IND vs IRE 2nd T20I Highlights: Ireland win by 1 run to clinch series

Harry Tector bowls a dramatic final over. Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana keep India in the hunt with quick singles and a lucky inside-edge four. Tector then bowls a high full toss that is called a no-ball, giving India two runs and a free hit. Rana connects well on the free hit but holes out to long-on off another full toss. Prince Yadav walks in and smashes the final delivery straight down the ground for six. India finish on 153/9 but fall one run short.

Ireland win a thrilling contest by 1 run. Matthew Hollard finishes with three wickets while Jai Moondra takes three as well.

Jai Moondra bowls the 19th over and concedes 14 runs. Harshit Rana takes the attack to him right away. He slaps a short of length ball in front of square for four and then shuffles across to nail a short ball over mid-wicket for a massive six that travels 89 meters. Arshdeep Singh rotates the strike with a couple of singles. A slower ball to Rana results in byes after Tucker fumbles behind the stumps. India finish the over at 135/8 and still have an outside chance if Rana continues to connect.

India need 20 run off the final over.

Matthew Humphreys bowls a tight 17th over and picks up the big wicket of Shivam Dube, who pulls straight to deep square leg. Suryansh Shedge comes in and gets off the mark with a single. Matthew Hollard returns for his final over in the 18th over and causes complete chaos. Tilak Varma launches a length ball over deep mid-wicket for six to bring up his fifty. Two balls later he tries to loft again and skies it to extra cover where Liam McCarthy takes the catch. Harshit Rana comes in and hits a couple before Suryansh Shedge is caught at deep mid-wicket. Arshdeep Singh survives the final ball as India slump to 121/8 after 18 overs.

Matthew Humphreys bowls the 15th over and concedes nine runs. Shivam Dube finally breaks the long boundary drought with a clean lofted drive over long-off for four. Tilak Varma continues to rotate the strike with singles. Liam McCarthy returns in the 16th over and bowls a tight spell, giving away just five runs. Dube survives a scare when he lofts one down the ground and Harry Tector dives forward but the ball lands just short. Tilak Varma moves to 48 as India reach 109/5 after 16 overs.

Matthew Humphreys bowls a quiet 11th over and gives away five runs as Tilak Varma and Axar Patel continue rotating the strike. Matthew Hollard returns in the 12th over and breaks the partnership. Axar Patel tries to steer a back of a length ball fine but gets it straight to Lorcan Tucker at fine leg, who takes a sharp low catch. Shivam Dube comes in as the new batter. Harry Tector bowls the 13th over and concedes eight runs. Dube hits the first boundary in over seven overs when a drive to long-on goes through the fielder’s legs. Tilak Varma keeps rotating the strike. India move to 85/5 after 13 overs.

Harry Tector bowls the ninth over and concedes seven runs. Axar Patel and Tilak Varma rotate the strike with singles and pick up a couple of twos. Liam McCarthy returns in the tenth over and keeps things tight with five runs. Tilak Varma gets hit on the hip by a short ball and receives treatment from the physio before continuing. Axar Patel chips one back to the bowler but McCarthy fails to hold on to the return catch. India move to 66/4 after 10 overs.

Heavy rain forces the players off the field. India were rebuilding steadily through Axar Patel and Tilak Varma after losing four early wickets. They need 101 runs in the remaining 12 overs to win. Play will resume once the rain eases and the ground staff clear the covers.

Matthew Hollard bowls a quiet fourth over and concedes just four runs as Tilak Varma and Ishan Kishan rotate the strike with quick singles. Jai Moondra returns in the fifth over and immediately comes under attack. Tilak Varma flicks a full delivery through mid-wicket for four and then glances another one fine for another boundary. Ishan Kishan takes a quick single but Tilak’s push to cover allows Ross Adair to effect a direct hit at the non-striker’s end. Ishan Kishan is run out for 12. Axar Patel walks in as the new batter. Moondra finishes the over with a leg bye four as India reach 39/4 after 5 overs.

Jai Moondra starts the Indian innings with a bang. He traps Sanju Samson lbw with his very first ball. Abhishek Sharma then pulls a short ball and skies a top-edge to third man where Matthew Hollard takes a stunning catch after turning 360 degrees. Ishan Kishan gets off the mark with a single. In the second over Matthew Humphreys leaks 12 runs as Ishan Kishan cuts fiercely for four and Shreyas Iyer drives another boundary.

Jai Moondra returns in the third over and strikes again. Shreyas Iyer cuts a short ball for four but then gets an inside-edge onto his stumps and is bowled.

Tilak Varma comes in and picks up two runs. India lose three wickets inside three overs and are struggling at 21/3.

Prince Yadav bowls the final over and finishes with three wickets on debut. He first bowls a wide bouncer that sails over Tector’s head. Tector then digs out a yorker for two and survives an lbw review. Two balls later Prince goes short and quick. Tector is hurried on the pull and top-edges it straight up. Ishan Kishan dives forward to take a good catch. Liam McCarthy comes in and gets one run. Prince then bowls a slower off-cutter. McCarthy swings through the line and miscues it straight up. Ishan runs in and takes a simple catch. Jai Moondra gets off the mark with a single as Ireland finish on 154/8.

Axar Patel bowls the 18th over and concedes 11 runs. Dockrell uses his feet well and lofts a full delivery straight down the ground for six. Tector and Dockrell pick up singles in between. Arshdeep Singh returns for the penultimate over and strikes early. Dockrell makes room and slaps a delivery straight to Axar Patel at sweeper cover. Liam McCarthy comes in and gets off the mark with a single. Harry Tector then brings up his fifty with a slashed four behind square. It is his 100th T20I and he raises his bat to acknowledge the applause. Arshdeep finishes the over with another single as Ireland reach 149/6 in 19 overs.

Axar Patel bowls a tight 16th over and restricts Ireland to just four runs. Tector and Dockrell struggle to time the ball against his variations and can only manage singles. Shivam Dube returns in the 17th over and starts with a boundary when Tector delays his pull and helps a slower short ball over short fine. Tector then picks up two more with a full delivery dug out down the ground. Dube follows it up with a slow bouncer that forces Tector to abort his shot. Dockrell then hits two runs and finishes the over with a powerful four off a low full toss straight down the ground. Dube concedes 13 runs in the over.

Harshit Rana bowls the 14th over and concedes eight runs as Calitz moves away and slaps a short ball over mid-off for four. Tector and Calitz continue rotating the strike. Shivam Dube returns in the 15th over and starts poorly when Calitz launches a length ball high over cow corner for a massive six. Dube bounces back immediately. He bowls full and outside off and Calitz slices it straight to Tilak Varma at sweeper cover. Two balls later Dube cleans up Gareth Delany with a delivery that nips in and beats the inside edge to hit the top of off stump. George Dockrell comes in and takes a single. Ireland lose two quick wickets and the momentum shifts.

IRE 114/5 after 15 overs

Axar Patel bowls the 12th over and nearly has Calitz stumped when he fires one wide outside off. Ishan whips the bails off but Calitz is safely back in the crease. Tector then sits down for a slog sweep and gets a top-edge that splits deep mid-wicket and long-on for four. Ireland pick up eight runs in the over.

Prince Yadav returns in the 13th and almost strikes early when a climbing delivery takes a top-edge off Calitz and flies over Ishan for another boundary. Calitz and Tector rotate the strike with singles. Prince bowls a high bouncer that is called wide. He beats Tector with a short ball that holds its line. Ireland add nine more runs without taking major risks.

IRE 105/3 after 13 overs.

Suryansh Shedge comes back for his second over and gets completely taken apart as Ireland finally break the shackles, with Benjamin Calitz launching a much-needed four off a short ball and then clearing deep square leg with a top-edged pull for six, before a high full toss is called a no-ball and Calitz drills it for one, after which Harry Tector gets a free hit and absolutely smokes a full toss down the ground where Arshdeep Singh jumps but can only parry it over the rope for six, as the pair add 22 runs in the over to take the score to 80/3 after 11 overs.

Prince Yadav strikes in the eighth over as Lorcan Tucker tries to manufacture a boundary through the leg-side against a length ball outside off and gets a healthy outside-edge that flies to the right of Ishan Kishan, who takes a sharp catch with the extra bounce helping. After which Benjamin Calitz gets off the mark with a quick single despite a near run-out chance. Suryansh Shedge then starts his T20I debut with tight lines in the ninth over, restricting Ireland to just three singles as Harry Tector and Calitz rotate the strike without finding any boundaries.

IRE 53/3 after 9 overs.

Prince Yadav makes his debut in the sixth over and starts with good control as Lorcan Tucker nudges the first ball to mid-wicket, then shuffles down and flicks a full delivery crisply through square leg for four, but Tucker survives a big moment two balls later when he mistimes a punch straight back to the bowler and is stranded way down the pitch, only to be let off by a wayward throw, after which he toe-ends a quick single and Harry Tector rotates strike with a push to mid-off as the over yields six runs without a breakthrough.

IRE 44/2 after 6 overs.

Arshdeep Singh continues to trouble the batters in the third over as Ross Adair survives a massive top-edge on the pull that swirls towards fine third man, where Harshit Rana and Ishan Kishan get into a complete mix-up and the chance pops out before running away for four, but Arshdeep gets immediate reward on the very next ball when Adair tries to loft on the off-side and skies it off the thick toe-end straight to Tilak Varma at extra cover, after which Lorcan Tucker gets off the mark with a leg glance and Harry Tector inside-edges a boundary past the keeper before getting beaten twice in the channel as the over ends with 9 runs and one wicket.

IRE 26/2 after 3 overs.

Ross Adair explodes right away in the powerplay, smashing Arshdeep Singh for two sixes in the final two balls of the opening over to race to 12 off just five deliveries, but Harshit Rana strikes back in the second over as Tim Tector gets beaten twice before carving a four and then miscuing a pull off the inside edge straight into the hands of Abhishek Sharma at mid-wicket, leaving the score at 17/1 after two overs with Harry Tector now at the crease alongside Adair.

“It feels really good. At the same time, it’s a responsibility. As I’ve already captained in the age-group categories and recently led an India A side, whatever inputs I have, I’m sharing them on the field. Even in the last match, I shared whatever little I could as vice-captain. But unfortunately, the result didn’t go our way. Hopefully, we’ve got another match now, and we’re looking to win it and level the series.”