Ireland were defeated by team India in the first T20I clash which was played in Dublin. The match was initially delayed by rain and was further played with reduction of 8 overs each side. The 12-over innings of the hosts ended at 108 runs with the help of Harry Trector, who scored 64 runs against the Indian pace attack which consisted Umran Malik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and Avesh Khan. The spin unit had Axar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal too. Skipper Hardik bowled 2 overs, taking the wicket of opening batsman Stirling. Hardik Pandya became the first Indian captain to have claim a wicket in the format of T20Is.
With India now leading by 1-0 in the two match bilateral series against Ireland, the youngsters might get a chance to debut under Hardik Pandya’s captaincy and Laxman’s guidance.
Talking about the opening magic of Deepak Hooda, it is hard to say whether team India will take another chance of sending everyone one place up or might give chance to Rahul Tripathi.
Ishan Kishan will be the constant opening batsman as of now, in the series.
Ruturaj is least likely to be the part of the final T20I game as the niggle caused his absence in the batting unit yesterday but was not impacted after Deepak Hooda fired a match winning knock.
Suryakumar Yadav is making his comeback after a long time and might player another game with Hardik Pandya being the constant captain.
Venkatesh Iyer was benched since the first game against South Africa and shall be tried again after “Pandya’s magic” takes over his position of an all-rounder hitting batsman.
Dinesh Karthik is making a magical comeback and shall continue to do so with Bhuvneshwar Kumar being the vice captain of this series.
Talking about Umran Malik, the young gunner was handed only one over in his debut and the unfortunate debut went in vain as he conceded 14 runs in the only over he was offered to bowl.
Arshdeep Singh might get a chance to debut after Umran’s arrival in the blues, and is likely to replace Avesh Khan for rotation of squad purposes.
Yuzvendra Chahal might be seen benched as Ravi Bishnoi shall be offered a chance tomorrow.
Probable Playing XI: Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Venkatesh Iyer, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi
