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India vs Ireland 2026 1st T20I Full Commentary
Result · Jun 26 2026, Fri - 06:00 PM (IST)
IRELAND182/9
INDIA148
Ireland won by 34 runs
CRR:7.86
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OUT! Run Out. Axar Patel to Matthew Humphreys. Stock length ball, wide outside off stump down the track Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long off for 1 run, fielded by Varma, by Samson. That's it! Ireland have posted a competitive total on the board. Lorcan Tucker led the charge with a responsible and impressive 50 off 36 deliveries, while Gareth Delany provided valuable support with a well-crafted 49, helping Ireland recover and finish strongly. For India, Harshit Rana was the standout performer with the ball, claiming three wickets. Axar Patel and Arshdeep Singh chipped in with two wickets each. Stay tuned as we return shortly for the run chase!
Axar Patel to Jai Moondra. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, Played to deep point for 1 run, mis-fielded by Rana.
Axar Patel to Matthew Humphreys. Stock length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot sweeping, Played to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Kishan.
Axar Patel to Matthew Humphreys. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, missed for no runs, fielded by Samson.
Axar Patel to Jai Moondra. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot slog sweeping, mis-timed to mid on for 1 run.
OUT! Caught. Axar Patel to Liam McCarthy. Stock length ball, down leg side on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on, caught by Varma. In the air and taken.
OUT! Caught. Arshdeep Singh to Gareth Delany. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot flick, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep backward square leg, caught by Patel. A fine knock comes to an end.
Arshdeep Singh to Gareth Delany. Reverse Swing-In full toss, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed to long on for 2 runs, shy attempt by Iyer.
Arshdeep Singh to Liam McCarthy. Reverse Swing-In half volley, outside off stump on the back foot driving, thick edge in the air uncontrolled to short third man for 1 run, fielded by Dube.
FOUR! Arshdeep Singh to Liam McCarthy. Off cutter short, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed in the air under control past deep backward point for 4 runs.
Arshdeep Singh to Gareth Delany. Off cutter yorker, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, Played to cover for 1 run, fielded by Rana.
Arshdeep Singh to Gareth Delany. Reverse Swing-In full toss, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on for 2 runs, fielded by Iyer.
Axar Patel to Gareth Delany. Quicker length ball, wide outside off stump on the back foot driving, Played to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Dube.
Axar Patel to Gareth Delany. Quicker length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, Played back to bowler for no runs.
Axar Patel to Gareth Delany. Stock length ball, wide outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed to silly point for no runs, mis-fielded by Samson.
APPEAL! Axar Patel to Liam McCarthy. Stock length ball, down leg side on the front foot reverse sweeping, hit pad to short fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Singh, appeal made for L.B.W. The umpire signalled it as a leg bye.
Axar Patel to Liam McCarthy. Stock ball half volley, middle stump on the front foot slog sweeping, mis-timed to deep square leg for 2 runs, fielded by Krishna.
OUT! Caught. Axar Patel to George Dockrell. Stock ball half volley, wide outside off stump backing away Slog, thick edge in the air uncontrolled to short third man, caught by Singh. Arshdeep makes no mistake.
SIX! Prasidh Krishna to Gareth Delany. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, well timed in the air under control over long on for 6 runs. Hatrick of sixes!
SIX! Prasidh Krishna to Gareth Delany. Off cutter half volley, outside off stump on the back foot Slog, well timed in the air under control over long off for 6 runs.
SIX! Prasidh Krishna to Gareth Delany. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control over fine leg for 6 runs.
FOUR! Prasidh Krishna to Gareth Delany. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control past long off for 4 runs.
Prasidh Krishna to George Dockrell. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Varma.
FOUR! Prasidh Krishna to George Dockrell. Reverse Swing-In half volley, middle stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control past long off for 4 runs.
Washington Sundar to George Dockrell. Quicker length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, Played to extra cover for 1 run, shy attempt by Patel.
Washington Sundar to Gareth Delany. Quicker length ball, wide outside off stump on the back foot driving, Played to long off for 1 run, fielded by Varma.
FOUR! Washington Sundar to Gareth Delany. Quicker length ball, wide outside off stump backing away cutting, top edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs.
Washington Sundar to George Dockrell. Quicker length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Dube.
FREE HIT. FOUR! Washington Sundar to George Dockrell. Quicker length ball, middle stump on the front foot Slog, well timed in the air under control past deep backward square leg for 4 runs.
FREE HIT. Wide Washington Sundar to George Dockrell. Quicker ball half volley, wide outside off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, missed for 1 run, fielded by Samson.
OUT! Caught. Matthew Humphreys to Arshdeep Singh. Quicker length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on, caught by Tector. A historic day for Ireland as they beat India for the first time, the visitors bowled out 34 runs short of the target. Abhiskek Sharma got the run chase off to a flyer as he smashed 49 off just 20 balls, but once he departed, the visitors lost wickets at regular intervals with no-one able to make a sizeable contribution as the Irish bowlers got on top. Debutants Matthew Holland and Jai Moondra both impressed, sharing five wickets whilst Matthew Humphreys also took three, as Ireland kept taking wickets and in the end closed out a comfortable victory to shock India in the first of this two match series. Matthew Hollard is the Player of the Match.
Matthew Humphreys to Arshdeep Singh. Quicker length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot Slog, missed for no runs, fielded by Tucker.
Matthew Humphreys to Prasidh Krishna. Quicker length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, Played to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Dockrell.
Matthew Humphreys to Prasidh Krishna. Quicker length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, Played to short third man for no runs, fielded by McCarthy.
OUT! Caught. Matthew Humphreys to Harshit Rana. Quicker length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep mid wicket, caught by Calitz. Taken comfortably in the deep.
Jai Moondra to Harshit Rana. Length ball, down leg side on the back foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on for 1 run, dropped catch by Tector.
Wide Jai Moondra to Harshit Rana. Bouncer, down leg side ducked Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Tucker.
Jai Moondra to Harshit Rana. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Tucker.
Jai Moondra to Harshit Rana. Back of a length, to leg on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Tucker.
SIX! Jai Moondra to Harshit Rana. Off cutter length ball, down leg side on the back foot Slog, well timed in the air under control over long on for 6 runs.
Jai Moondra to Harshit Rana. Back of a length, to leg on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Tucker.
Jai Moondra to Arshdeep Singh. Reverse Swing-In length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, Played in the air under control to mid off for 1 run, mis-fielded by Adair.
Gareth Delany to Arshdeep Singh. Leg spinner full toss, outside off stump on the front foot driving, Played in the air under control to mid off for 1 run, fielded by Tector.
OUT! Caught. Gareth Delany to Axar Patel. Googly half volley, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on, caught by Tector. Eight wickets down for India.
Gareth Delany to Harshit Rana. Leg spinner half volley, outside off stump on the back foot driving, mis-timed to backward point for 1 run, fielded by Adair.
Gareth Delany to Harshit Rana. Leg spinner half volley, middle stump on the front foot driving, Played to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Adair.
Gareth Delany to Harshit Rana. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, Played to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Adair.
Gareth Delany to Axar Patel. Leg spinner short, wide down leg side on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long off for 1 run, fielded by Tector.
OUT! Caught & Bowled. Jai Moondra to Shivam Dube. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to silly mid off, caught by Moondra. Another wicket falls.
Wide Jai Moondra to Shivam Dube. Short, wide outside off stump on the back foot Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Tucker.
Jai Moondra to Axar Patel. Back of a length, wide outside off stump on the back foot pulling, Played in the air under control to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Calitz.
Jai Moondra to Shivam Dube. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, Played in the air under control to deep square leg for 1 run, run save by Delany.
Jai Moondra to Axar Patel. Length ball, outside off stump down the track driving, mis-timed to mid off for 1 run, fielded by Adair.
Jai Moondra to Axar Patel. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Tucker.
Jai Moondra to Axar Patel. Reverse Swing-In half volley, outside off stump on the front foot flick, Played in the air under control to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, run save by Calitz, fielded by Delany.
SIX! Matthew Humphreys to Shivam Dube. Stock ball half volley, wide outside off stump on the front foot Slog, well timed in the air under control over long on for 6 runs.
Matthew Humphreys to Axar Patel. Quicker ball back of a length, wide outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Tector.
Matthew Humphreys to Shivam Dube. Quicker length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, Played to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Tector.
Matthew Humphreys to Axar Patel. Quicker ball half volley, wide outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to silly mid off for 1 run, dropped catch by Humphreys. There is a pause in play as Humphreys needs some medical attention.
Wide Matthew Humphreys to Axar Patel. Quicker length ball, outside off stump on the back foot glancing, Missed (Leg Side) for 1 run, fielded by Tucker.