Jasprit Bumrah won two titles in her first international cricket match in 11 months as India beat Ireland in the rain-stricken Twenty20 international tournament.
India opted to head after winning the pitch in Dublin and Bumrah, back in action from a back injury and gearing up for the World Cricket Championships in October, have won two points in the competition. opening match on the road to reach the score 2-24.
Bumrah – the first pitcher to captain India in T20 – to give Andy Balbirnie the first touchline and then toss him the next ball, before letting Lorcan Tucker take the lead in same match. Ireland were dropped to 59–6 before regrouping to 139–7 after their 20 rounds.
The away team scored 47-2 after 6.5 innings when the rain forced the players to leave the field, leading to no further play, in which India won by two DLS runs and won the match. get an early advantage in the three-game series.
Bumrah is one of three Indian pitchers to win two shuttlecocks, with foot spinner Ravi Bishnoi winning 2-23 and debutant Prasidh Krishna in 2-32. Krishna claimed Harry Tector (nine) in his opening and George Dockrell (one) in his sequel, both of which caught.
Mid-speed runner Arshdeep Singh, playing his first game for India since February 2020, knocked out Curtis Campher in 39 33-ball runs to finish the match 57 times in seven rounds against Barry McCarthy (51 does not pass).
McCarthy racked up 14 hits beating Prasidh in the 17th round and beating Singh 21 times in the final for a career-best 51 points not from 33 balls, while Shivam Dube was also beaten in the final. first appeared in India since February 2020.
Barry McCarthy scores 51 games unbeaten for Ireland as they’re crowned 139-7
Yashasvi Jaiswal hit some boundaries in the first set due to Mark Adair bowling and survived a comic run-out chance in the second, where he was last in line with Ruturaj Gaikwad before poor throws brought them down. be rewarded.
Gaikwad’s knocked McCarthy six points in the fifth inning, lifting India past DLS par, and Jaiswal scored Josh Little six in the sixth round, only to swimmer Craig Young (2- 2) knock out Jaiswal (24) and Tilak Varma in consecutive shots.
The rain prevented Young from completing his serve and hat-trick, and the game could not continue.
The second of three T20s takes place on Sunday, with the series concluding on Wednesday.
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