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IND vs IRE: Indian bowlers shone in the beginning of Shreyas era; Half of Irish team in trouble at 51 runs
Samira Vishwas | June 27, 2026 8:24 AM CST

digital desk- A new T-20 era has started in Indian cricket from today under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer. The Indian team is playing its first T20 series after the departure of world champion captain Suryakumar Yadav from the team. In this match, captain Shreyas Iyer has won the toss and decided to bowl first. At the same time, the fans of Team India, who were waiting for the debut of 15-year-old young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi, will have to wait a little longer for their turn.

Ireland faltered in the power play itself, Harshit Rana wreaked havoc

Talking about the match, the Irish team, which came to bat first, started in a very fearless manner, but the Indian bowlers soon strengthened their hold on the match. The first blow to Ireland came on the fifth ball of the second over, when Harshit Rana made a brilliant comeback after hitting fours in the first two balls and showed the dangerous looking Ross Adair (12 runs) the way to the pavilion. After two overs, Ireland’s score was 1 wicket for 21 runs. Just after this, on the last ball of the third over, star fast bowler Arshdeep Singh gave India the second success. He got Tim Tector caught behind the wicket by Sanju Samson. Due to the fall of two wickets in two consecutive overs, Ireland’s score became 2 wickets for 25 runs.

36 runs in 6 overs and now fourth blow at 51

In front of the tight bowling of the Indian bowlers, the Irish team completely faltered by the end of the powerplay. Within six overs, the host team lost its three main wickets at the score of 36 runs. After this, the famous Krishna also washed his hands in the flowing Ganga and gave a third blow to Ireland. The dominance of the Indian team did not stop here, India got its fourth major success in the eighth over when Harshit Rana took his second wicket. Till the time of writing the news, the Irish team seems to be in deep trouble after losing 4 wickets at the score of just 51 runs. So far, for India, Harshit Rana has taken 2 wickets, while Arshdeep Singh and Prasidh Krishna have taken 1 wicket each.

The playing eleven of both the teams is as follows:

  • India: Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma (vice-captain), Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Prasidh Krishna.
  • Ireland: Tim Tector, Ross Adair, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (captain), Ben Calitz, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Liam McCarthy, Matthew Humphries, Jay Mundra, Matt Hollard.


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