In the second T20I, Ireland and India locked horns at the Malahide with the home side looking to level the series. On the other hand, the Men In Blue were looking to seal the series. After all, they had lost the five-match T20I series against the West Indies early this month. Meanwhile, in the game, the home team, Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl first.
On the other hand, the Asian side was looking to bat first after bowling first in the previous game. They had a good start before the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tilak Varma were caught at deep trying to play pull shots. The former got out to Craig Young while Varma got out to Barry McCarthy. At 34/2, the likes of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sanju Samson put together 71 runs for the third wicket.
While the latter scored his second T20I fifty, Samson got to 40 runs in just 26 balls. In the end, Rinku Singh (38) and Shivam Dube (22*) took the team to 185/5 at the end of the innings. McCarthy took two wickets for the Green Brigade while Young, Ben White, and Mark Adair took one each.
Ireland had no answer to India's disciplined bowling
In reply, once again, the home team lost three wickets in the powerplay. Unlike the first game, they lost two wickets in the third over. Prasidh Krishna took the wickets of Paul Stirling and Lorcan Tucker with hard-length balls. Ravi Bishnoi cleaned up Harry Tector with a googly although it was almost a half-volley.
Curtis Campher became Bishnoi's second victim trying to play a reverse sweep on a leg-stump delivery. At 65/4, the likes of George Dockrell and former skipper Andrew Balbirnie put together 52 runs for the fifth wicket. However, the team was always going away from the required run rate every over. Despite Balbirinie's fifty, the other batters failed to take the team close, losing the game by 33 runs.
This is how Twitter reacted
Gave just 1 run in the 19th over in the first game.
โ Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) August 20, 2023
Bowled a wicket maiden 20th over today! He's too good ๐๐ฝ #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/WpyWrprucT
Clinical performance ๐ณ
โ Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) August 20, 2023
A great day at the office for our #MenInBlue as they seal a series victory! ๐#PlayBold #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/Zr5wRt2lR8
Indian Premier League team won the series against Ireland
โ Ash (@Ashsay_) August 20, 2023
And there is shameless Pakistan Senior team who lost the match against the Ireland
Levels #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/ZNeiYooEiO
India beats Ireland by 33 Runs#IREvIND #INDvsIRE pic.twitter.com/ooBxDexJMr
โ RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) August 20, 2023
Reason why bumrah is unbeaten as captain of Indian cricket team#MSDhoni๐ต #IREVIND #indvire pic.twitter.com/LF9Q7rqDQy
โ X (@MSDADDIC) August 20, 2023
Crowd Chanting 'Rinku Rinku'
โ sohit (@paneerpulao) August 20, 2023
The craze of rinku >>>
I feel he is better player than hardik unique pandya !!#RinkuSingh #IndvsIRE#IREvIND #IREvsINDpic.twitter.com/99PRzFzOjn
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Shivam Dube before Rinku's back to back sixes- 8(12)
โ TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) August 20, 2023
Dube after that- 14(4), including two back to back sixes๐
This Rinku guy just doesn't betrays us, he even motivate others bright students to do that๐ก๐ค #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/5Tu4nw9LMp
Vice Captained the ship with an anchor of an inning! ๐ฅโ#IREvIND #Whistle4Blue๐ฎ๐ณ @Ruutu1331
โ Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) August 20, 2023
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Well, he wasn't wrong ๐คทโโ๏ธ
โ Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) August 20, 2023
A run out right in the nick of time ๐#PlayBold #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/pn0JsQvUOF
Jitechi re! ๐ฎ๐ณ#TeamIndia go 2-0 ๐ and seal the series! #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/SkX4WpW2N4
โ KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) August 20, 2023
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