First T20 match India vs Ireland - Preview

Ahead of the two-month long tour of England, a short trip to Ireland is like much-needed acclimatisation for Team India to play two T20I match bilateral series in Ireland. Before to going to play five Test match series against England, this two T20 and limited over (3 T20I and 3 ODI) series will help Man in Blue to use-to the English overcast conditions.

The main aim of Indian limited-overs cricketers to prover their credentials to play in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 which will schedule to be held in England & Wales in next year. Some regulars Indian Test player who is part of the limited over squad on this tour will looking to give some sine of their swords before the challenging Test series.

From the Ireland's point of view, they will host India only second time in the history of International Cricket and first time in the history of T20I series. They earlier hosted Pakistan on their Test debut match and the Irish looking to prove that they aren't pushovers in this two matches T20 series against Indian Cricket Team.

Match: India vs Ireland, First T20

When: Wed, 27 June

Timing: 8:30 PM IST (4:00 PM Local)

Stadium: The Village, Dublin

Pitch Report: Dublin will host any international match after the 3 year. Last game here played between Afghanistan and Hong Kong in the World T20 Qualifier in July 2015 and the average score on this pitch is 162 runs. The pitch could be drier then usual.

Did you know?

• The first match against Ireland will be India's 100th T20 International match.
• Ireland will play their first bilateral T20I series against Indian Cricket Team and second T20I international match after the first played in 2009 ICC World T20 in South Africa where India won by 8 wickets.
• Virat Kohli will become fastest player to complete 2000 runs in International T20 match to brake the McCullum's record to complete in 64 matches. He need only 17 run to reach on another millstone to become first Indian player and overall third player.
• If Umesh Yadav will makes her spot in plying XI, it will their first T20I match after missing 67 T20 for her nation (fourth most missed by any player and highest by any Indian player). He played her last T20 game in Aug 2012.

Squads:

India: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wick), Hardik Panda, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav.

Ireland: Gary Wilson (c), Andrew Balbirnie, Peter Chase, George Dockrell, Joshua Little, Andy McBrine, Kevin O'Brien, William Porterfield, Stuart Poynter, Boyd Rankin, James Shannon, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson.