IND vs IRE T20 World Cup 2024: India has crushed Ireland by 8 wickets. Team India has started its campaign with a win in the T20 World Cup 2024 on the strength of an excellent partnership between Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant after Virat Kohli was dismissed early. Rohit Sharma played an innings of 52 runs in 37 balls in this match, but he left the field without getting out due to shoulder pain. Ireland, playing first, were reduced to a score of 96 runs, for which Gareth Delany scored the most runs. Delany scored 26 runs in 14 balls. At the same time, when the Indian team came to chase the target, it registered its first win in the World Cup with 10 overs remaining.
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The Indian team, which came out to chase the target of 97 runs, had a great start as the team scored 22 runs in just 2 overs. But on the fourth ball of the third over, Virat Kohli got out while trying to play a big shot, Kohli could score only 1 run. After Kohli’s dismissal, although no wicket of India fell in the powerplay overs, the movement of the ball kept Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma in trouble. In the first 6 overs, the team scored 39 runs at the loss of one wicket. Meanwhile, in the 9th over, the ‘Hitman’ created a stir by hitting 2 huge sixes and he completed his fifty in 36 balls. In 10 overs, India scored 76 runs after losing 1 wicket and the team still needed 21 runs in 60 balls. Meanwhile, before the start of the 11th over, Rohit Sharma retired hurt due to shoulder pain and returned to the dugout. Surya Kumar Yadav got out early in an attempt to finish the match, but Rishabh Pant hit a six in the 13th over to ensure India’s win by 8 wickets.
Virat Kohli’s special record
Virat Kohli may have been out after scoring just one run in the match against Ireland, but he has maintained his historic streak. It is a surprising fact that Virat Kohli has not been out on a score of zero in the T20 World Cup till date. But it is certain that till date no innings of Kohli in the World Cup has ended below 2 runs, so Ireland has also become the team to dismiss him on the lowest score in the history of T20 World Cup.
India never lost to Ireland
In the history of T20 cricket, the first match between Ireland and India was played in the year 2009. Till date, 7 T20 matches have been played between the two teams, in which the Indian team has been victorious every time. This was the first time when India and Ireland were facing each other in the T20 World Cup and this time also India has won under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. India’s record in T20 matches against Ireland has become 8-0.
India’s playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj
Ireland Playing XI:
Paul Stirling (captain), Andrew Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker, Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little, Benjamin White
Rohit Sharma broke Dhoni’s big record: Became India’s most successful T20 captain
Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma created history in his very first match of T20 World Cup 2024. Rohit has become India’s most successful captain in T20 International cricket. During this, he broke the years old record of the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Rohit achieved this feat in the match against Ireland. India started their campaign in the T20 World Cup with a bang by defeating Ireland by 8 wickets. Rohit has been playing in the T20 World Cup since the first edition in 2007 and is also playing in the 9th consecutive season. This may possibly be Rohit Sharma’s last T20 World Cup.
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team registered its 43rd win in a T20 International match. Rohit achieved this feat in 55 matches. MS Dhoni has 42 wins in 72 matches. Pakistan captain Babar Azam holds the record for the most wins overall as a captain in T20 International cricket. Babar is number one with 45 wins, while Uganda’s Brian Masaba and former England captain Eoin Morgan are second and third with 44 wins. Rohit has reached number four in this list.
