IND vs IRE: Team India created history by defeating Ireland, beat Pakistan team in this record
The 8th match of T20 World Cup 2024 was played between India and Ireland teams at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. Team India started the tournament by winning this match. This victory is very special for Team India. With this victory, Team India has defeated Pakistan team in a special record. This match was in the name of Indian bowlers. At the same time, captain Rohit Sharma played a brilliant captaincy.
Team India created history by defeating Ireland
Team India won the match played against Ireland by 8 wickets. This is Team India’s 29th win in T20 World Cup. With this, Team India has surpassed Pakistan in terms of winning the most matches in T20 World Cup. Pakistan’s team also has 28 wins in T20 World Cup. In such a situation, Team India has now gone ahead of Pakistan. It is worth mentioning that now only Sri Lanka’s team is ahead of India in this list. It has 31 wins to its name.
Teams with most wins in T20 World Cup
Sri Lanka – 31 wins
India – 29 wins
Pakistan – 28 wins
Australia – 25 wins
South Africa – 25 wins
This match was in the name of Indian bowlers
Team India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be correct. Indian bowlers bowled out Ireland for 96 runs in 16 overs. During this, Hardik Pandya gave only 27 runs in 4 overs and took 3 wickets. Arshdeep Singh and Jaspreet Bumrah took 2-2 wickets each. On the other hand, Akshar Patel and Mohammad Siraj took one wicket each.
Target chased at the loss of 2 wickets
Team India achieved the target of 97 runs in 12.2 overs at the loss of 2 wickets. Rohit Sharma played an innings of 52 runs in 32 balls. During this, he hit 4 fours and 3 sixes, but he retired hurt and returned to the pavilion. At the same time, Rishabh Pant played an unbeaten innings of 36 runs. On the other hand, Virat Kohli could score only 1 run and Suryakumar Yadav was out after scoring 2 runs.