Ireland will host India in the second match of the T20I series on Sunday. India won by 2 runs via D/L method in the opening match. They restricted Ireland to 139 in the first innings and later were 47/2 when rain played spoil sport. India will be looking to seal the series while Ireland will be keen on putting up an improved performance.
When: 20 August, 7:30 PM IST
Where: The Village, Dublin
TV Channel, Live Streaming: DD Sports/ Fancode
The surface here will be excellent for batting and there will be plenty of runs on offer. Last time India played at this venue there were three scores of 200+ posted by them. We can expect this to be a high scoring affair.
Tilak Varma Stats in T20I
Matches Played | Runs | Last 5 performance | Batting Average | S/R |
6 | 173 | 0, 27, 7, 49, 51, | 57.7 | 140 |
Arshdeep Singh Stats in T20I
Matches Played | Wickets | Last 5 performance | Bowling Average | Economy |
32 | 49 | 1/35, 3/38, 0/33, 1/34, 2/31, 2/16 | 18.4 | 6.75 |
Harry Tector Stats in T20I
Matches Played | Runs | Last 5 performance | Last 2 performance vs India | Batting Average |
63 | 1038 | 9, 1, 18, 41, 14 | 9, 39, 64* | 22.4 |
Mark Adair Stats in T20I
Matches Played | Wickets | Last 5 performance | Last 2 performance vs India | Bowling Average |
70 | 97 | 0/10, 1/20, 1/17, 4//13, 3/22 | 0/10, 3/42, 0/14 | 19.3 |
Wicket-keepers: L Tucker
Batsmen: Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Y Jaiswal
All-rounder: Washington Sundar, Campher
Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, B McCarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
Captain, Vice Captain for Small League, Head-to-Head contests: Tilak Varma, Harry Tector
Captain, Vice Captain for Grand League: Arshdeep Singh, Mark Adair
India are expected to win this match
India and Ireland have played 6 T20I matches. India has won all of them and has a 100 per cent win record against Ireland. Out of 6 games, 5 matches took place at The Village Stadium in Dublin.
When these sides have met India have scored 174 runs with the bat on an average which is significantly higher compared to 128.6 scored by Ireland.
India lost the previous T20I series against West Indies 2-3.
Ireland recently made it to the Final of the ICC Europe Qualifiers and ensured their qualification for WT20 2024.