आयरलैंड vs भारत, दूसरा टी-20, सिविल सर्विस क्रिकेट क्लब, स्टोर्मोंट, बेलफास्ट, 28 June 2026 - लाइव कमेंट्री

Wide! Fires in a wide yorker but he flirts with the tramline. Singh flashes but fails to connect. The ball parries away down the strip off the keeper's gloves. Arshdeep wants to sneak in a run but he is sent back.

Shorter, on the off stump. Arshdeep swipes it away to deep square leg for one. 18 needed off 5.

NO BALL! Oh, dear! Harry Tector gets it all wrong. Tector tries to fire it across the right-hander from around the wicket but ends up serving a chest-high full toss. Rana does well to drag it away wide of deep mid-wicket and comes back for the second run. Free Hit coming up.

FOUR! Not where Rana intended it to go, but he won't mind one bit. Tector gets the execution right in terms of the yorker, around off. Rana hangs deep and swings hard at it. The ball takes the inside edge and goes through the legs of the keeper. The short third fielder gives chase but in vain. 11 needed off 4.

Very full, almost in the blockhole, on off. Rana powers the drive to long on and takes a single. 10 required off 3.

Wide! Pushed down leg, on a length. Arshdeep misses out on the tickle. Lorcan Tucker moves to his right to gather the ball before whipping the bails off. Nothing more than a polite enquiry, but the umpires want to be sure.  The third umpire is called into action. The replays find Arshdeep to be safe with his back leg grounded inside the crease at the time the bails came off.

Shorter and on middle. Arshdeep stays back and whips it through mid-wicket for a single. 8 required off 2 balls.

OUT! CAUGHT! The Tector brothers combine to land the final nail in the coffin. Harshit Rana will be mighty disappointed having missed out on putting this away. Tector goes searching for the yorker but ends up serving a full toss, across off. Rana swings to go down the ground but does not get hold of it. Holes out to long on, where Tim Tector makes no mistake. 8 needed off the final ball, and all Harry Tector needs to do is bowl a legal ball now.

SIX! Prince Yadav clears the ropes, but it will not matter. The celebrations start for Ireland as they have taken down the world champions twice in 3 days. Ireland inflict a 2-0 clean sweep over India. Nearly a yorker by Harry, on middle. Prince collapses his back knee and gets under the ball. Thumps it back over the bowler's head for a flat six.

On a hard length, on off. Rana opens the bat face and steers it to short third, where the fielder gets his body behind the ball to make the stop. Just a single.

On the off stump, on a back of a length. Arshdeep backs away and swings it down to long on for one.

FOUR! Powered away. A bit fuller and Moondra offers width. Harshit hangs back, extends his hands and slams it past extra cover for a boundary.

SIX! That has gone back a long way. The equation comes down to 22 needed off 8. Moondra bangs it into the wicket, but the height does not trouble the batter. It comes just above the waist, around off. Rana presses back and flat bats it over long on for an 89-metre hit.

A bye sneaked in. Rolls his fingers over the ball, on a back of a length, on middle. Rana looks to turn it away on the leg side but is beaten on the inside edge. The ball bounces in front of the keeper, Lorcan Tucker, who gets his body behind the ball. It deflects away to his left and the batters cross over.

Surprisingly, they have taken the single on the last ball. Moondra spots Arshdeep backing away and he bowls it outside the hitting arc. Singh bunts it wide of extra cover for one.

SIX! Clobbered and that brings up a FIFTY for Tilak Varma. His 7th T20I fifty and it has come with his side in heaps of trouble. Going away, off-cutter, on a length. Varma gets down on a knee and clubs it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Fifty and out for Tilak Varma. Ireland are jubilant as this is a massive scalp. Matt Hollard sticks to the slower one but the line is wider this time, on a length. Varma swings at it and ends up slicing it off the outer half towards cover, where Liam McCarthy settles under the skier and takes a pressure catch. India are 117/7, needing 38 from 16.

A proper short ball, on middle. Rana takes it on and pulls it to the left of deep square leg, where George Dockrell tumbles to his left and lobs it towards the converging Tim Tector. Two runs taken.

Wide! Too short, pace off, outside off. Harshit Rana lets it go. Deemed wide for height.

Did that carry? On a shortish length, on off. Harshit stands tall and flat bats it down the ground. Ben Calitz opts to hang back and could have taken a couple of steps in and made the catch easier for himself. He has to eventually put in the dive and he cannot cling on to a low catch. Single taken.

OUT! CAUGHT! Another bites the dust. No fireworks from Suryansh Shedge on debut. Two wickets in the over for Matt Hollard. Ireland can see the finishing line. Hollard continues with the back of the length stuff and does not offer much pace, on off. Shedge has a heave across the line but does not get hold of it. It goes only as far as deep mid-wicket, where Tim Tector snaffles it around his chest. India are 8 down now, needing 34 runs from 13 balls.

A big swing and a miss! Going away, on a good length. Arshdeep swings for the hills but fails to connect.

OUT! CAUGHT! Shivam Dube holes out. Matthew Humphreys bowls it into the surface, on middle. Dube pivots for the pull but gets no power on it whatsoever. Mistimes the pull and it goes straight down the throat of deep square leg, where George Dockrell gobbles it up with ease. India are 109/6, needing 46 runs from 23 balls. 

Speared in full and on off. Shedge pushes it to cover.

First run in international cricket. A bit of air given, outside off. Shedge drills it to long off for a single.

Fired in, at the base of the off stump, not allowing the batter to get under it. Tilak jams it out through mid-wicket. They cross.

Nice and tight, on a good length, at the stumps. Suryansh Shedge pushes it back to the bowler.

Suryansh Shedge is safe. Flat and short, around off. Shedge pushes out in front but the ball straightens a touch to go past the outside edge. Lorcan Tucker is quick to whip the bails off. The third umpire is summoned for a check. The replays confirm that Shedge had his back leg grounded inside the crease.

Does not carry! Angling away, on a back of a length. Dube stands tall and swings through the line. Gets the height but not the distance. Harry Tector charges across to his left from long off and puts in a dive. The ball does not carry but Tector prevents it from going past him. Just a single.

Into the wicket, on middle. Tilak pulls it through square leg for a single.

Across off, on a hard length, pace taken off. Shivam mistimes the pull towards deep mid-wicket for another single.

Sticks to the slower one, on a good length. Tilak walks across and drops it in the vacant square leg region. He is keen for the second but the short fine leg fielder keeps it down to one.

So far, so good from Liam McCarthy. Just 4 singles off the over so far. Full and pushed across the left-hander. Dube is expecting another short ball so he hangs back. His feet go nowhere as he pushes away from his body and is beaten on the outside edge. Can Liam McCarthy finish well?

Yes, he does. Only 5 runs from the 16th over. Superb stuff from Liam McCarthy. This is on a hard length, over middle. Dube pulls it wide of deep mid-wicket for only one run. 

 FOUR! BELTED! Brute force from Dube. Serves it full and on off, the arm ball that goes straight. Shivam Dube gets on the front foot, gets under the ball nicely and ferociously thumps it down the ground for a cracking boundary. No chance for long on or long off to even move an inch from their spots. India need 56 runs from 35 balls.

Dube, with an off stump guard, creams the full ball towards long off for a single. And with that, the 100 up for India!

Short from Matthew, on middle. Tilak Varma rocks back and drags it across to deep mid-wicket for a single.

A quicker short ball, at 109 kph. Shivam Dube rises up and controls the pull shot to deep mid-wicket for another run.

Darts in a length ball, on a tighter line, on off. Tilak Varma is rushed on the back foot and punches it to widish extra cover for a single.

Too short and outside off. But Dube mistimes the pull shot towards deep square leg for a single. Good comeback from Matthew Humphreys despite going for a four in the first ball.

 FOUR! Glorious shot! Short of a good length, outside off. Tilak Varma backs away, creates width for himself and carves it uppishly, clearing backward point for a boundary.

The call is for two and they will get it! Hard length on middle. Tilak Varma waits for it and whips it off the back foot towards deep mid-wicket. Ben Calitz runs forward from the ropes but cannot pick the ball up cleanly and that allows the batters to sprint back for the second run.

Short of a length, around off. Tilak climbs on the bounce and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Back of a length, rising up and angling away. Shivam Dube stands tall and dabs it to the short third region for a single.

On a length, outside off. Tilak Varma waits back and glides the ball behind backward point for a single.

Hits the top of middle, on a good length. Shivam Dube creates room and punches it off the back foot towards widish extra cover for a single. 10 runs off the over. 18 from the last 2 for India.

Drops it full on leg. Dube clips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Nicely tossed up, full on middle. Varma works it down to long on for a run.

 FOUR! Misfield from Tim Tector. That's a silly error and Harry won't be pleased at all. Too full and around off. Shivam Dube brings all his might into the shot and clobbers it down the ground to the right of long on. Tim Tector gets across, bends low but just doesn't manage to stop it cleanly as the ball seeps through his legs and meets the ropes.

Good length outside off. Dube hangs back and tucks it to long on for a single.

Full on middle and leg. Varma drills it back to the bowler.

Shortish and outside off. Tilak Varma goes back and punches it to deep cover for a single. 70 needed off 42.

Good running! Back of a length, on off. Tilak Varma hops on the toes and stabs it towards widish deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Length-delivery, outside off. Tilak Varma hangs back and cuts it behind point for an easy single.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Stunning catch from Tucker. That's a telling blow for India. Hits the deck hard, outside off. Axar Patel lines up to help it through short third, but the ball lands and holds in the surface, and arrives later than Axar expects it to. He also plays a bit close to his body and opens the face of the bat. But he gets a thick outside edge and the ball goes flat to the left of the keeper and Lorcan Tucker dives full length to grab the ball. India are 74/5, needing 81 runs from 51 balls.

Nagging length, on off. Shivam Dube stands tall and taps it through backward point for a run.

Very full and outside off. Tilak Varma drills it along the ground to long off for a single.

A sharp short ball that keeps rising from the surface. Shivam Dube swivels and controls the pull shot to deep square leg for a single. 78 required off 48.

A bit of turn, short on leg. Tilak Varma swivels and pulls it to deep fine leg for a single.

Short outside off. Axar presses back and punches it to cover, finding the fielder there.

Drag-downer, outside off, Axar Patel plays it late and cuts it to short third for a quick single.

Fractionlly short in front of the stumps, 108 kph. Axar pulls it off the back foot to deep square leg for a single.

Another short ball, outside off. Axar Patel punches it along the ground, to the right of cover for a single.

Flatter and wide outside off. Tilak plants the back knee into the pitch and knifes it to the cover-point region for a run. Just 5 runs from the over. 10 from the last 2 for India.

Bangs it in short, outside off. Tilak initially thinks about going for the pull but then bails out.

Closer to the off stump, on a hard length, on off. Tilak shuffles and stands tall to pull it to the left of deep mid-wicket for a brace.

At the sticks, on a good length. Varma leans across to flick it away. The ball holds its line and it catches a soft leading edge. It rolls in front of mid off and the batters cross over.

DROPPED! And there was a run out chance as well. Across off, on a nagging length. Patel plays the drive on the up and chips it back to the bowler. Liam McCarthy is crouching on his follow-through and gets his hands up more in evasive action rather than going for the catch. It clips his fingertips and rolls beside the strip on the off side. The cover fielder charges in as the batters look to steal the single. He releases an underarm throw at the bowling end but misses as Axar stretches out to get home.

Ouch, that has hurt. This skids through, on a back of a length, on middle and leg. Tilak pivots but is beaten for pace on the pull and wears it on the hip bone.

Leaving the left-hander, on a back of a length. Tilak pushes at the ball with hard hands. It goes off an outside edge to short third, where the fielder crouches to make the stop but fumbles and concedes a single.

Looped up, on the pads. Axar is beaten on the flick and wears it on the pads.

Wide! Down leg, on the shorter side. Axar misses out on the pull.

Offers flight, full and on off. Axar makes room and smashes it hard. A half-stop at cover takes the sting out of the shot. It goes behind for a couple of runs.

Full and on middle. Patel pushes out in front with hard hands. It goes behind square leg off an inside edge for a run.

Drops it short, on off. Tilak stabs it wide of cover-point and crosses over.

Keeps it slow and short, on off. Axar cuts it square on the leg side and gets to the other end.

On middle and leg. Tilak brings out the sweep and plays it wide of deep square leg for just a single.

Bowled on a length, on off. Tilak plays an uppish drive but away from the man at mid off to his right. Single taken.

At the stumps again, Axar wrists it through mid-wicket and turns the strike over. The 50 is up for India.

At 130 kph, keeps the stumps in play, on a length. Tilak clips it wide of deep mid-wicket. They think about the second run but Ben Calitz charges in and keeps the batters down to one.

Drags the length back now, on middle and leg. Axar hangs back and tucks it with soft hands in the vacant space between square leg and mid-wicket and comes back for the second run.

Fine stop! Fuller and outside off. Axar Patel reaches out and slams it hard, where Liam McCarthy dives to his left at extra cover and saves a certain boundary. Just a single.

Oh, that could have gone back onto the stumps. Not all that short for the cut and not too wide either. Tilak flashes at the ball and gets an inside edge that goes behind. Lorcan Tucker moves to his right and dives to cut down the single.

Drifts down leg. Varma gets down on a knee and sweeps it behind square leg. Jai Moondra is quick to his left in the deep and cuts it off. Two runs taken.

On the pads again, on the fuller side. Varma sweeps it through backward square leg. It spins away at the last moment but Jai Moondra at deep backward square leg manages to make the stop. They cross.

Floated up, on off. Axar tries to go inside out but mistimes it to long off for one.

Drops it short, on middle. Tilak goes on the back foot and pulls it to deep square leg for one.

Short and on off, slapped to deep cover for another single.

Closer to the off stump but short again, Tilak punches it wide of cover and takes a single.

Beaten! Full and moving back a bit, on off. Axar goes for the expansive drive but is beaten on the inside edge.

Bowled on a back of a length, on off. Axar arches back and glides it uppishly through the backward point region for a single.

Fractionally short, on off. Varma punches it to backward point.

Swinging back in at the pads, Varma turns it through square leg for a single.

Hits the back of a length, on off. Axar dabs it to backward point.

Sticks to bowling it into the deck, on off. Axar hops to ride the bounce and guides it to short third. At the end of 6 overs, India are 41/4, needing 114 runs in 84 balls.

 FOUR! Lovely timing and placement! Back of a length, but Moondra errs in line this time. It is on the pads, and Varma just uses the pace, hops on the toes, and steers it to the right of short fine leg for a boundary.

 FOUR! Through the gap! A lot fuller on middle and leg. Tilak Varma clears the front foot, flicks it off the pads and in the gap between mid-wicket and mid on for a boundary.

Length-delivery, outside off. Varma presses back and cuts it wide of point for a single.

Sharp nip-backer on a good length. Ishan Kishan stays put and chop-cuts it towards cover-point for a single.

OUT! ISHAN KISHAN IS RUN OUT! Unbelievable scenes in Belfast. That's the last thing the Indians would have wanted. Full and wide outside off. It holds on a touch and Tilak Varma ends up chipping it on the bounce to the backward point fielder. Now, Ishan Kishan tears through from the other end, looking to pinch in a single, but Tilak sends him back on a sharp call. Seeing Kishan more than halfway through, Ross Adair takes a second to lock the aim and scores a direct hit at the bowling end with Ishan nowhere close. He is livid as he walks back to the dugout. India are 35/4, still needing 120 runs from 91 balls.

 FOUR LEG BYES! A poor review from Ireland! Full and tailing in towards the leg stump. Tilak looks to glance it off the front foot but misses and gets rapped on the front pad. Ireland go up in an appeal as one for LBW, but the umpire says no. They go for a review. Ball Tracking confirms that it is going down leg. Tilak survives, and India pick up four leg byes in the bargain as the ball runs towards the deep fine leg fence.

Shapes in, full and on middle. Ishan Kishan lets the ball come at him and drives it into the cover gap for a single.

A touch fuller and outside off. Tilak Varma plays off the back foot and punches it to the mid off fielder.

Hits the back of a length, around off. Tilak Varma hangs back and drops it in front of backward point. They run aggressively and complete the single.

A tad fuller on middle. Ishan Kishan watches the ball closely and taps it to the backward point fielder.

Slightly back of a length, angling outside off. Ishan Kishan comes a bit forward and steers it between cover and point for a single.

On a back of a length, outside off with some bounce. Tilak Varma chops it off the back foot to cover for a quick single. The fielder has a shy at the bowling end, but misses by a fair bit.

Short of a length, angled across. Shreyas Iyer hops on the toes and punches it to deep cover-point for a single.

Oh, just over! Extra bounce from a good length, on the pads. Ishan Kishan chips it across, but manages to get it over the mid-wicket fielder for a single.

 FOUR! Carved away! A lot of width on offer, on a length, Shreyas Iyer goes deep in the crease and slaps it along the ground to deep backward point for a boundary.

OUT! CHOPPED ON! Insane stuff from Moondra and that has left Shreyas absolutely shellshocked. Angled outside off on a good length, Shreyas Iyer tries to reach out and access the off side, looking to punch it on the up, but the ball seemingly cuts in a touch and goes off the inside edge before making an absolute mess of the stumps. India are 19/3, and they are in serious trouble now. They need 136 runs from 104 balls.

Fuller ball, just outside off. Tilak Varma drives it a bit uppishly but in the point gap for a couple of runs.

Spits up from the surface, on top of off, on a good length. Tilak Varma is squared up and just about manages to fence it out to the point region.

Flat, outside off, Kishan works it to deep cover for a single.

 FOUR! Cracking shot! A little too full from Humphreys, around off. Shreyas Iyer gets on top of the ball and thrashes it through the cover gap for a boundary. The Indian captain is off the mark in style.

Drifting in from middle, full in length. Shreyas Iyer clips it off the pads to the mid-wicket region for a single.

 FOUR! Dismissive! Short and outside off. Ishan Kishan gets enough width. He goes deep in the crease and cuts it powerfully to beat the point fielder to his right for a boundary. He was onto it in a flash.

Straightish and shortish, on off. Ishan Kishan slaps it but straight to the cover fielder. Ishan will feel that he missed out on that one.

Drops it full and around off. Ishan Kishan gets on the front foot and carves it between cover and point fielders for a couple of runs before it is mopped up. 12 runs off the over. 

 OUT! LBW! A beauty to start with and Jai draws first blood for Ireland. An inswinger on a good length, on middle. Sanju Samson plays across the line but misses and the ball thuds into the front pad. A huge confident appeal for LBW and up goes the finger instantly. Sanju Samson thinks for a bit and sends it upstairs for a review, but this looks straight and only height can save him. Nothing on UltraEdge and the Ball Tracking shows three reds with the ball projected to hit the leg stump. A golden duck for Samson and Moondra gets him once again. India are 0/1, chasing 155.

Too full on off, Ishan Kishan scuffs it to mid off.

Back of a length, swinging away from the batter. Ishan Kishan climbs on the ball and taps it through backward point for a single. India and Kishan are off the mark in the chase.

OUT! STRAIGHT UP AND TAKEN! What a screamer of a catch from Hollard. A nothing shot from Abhishek, and he pays the price. Good length, outside off, shaping away. Abhishek throws his hands at it with everything he has, and the ball pops up, sailing towards the deep third region. It swirls in the air, and Hollard tracks it from short third, circling under it. He nearly overruns the ball but arches back and plucks it almost behind him. He falls over but manages to keep the ball in his hand. India are rocked early as they lose both their openers. They are 1/2, needing 154 more runs.

Swing and a miss! Full ball, nipping away from the batter. Shreyas Iyer goes for a drive but plays inside the line and is beaten all ends up.

Back of a length, on middle. Shreyas Iyer hops off and drops it down the pitch.