{"id":4299,"date":"2026-06-29T07:30:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=4299"},"modified":"2026-06-29T07:30:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:30:52","slug":"ireland-stun-india-2-0-in-t20-series-with-thrilling-one-run-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=4299","title":{"rendered":"Ireland stun India 2-0 in T20 series with thrilling one-run win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ireland beat 20-over world champions India 2-0 in their two-match T20 bilateral series, as they secured a thrilling one-run win over \u200bthe white-ball heavyweights on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ireland\u2019s Jai Moondra and Matt Hollard dismantled the \u200cIndian batting line-up with three-wicket hauls as the visitors could only manage 153-9 after Ireland, put in to bat, posted 154-8 on a rain-disrupted afternoon in Belfast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hosts, who earned \u200btheir first-ever victory over India on Friday, handed the visitors their first T20 series \u200bdefeat since 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI challenged the lads the other day to \u2060show the world that (the first win) wasn\u2019t a one-off,\u201d said Ireland captain Lorcan \u200bTucker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have a lot of lads with very few caps but they showed great \u200bcharacter\u2026 it is a great time to be a professional cricketer in Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ireland made a shaky start as their openers fell in the first three overs and Prince Yadav (3-22) making \u200bhis T20 debut for India, helped restrict the flow of runs in the \u200bfirst half of the innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Harry Tector (53) and Ben Calitz (37) helped Ireland recover and post a \u200ccompetitive \u2060total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In reply, player-of-the-series Moondra (3-32) dismissed Indian openers Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma in the very first over, and bowled captain Shreyas Iyer in the third over, leaving India reeling at 19-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tilak Varma\u2019s fighting knock of 55 kept India in the \u200bhunt, but Hollard (3-26) \u200bgot him caught \u2060by wicketkeeper Tucker, dealing a crucial blow to the visitors\u2019 hopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Harshit Rana (21 off 10 balls) got the visitors close, \u200band they needed eight runs to win from the last \u200btwo balls. \u2060But Rana was caught trying to hit Tector for a six off the penultimate delivery to seal Ireland\u2019s win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKudos to (Ireland), the way they played. Showed professionalism, they had \u2060a tremendous \u200bidea of how the wicket was going to \u200bplay,\u201d Iyer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India will next visit England for a five-match T20 series starting July 1, followed by three \u200b50-over matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland beat 20-over world champions India 2-0 in their two-match T20 bilateral series, as they secured a thrilling one-run win over \u200bthe white-ball heavyweights on..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-122955-1.png",819,401,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-122955-1-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-122955-1-300x147.png",300,147,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-122955-1-768x376.png",768,376,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-122955-1.png",819,401,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-122955-1.png",819,401,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-29-122955-1.png",819,401,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Sports<\/a>","tag_info":"Sports","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4301,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4299\/revisions\/4301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}