Ireland gave India a run for their money despite a challenging visitors total of 225/7 in the second T20I at Malahide Cricket Club in Dublin. Showing bravery in his batting Andy BalbirnieThe led team pushed the match to the last ball, but fell four runs short. with George Dockrell And Mark Adair Both in explosive mood, India captain Hardik Pandya turned to young fast bowler Umran MalikFor the final over, playing its second game for the country, Ireland needed 17 runs.
Umran got off to a good start and beat Adair for pace and took a dot off his first delivery. He beat Adair again on his next ball, but was again penalized for overstepping.
The free hit was smashed through cover for a boundary and Adair then hit another boundary that came off a rough outside edge.
The equation suddenly fell to eight runs off three balls, and Ireland’s pace.
However, Umran held his nerve to concede only three runs in the next three balls and seal a 4-run win for India.
Hardik Pandya revealed after the match why he turned to Umran for the last over.
“I was trying to keep all the pressure out of my equation. I wanted to be in the present and I backed Umran. He has the pace, it’s always tough to score 18 runs with his pace,” he added.
Earlier, for the first international century Deepak Hooda And Sanju SamsonHis innings of 77 runs in 42 balls took India to a total of 225/7.
The duo shared a 176-run partnership, the highest ever T20 partnership for India and the highest ever for the second wicket in men’s T20Is.
Although, Paul Stirling He started Ireland’s comeback by scoring 40 runs in 18 balls. After this Balbirnie scored 60 runs for 37 runs.
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Harry Tector Taking 39 off 28 before Dockrell (34* off 16) and Adair (23* off 12) extended their form from the first T20I to take Ireland almost over the line for a famous victory .
With this win, India won the series 2-0.
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