Match 1
Venue: The Village, Dublin
Date: 26.06.2022
Time: 9:00 PM
Result: India won by 7 wickets.
Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal ( India)
India vs. Ireland : The Indian team was all set to take over Ireland. Hardik Pandya was first time captain for India, and Ireland, under the captaincy of Andy Balbirnie, were all set to play with India. India won the toss and decided to bowl first. All eyes were on the speed master, Umran Malik, as, after a long wait, he was ready to make his debut for team India. It started raining, and his wait became longer and longer. Then the good news came that the match was about to be played but it was reduced to 12 overs each side. Paul Stirling and their skipper, Andy Balbirine, were all set to open the innings for Ireland, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the most experienced player in the side, was all set to start the proceedings for India. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the wicket in his own first over and gave India a very good start. Hardik Pandya was having a dream run with the ball too; he took a wicket and the Indians were proving to be too good for Ireland on that day. Ireland were not able to handle the pressure and were losing regular wickets. Harry Tector was looking as if he was batting on some different pitch and he just hammered Umran Malik to all parts of the ground. Meanwhile, Harry Tector completed his half century. Thanks to Tector’s innings, Ireland managed to score 108 runs.
Deepak Hooda and Ishan Kishan came as openers from the Indian side. Ishan Kishan was looking in good touch and was hitting the ball to all parts of the ground, thereby providing a good start to India. Just when Ishan Kishan was looking to dominate the innings, he got out, and the next ball, Surya Kumar Yadav got out, and gave Ireland an inside chance of winning the match after two back to back wickets. Hardik Pandya and Deepak Hooda steadied the ship for India and Deepak Hooda ensured India won the match without any further hiccups and he carried the team till the end and made an unbeaten 47 match winning innings in this rain curtailed match and indians were 1 up in this series.
| Award | Player |
| Player of the match | Yuzvendra Chahal ( India) |
| Promising player of the match | Harry Tector ( Ireland) |
| Super 6’s | Hardik Pandya ( India) |
| most valuable player of the match. | Harry Tector ( Ireland) |
Match 2
Venue: The Village, Dublin
Date: 28.06.2022
Time: 9:00 PM
Result: India won by 4 runs.
Player of the match: Deepak Hooda (India)
India vs. Ireland : Ireland, under the captaincy of Andy Balbirnie, wanted to win this match to level the series, and India, under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, wanted to win this match to win the series. It was a high scoring match. Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bat first after having a reduced game of 12 overs in the last match. This game was expected to have a full twenty overs. The Indian team had Sanju Samson, Harshal Patel, and Ravi Bishonai being given an opportunity to play. Sanju Samson was looking in great touch. But the Indians lost their dependable Ishan Kishan early. But Sanju Samson and Deepak Hooda were playing some good cricket and smashing the ball to all parts of the ground. Deepak Hooda survived a close call for LBW and then it was just history. Deepak Hooda completed his half century. There was a 100 run partnership between Sanju Samson and Deepak Hooda and both were looking as if they would not get out. Sanju Samson completed his half century. Mark Adair produced a beautiful ball and Sanju Samson was clean bowled. He scored 77 runs, but the platform was set for India.
Meanwhile, Deepak Hooda scored a century. Surya Kumar Yadav played a quick fire innings of 15 runs in 5 balls and, in order to up the ante, he got out. Even Deepak Hooda got out, and after back to back wickets, there was pressure on India. But he scored a brilliant century for India.
It was very rare to see DK get out cheaply. Even Axar Patel got out, and the Indians had a flurry of wickets. Hardik Pandya being the only exception, the Indians managed to post a massive total on the board of 227 runs. If Ireland wanted to win, they needed a magical innings to win. Ireland started the chase on a high with smashing the ball to all parts of the ground. Ravi Bishoni took the wicket of Paul Sterling, and the match was evenly poised. Some excellent fielding by the Indian skipper, Hardik Pandya, resulted in an unfortunate runout for Ireland. The Ireland captain, Andy Balbirnie, completed his half century. It was Harshal Patel who took the all important wicket of Andy Balbirnie. Then Umran Malik got his first wicket for India. Ireland , and Indian teams were both looking to win. The pendulum was swinging from one team to another. In the last over, 17 runs were required and Captain Hardik Pandya handed over the ball to Umran Malik . He started with a dot ball. Now 17 runs were required from 5 balls. And one more dot ball. But it was a no ball and here you go, bonus for Ireland. One run and a free hit. And yet Ireland hit four. As a result, the equation was down to 12 runs required from 4 balls. The next ball was also smashed for 4 runs, and now the equation was looking in Ireland’s favor as they required only 8 runs from 3 balls. Then a single was scored, and the equation was 7 runs from 2 balls. Then Ireland took a quick single and then the equation was down to one ball and six runs. Umran Malik, in his second game, bowled the most important ball for India, which would be the series decider for India. In the last ball, Ireland managed to score only 2 runs and India won the match by 4 runs and the series also.
| Award | Player |
| Player of the match | Deepak Hooda ( India) |
| Promising player of the match | Mark Aidar ( Ireland) |
| Super 6’s | Andy Balbirnie ( Ireland) |
| most valuable player of the match. | Deepak Hooda ( India) |
series awards:
| Award | Player |
| Multibagger of the Series | Deepak Hooda ( India) |
| The Player of the Series | Deepak Hooda ( India) |
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