India won their opening match of the T20 World Cup 2024, thumping Ireland by eight wickets. Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to field, as the Indian bowlers united to bowl out Ireland for a meagre total of 96.
The best bowler was Hardik Pandya (3 for 27), who claimed three wickets, followed by Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah, who each claimed two wickets. Axar Patel and Mohammed Siraj each claimed a wicket in the interim.
India was in control of the chase thanks to Rohit’s 52 off 37, and they eventually made it home in 12.2 overs. After getting hurt during batting, Rohit was forced to retire.
IND vs IRE LIVE Score Updates, T20 World Cup 2024: Check India’s full scorecard here
| India Inning 97-2 (12.2 ov) CRR:7.86 | ||||||||||||||||
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||||||||||
| Rohit Sharma (C) | Retired hurt | 52 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 140.54 | ||||||||||
| Virat Kohli | c BC White b MR Adair | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Rishabh Pant (WK) | Not out | 36 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 138.46 | ||||||||||
| Suryakumar Yadav | c G Dockrell b BC White | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Shivam Dube | Not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Extras | 6 (b 0, Ib 0, w 6, nb 0, p 0) | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 97 (2 wkts, 12.2 Ov) | |||||||||||||||
| Did not Bat | Hardik Pandya,Ravindra Jadeja,Axar Patel,Jasprit Bumrah,Arshdeep Singh,Mohammed Siraj | |||||||||||||||
| Fall of Wickets | ||||||||||||||||
| 22-1(Virat Kohli 2.4),91-2(Suryakumar Yadav 11.4) | ||||||||||||||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO | |||||||||
| Mark Adair | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6.75 | |||||||||
| Josh Little | 4 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10.5 | |||||||||
| Barry McCarthy | 2.2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | |||||||||
| Curtis Campher | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Ben White | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
- Six!! Rishabh Pant borrowed a leaf out of MS Dhoni’s style of play and finished the game with a memorable six. India won by eight wickets.
- Over Summary: 1 4 1 W 0 0; IND 91/2 after 12 overs
- Shivam Dube (0), Rishabh Pant (25); Benjamin White 1-0-6-1
- Shivam Dube comes out to bat and plays just a single.
- Four!! Tossed up and outside off. Rishabh Pant would not let such easy opportunities get away as he helps himself to a four.
- Wicket!!b Would you believe it? Surya, just when India was about to cross the line, gets caught off a leg spinner. India are two down and need five more runs to win.
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