After a clinical and comprehensive display of cricketing prowess from the Indian cricket team, Jasprit Bumrah and co. have sealed off the series in fine fashion. Ireland did try their best but they couldn’t match up to the prowess of the Indians in this IRE vs IND T20I series thus far.
Despite India fielding a young side in this series, the gulf between the two sides has been clearly visible. The likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Rinku Singh, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Prasidh Krishna performed exceedingly well in this game to help India take the story of the series to 2-0 in favour of India.
The 2nd IRE vs IND T20I at The Village in Dublin was a high-scoring affair but it was India who kept their cool and won the game. Rinku Singh batted for the first time in international cricket and showed everyone as to why he is rated so highly.
In this article, we take a look at the top 3 talking points after the 2nd IRE vs IND T20I at The Village in Dublin:
1. Rinku Singh’s spectacular innings
Towards the end of the 1st innings, Rinku Singh activated his beast mode and powered India to a big total. Singh smashed 3 sixes in this T20I and was effortless in his batting approach. He took the Irish pacers to the cleaners and was sublime in his timing.
Singh was a major force to reckon with in the middle-order for India and smashed 38 runs in 21 deliveries. His innings was essentially the deciding factor in this game and he rightfully was awarded the player of the match.
2. Jasprit Bumrah continues his impressive bowling
The Indian skipper once again hogged the limelight with his economical bowling. He logged bowling figures of 2/15 in his quota of 4 overs. Jasprit Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers for India and helped the team defend the total.
Bumrah also had 2 wickets in his kitty and his scalps included Mark Adair and Barry McCarthy. The Indian skipper has so far taken 4 wickets in his comeback series and would be pretty happy with his performances.
3. Andrew Balbirnie’s fiery innings went in vain
Opening the batting for Ireland, Andrew Balbirnie gave a glimmer of hope to Ireland during the run-chase. The 32-year-old cricketer smashed 72 runs in 51 deliveries and his innings was packed with 5 fours and 4 sixes.
Balbirnie had a stupendous strike-rate of 141.18 and held the fort from one end for Ireland. But he lacked support from the other end and ultimately had to be on the losing side.
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