India vs Ireland T20I Series: After finishing the tour of West Indies, the Indian team will leave for the tour of Ireland where the team will play T20 series of 3 matches. The first match of this tour will be played on 18 August. Where the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had already announced the team for this series. At the same time, the host Ireland has also announced a 15-member team, whose captaincy has been handed over to Paul Sterling.
Ireland’s team has already qualified for the T20 World Cup to be hosted by West Indies and America next year. In this series, the team will play keeping the World Cup in mind. Many senior players have been rested in the Indian team as well.
Ireland squad for T20 series against India
Paul Stirling (c), Andrew Balbirnie, Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Fionn Hand, Joshua Little, Barry McCarthy, Harry Tector, Lorken Tucker, Theo van Voorkom, Ben White, Craig Young.
Indian team will play under the captaincy of Jasprit Bumrah
For this 3-match T20 series, the Indian team will be captained by Jasprit Bumrah, who is about to return to the field after a long time after fully recovering from his back injury. Apart from this, Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma have also been included in Team India for this T20 series.
See the Indian team here
Jasprit Bumrah (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (Vice-Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (Wicketkeeper), Jitesh Sharma (Wicketkeeper), Shivam Dubey, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Famous Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan.
See full schedule here
1st T20 – August 18, Dublin, 7:30 PM IST
2nd T20 – August 20, Dublin, 7:30 pm IST
3rd T20 – August 23, Dublin, 7:30 PM IST
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