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Dinesh Karthik, Deepak Hooda (Image Credit ; Twitter)
The first T20 between Ireland and India didn't start well as it was interrupted by rain. The rain arrived after the toss when the stand-in India skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl first. The game couldn't start on time as it was delayed for a little less than two hours.
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Finally, when the rain went away, it was decided that the game will be played with 12-over-per-side. Three bowlers were allowed to bowl two overs each and two bowlers can bowl three. The powerplay was for the first four overs. The Men In Blue had a great start with the ball. Bhuvneshwar Kumar cleaned up opposition skipper Andrew Balbirnie (0) in the first over.
Paul Stirling followed in the next over as he was caught at mid-off by Deepak Hooda off Pandya. Gareth Delany struggled during his nine-ball eight before he was caught behind by Dinesh Karthik off Avesh Khan. At 22/3, the hosts were in deep trouble. However, they were able to pull themselves up, thanks to Harry Tector's unbeaten 64 off 33 balls. He took the team's total to 108/4.
Logan Tucker (18) also played a handy cameo. For the visitors, Pandya, Kumar, Khan and Yuzvendra Chahal took one wicket each. In reply, the Hardik Pandya-led side had a great start as Ishan Kishan and Deepak Hooda stitched a 30-run partnership in just 2.4 overs. However, Kishan was clean up by Craig Young after playing a great 11-ball 26-run cameo. The very next ball, Yadav was trapped lbw.
Meanwhile, Hooda (47*) and Pandya (24) ensured that India would win easily after adding 64 runs for the third wicket. The latter was trapped lbw by Josh Little. The visitors chased down the target in just 9.2 overs and won by seven wickets.
This is how Twitter reacted:
Dabang @HoodaOnFire has been a revolution in last one year or so. He has Batted at number 1 ,3,4,5,6 in last one year or so & batted in style. Easy win for Team India ๐ฎ๐ณ #INDvsIRE
โ Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) June 26, 2022
Worth staying up late!
โ KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) June 26, 2022
๐ฎ๐ณ #TeamIndia win with 16 balls to spare ๐
PS: What excuse are you giving to your boss for coming late on Monday morning ๐#IREvIND
Deepak Hooda, Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya all among the runs as India chase down 109 under 10 overs ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ#India #TeamIndia #IREvIND #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/VhqsCUsHxC
โ Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) June 26, 2022
Taking Ireland by a ๐ฅ! First one in the bag! ๐ฅณ#IREvIND #Yellove #WhistlePodu ๐ฆ๐ ๐ธ : @BCCI pic.twitter.com/obiAeh2dZr
โ Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) June 26, 2022
And that is Hardik's first win as captain on the back of a brilliant chase by #TeamIndia ๐ฎ๐ณ#IREvIND
โ Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) June 26, 2022
A superb 33-ball knock from Irelandโs Harry Tector ๐ ๐
โ ICC (@ICC) June 26, 2022
The home side reached 108/4 from their 12 overs.#IREvIND pic.twitter.com/lwriwU9OX4
Led by Deepak Hooda and Hardik Pandya India beat Ireland by 7 wickets despite Henry Tectorโs resistance to win 1stย T20I https://t.co/uLpsJ2XdVw
โ BLOGSPOTE.IN (@DharmrajParmar5) June 26, 2022
It's good to bowl Test match line and length#INDvsIRE pic.twitter.com/RYYuGr8Hfj
โ All About Cricket (@AllAboutCricke8) June 26, 2022
Congratulations ๐#UmranMalik for team india debut ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐งข#INDvsIRE @BCCI #UmranMalik pic.twitter.com/trmco35gML
โ Mohd Asad (@MohdAsadNews1) June 26, 2022