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IRE vs IND | Rinku, Samson Rain Sixes Before Bowlers Cut Irish Fight To Arrange Big Indian Win

image-lljq1gekSanju Samson plays a shot in second T20I (Twitter)

Team India claimed another impressive win at Dublin's Malahide Cricket Club Ground to go 2-0 up in the three-match series against Ireland.

Sanju Samson, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rinku Singh starred with the bat to engineer a competitive total upfront before the Indian bowlers strangulated the hosts in their spirited run-chase.


Rinku Singh roars in debut T20I innings

Ruturaj Gaikwad shared 29 runs with opening partner Yashasvi Jaiswal and another 71 runs with Sanju Samson for the third wicket. Gaikwad notched up his career-best T20I score with 58, thus registering his second international half-century in the process.

Meanwhile, Samson charted a 26-ball 40 in the middle overs and took a particular liking to the experienced Irish pacer Joshua Little. Rinku Singh, taking guard at the crease for the first time in his international career, showed no first-innings jitters to bludgeon the Irishmen with his six-laden 21-ball 38.

Singh's death overs fury, coupled with Shivam Dube's sparkling 16-ball 22*, pushed India's total to 185-5.

Among host bowlers, senior man Barry McCarthy dismissed a well-set Gaikwad and removed Tilak Varma cheaply to finish with figures of 2-36. Fellow speedsters Mark Adair, Craig Young and the team's lone spinner Ben White all chipped in with a wicket each.


Balbirnie plays lone hand in Ireland’s daunting task

Indian speedster Prasidh Krishna removed Ireland captain Paul Stirling and number three Lorcan Tucker for ducks in three deliveries to reduce the hosts to 19-2 in three overs. Harry Tector and Curtis Campher soon fell victim to Ravi Bishnoi's crafty leg-spin as they completed their halfway stage at 63-4.

Opener Andy Balbirnie, on the other end, kept persisting with calculated stroke play before mounting asking rate and constant wickets brought about his downfall. 

With less than five overs left in the play, the senior batter nicked behind to gift Arshdeep Singh his first wicket, thus departing from the crease with 72 tense runs to his name.

Captain Jasprit Bumrah and co. restricted the Irish tail and eventually kept them 33 runs within their target.

India, already 2-0 up in the series, will now clash against the hosts in the third T20I at the same venue on August 23.


Brief Scores

India: 185/5 (20)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 58 (43), Sanju Samson 40 (26);
Barry McCarthy 2-36 (4), Craig Young 1-29 (4)

Ireland: 152-8 (20)
Andy Balbirnie 72 (51), Mark Adair 23 (15)
Jasprit Bumrah 2-15 (4), Prasidh Krishna 2-29 (4)

India won by 33 runs, lead series 2-0.