- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.5 Excellent riposte and Rana has his first. He drags his length ball angling this into the batter on middle and leg, cramping him for room. He backs away and pulls but only mistimes to midwicket where Abhishek takes a simple catch 17/12.2 The drop doesn't cost India much. Adair backs away but Arshdeep follows him with a hard length ball. He looks to free his arms and go over covers, but the length and line doesn't allow him to do that. Ends up mistiming it straight up and Tilak at extra cover does the rest 21/219.4 that has been hit a mile high, Ishan Kishan moves a few yards to his left, calls for it nice and early as he takes the swirler. Excellent from Prince. Mixing his Yorkers with the short ball at lively pace. 153/77.3 Maiden T20I wicket for Prince and it is the Ireland captain, Tucker who falls. Back of a length ball outside off stump, Tucker looks to swish this across the line. He only manages a thin outside edge and Kishan does the rest. Prince is delighted and why not 48/314.4 sliced to the lone man at the deep point boundary. Dube bowled this full and away from Calitz, who looks to go inside-out but ends up slicing it to the boundary rider. He hit it really well despite not being able to pick his spot. An excellent hand nonetheless from Calitz. 113/414.5 that is a stunner from Dube! The nip-backer skids through Delany and hits the top-of-off. 113/518.3 steps out and moves leg-side of the ball to carve this behind point, and ends up picking out the lone fielder at deep point. Axar with the simplest of catches as Dockrell goes in search for some big hits towards the end. 144/619.6 slower and fuller on middle from around the stumps, McCarthy swings one to the leg side, ends up getting a top-edge that Kishan takes quite comfortably. Prince gets three on debut. 154/8Extras6 (lb 2, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL154/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.7)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Tim Tector, 1.5 ov), 2-21 (Ross Adair, 2.2 ov), 3-48 (Lorcan Tucker, 7.3 ov), 4-113 (Ben Calitz, 14.4 ov), 5-113 (Gareth Delany, 14.5 ov), 6-144 (George Dockrell, 18.3 ov), 7-153 (Harry Tector, 19.4 ov), 8-154 (Liam McCarthy, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Arshdeep Singh 4 0 35 2 8.75 12 4 2 0 0 Harshit Rana 3 0 17 1 5.66 10 3 0 0 0 Prince Yadav 4 0 22 3 5.5 11 2 0 2 0 S Dube 3 0 25 2 8.33 7 2 1 0 0 Suryansh Shedge 2 0 25 0 12.5 3 1 2 0 1 AR Patel 4 0 28 0 7 6 1 1 1 0
Current Run Rate
CRR
6.84
Required Run Rate
RRR
8.4
Last 5 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 5 Ov (RR)
35/1 (7)
Current Run Rate
CRR
6.84
Required Run Rate
RRR
8.4
Last 5 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 5 Ov (RR)
35/1 (7)
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR0.1 Has he got Samson first ball again? Oh, he has! But he will have to hang onto his celebrations, because Samson has reviewed the lbw call. Looks mighty close. And it is. Hustling length ball that lands on middle and decks back in striking Samson in front of leg stump. He misses and the tracker confirms the ball was smashing leg stump. Who says lightning doesn't strike twice! Moondra to Samson in T20Is: 2 balls, 2 wickets. 0/10.4 Samson gone for a golden duck; Abhishek gone for a golden duck! Moondra on absolute fire. A top, top catch from Hollard. On a length outside off, Abhishek swings for the hills, can only manage a top edge which goes over short third. Hollard runs back, misjudges initially, but keeps his composure and take the catch reverse-cupped, falling on his backside. 1/24.5 Ross Adair has nailed a direct hit from backward point and just like that, Kishan is out of here. India are in trouble, for certain. On a length outside off, Tilak prods forward and chips aerially to Adair. He takes off for a single but stops. Kishan had already committed and was halfway down the pitch. Adair, meanwhile, takes a moment, lines up a direct hit at the non-striker's end and throws down the stumps. 35/42.4 Iyer is shocked, Moondra is ecstatic. India are three down inside three overs! What is happening in Belfast?! Moondra goes fuller angling away from Iyer. He eyes an expansive drive on the up, gets a thick inside-edge that crashes into the stumps. Oh, this is on! 19/3Extras5 (lb 4, w 1)TOTAL57/4 (8.2 Overs, RR: 6.84)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sanju Samson, 0.1 ov), 2-1 (Abhishek Sharma, 0.4 ov), 3-19 (Shreyas Iyer, 2.4 ov), 4-35 (Ishan Kishan, 4.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB J Moondra 3 0 19 3 6.33 9 3 0 0 0 MJ Humphreys 1 0 12 0 12 1 2 0 0 0 MK Hollard 2 0 10 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 L McCarthy 1 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 HT Tector 1.2 0 10 0 7.5 1 0 0 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to field first
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
13.30 start, First Session 13.30-15.00, Interval 15.00-15.20, Second Session 15.20-16.50
Match days
28 June 2026 (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 2 wickets)
- Ireland: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (48 balls), Extras 1
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 35 balls (HT Tector 24, BF Calitz 24, Ex 2)
- Ireland: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (81 balls), Extras 3
- Rain: Ireland - 132/5 in 17.1 overs (HT Tector 46, GH Dockrell 9)
- HT Tector: 50 off 44 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Ireland: 150 runs in 19.1 overs (116 balls), Extras 5
- Over 19.2: Review by India (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Seaver, Batter - HT Tector (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Ireland - 154/8 in 20.0 overs (J Moondra 1)
- Over 0.1: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - J Kennedy, Batter - SV Samson (Struck down)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 41 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 4.6: Review by Ireland (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Seaver, Batter - NT Tilak Varma (Struck down)
- India: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 4
- Rain: India - 54/4 in 8.0 overs (NT Tilak Varma 21, AR Patel 7)
- Wet Ground: India - 54/4 in 8.0 overs (NT Tilak Varma 21, AR Patel 7)
Match Coverage
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