Team India registered a narrow 4-run win in a high-scoring thriller in the second T20I in Dublin. With the victory, India clinched the 2-match series 2-0.
Hardik Pandya-led India won the second T20I against Ireland by four runs to seal the series 2-0.
India selected batting first and scored a massive 225/7 on the board.
Deepak Hooda scored his maiden T20I hundred. Sanju Samson gave international cricket its first real glimpse of his spectacular gifts. Sanju scored 77(42) in his comeback match.
Hooda was on the bench throughout the last T20I series India played, and Samson wasn’t even in the squad.
Their remarkable partnership in 87 balls added 176 runs to the scoreboard. This was the highest for the second wicket in all T20Is and India’s highest for any wicket.
In response, Ireland planned a serious fright to India. At the ten-over mark, Ireland were still in the game at 107 for 2.
Paul Stirling and Andrew Balbirnie added 72 runs for the opening wicket before the former was cleaned up by Ravi Bishnoi on 40(18).
Soon after his dismissal, Hardik Pandya effected a run-out as the hosts lost two wickets in quick succession. Balbirnie was then dismissed on 60(37). Umran Malik also picked his maiden international wicket in the form of Lorcan Tucker, who was caught on 5 by substitute fielder Yuzvendra Chahal.
Hector Tucker was the final Ireland batter to depart, he was dismissed by Bhuvneshwar Kumar on 39(28). Bhuvneshwar conceded 46 runs in his four-over quota. Harshal Patel conceded 54 in his quota. Ravi Bishnoi and Umran Malik also were a bit expensive with the ball.
However, Umran Malik has defended 17 runs needed in the last over. He gave away only 12 as India win this high-scoring thriller by 4 runs. Chasing a massive 226, Ireland finished at 221/5 in their 20 overs.