The Indian team defeated the host by 4 runs in the second T20 match to whitewash the series 2-0. Men in blue scored 225/7 on the back of a brilliant ton from Deepak Hooda (104 runs) and a well partnered with 77 from Sanju Samson. In reply, the host could only score 221 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 5 wickets. The Irish team needed 17 runs in the last over of the match. Umran Malik protect the runs and conceded only 12 runs in it.
The Irish team lost the match but their batsmen showed a great fight. Despite being chasing a big target, the Irish team remained in competition throughout the match. Captain Andy Balbirnie scored the highest runs 60, Harry Tector contributed 39 and George Dockrell scored 34 runs. Indian bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, and Umran Malik shared 1-1 wickets for India.
Hattricks of a series win for India
Team India has won the third series this year in the T20 format without losing any series. Earlier, the Indian team had defeated Sri Lanka and West Indies. The series against SA was tied at 2-2 after the abundant one match due to rain.
Maiden international century for Deepak Hooda
Deepak Hooda has become the fourth Indian to make a century in T20 Internationals. Before him, Rohit Sharma with 4 centuries, KL Rahul with 2 centuries, and Suresh Raina with 1 century have achieved this milestone. Nearly after four years, an Indian batsman has scored a ton in T20 Internationals. Before him, the last century for the country was scored by Rohit Sharma in November 2018.
The Indian team did some experiments in team combination
India played the match with three changes. Sanju Samson got a chance in place of injured Rituraj Gaikwad. While Harshal Patel got his place in place of Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi played the match by replacing Yuzvendra Chahal.