	5	0	0
Gareth Delany	run out (Mohammed Siraj/†Pant)	26	14	2	2
Mark Adair	c Dube b Pandya	3	2	0	0
Barry McCarthy	c & b Patel	0	6	0	0
Josh Little	b Bumrah	14	13	2	0
Ben White	not out	2	4	0	0
Extras	(lb 5, nb 1, w 9)	15
TOTAL	16 Ov (RR: 6.00)	96

BATTING(India)		R	B	4s	6s
Rohit Sharma (c)	retired hurt	52	37	4	3
Virat Kohli	c White b Adair	1	5	0	0
Rishabh Pant	not out	36	26	3	2
Suryakumar Yadav	c Dockrell b White	2	4	0	0
Shivam Dube	not out	0	2	0	0
Extras	(w 6)	6
TOTAL	12.2 Ov (RR: 7.86)	97/2

T20 World Cup 2024 Match 8: India vs Ireland| Bowling Scorecard

BOWLING(India)	O	M	R	W	0s	4s	6s
Arshdeep Singh	4	0	35	2	14	3	1
Mohammed Siraj	3	0	13	1	14	2	0
Jasprit Bumrah	3	1	6	2	13	0	0
Hardik Pandya	4	1	27	3	14	2	2
Axar Patel	1	0	3	1	3	0	0
Ravindra Jadeja	1	0	7	0	2	1	0

BOWLING(Ireland)	O	R	W	0s	4s	6s
Mark Adair	4	27	1	13	3	0
Josh Little	4	42	0	12	2	4
Barry McCarthy	2.2	18	0	5	1	1
Curtis Campher	1	4	0	3	0	0
Ben White	1	6	1	3	1	0

T20 World Cup 2024 Match 8: India vs Ireland| Award Winners| Records

Player Of The Match(India vs Ireland): Jasprit Bumrah(India), 2/6 in 3 overs

Most Runs Scored in (India vs Ireland) match: Rohit Sharma(India), 52 runs off 37 balls

Best Spell(India vs Ireland): Jasprit Bumrah(India), 2/6 in 3 overs

Rohit Sharma scored his first fifty in the T20 World Cup in 2024.
Jasprit Bumrah bowled a maiden over in the match, his 11th maiden over in T20Is. He broke the record of India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who bowled 10 maiden overs in T20Is.

T20 World Cup 2024 Match 8: India vs Ireland| Captains’ Corner

“It was a tough one, the toss played a pretty crucial part, the pitch did a lot and we weren’t up to that challenge. India bowled well and put us under pressure. It was how to go about it, wanted to put pressure back on the bowlers but everything we tried went up in the air. Their lengths were outstanding. We’ve got a big game or two coming up any time out in the middle is crucial. Hopefully gives us a better run come Friday [against Canada].”
Paul Sterling(Ireland Captain) said post-match

“Just a little sore. New ground, new venue, wanted to see what’s it like to play on. I don’t think the pitch settled down, there was enough there for the bowlers. Good to get the points. Stick to your basics, think about Test match bowling. Arshdeep can swing the ball into the right-handers and that set the tone. Don’t think we can play four spinners here. If the conditions are there for the seamers, we wanted them in the squad. The spinners will play their part later in the tournament. We are open to making changes to the team’s needs. [Pakistan] I don’t know what to expect from the pitch but we will prepare as if conditions are going to be like that. That will be a game where all XI of us need to come together and contribute. It was scratchy but good to spend time in the middle, hopefully we can do the same [against Pakistan].”
Rohit Sharma(India Captain) said post-match