Under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, India started with a victory on the Ireland tour. In their first captaincy match in international cricket, India defeated Ireland by 7 wickets. The Indian young team performed brilliantly in the rain-affected match and was comfortable in this. Won the match was reduced to 12-12 overs due to rain.
Batting first, Team Ireland scored 108 runs on the scoreboard. In response, the Indian batting unit won the first match of the T20 series by performing brilliantly. Captain Hardik Pandya himself did very well with both the ball and the bat.
Umran Malik could not leave a mark in his debut match
In his first match, Umaran proved to be very expensive and also did not succeed in getting the wicket. As a result, Captain Hardik Pandya gave him one over. Umran Malik became the 98th cricketer to play T20 International for India.
Deepak Hooda took full advantage of his opportunity
Despite Sanju Samson and Rahul Tripathi being in the squad, team management gave Deepak Hooda a chance to play the match. Deepak Hooda grabbed this opportunity with both hands and won the team with his brilliant performance. Hooda played the highest innings of 47 runs for India. Deepak Hooda, who came to the opening in the absence of Rituraj Gaikwar, gave the team a strong start.
Ireland is hosting India after four years
At present, Indian cricket, or the Indian cricket team is in most demand in the cricket world. Every cricket-playing nation wants to host the Indian team. Due to this, their game is improved, as well as 2-3 years of earnings are earned from the same series. This is the second Ireland tour of the Indian team. Earlier, the Indian cricket team went on a tour of Ireland in the year 2018.
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