IND vs IRE / Captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and invited Ireland to bat first - see playing 11

India's first match in the T20 World Cup is against Ireland. Team India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bowl. This match is being played at Nassau International Cricket Ground in New York, where India's only warm-up match was held. India defeated Bangladesh in this match. Rishabh Pant scored a fifty in batting and Hardik Pandya scored 40 runs. All the bowlers including Arshdeep, Hardik performed well.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Jun 05, 2024, 07:37 PM

IND vs IRE: India's first match in the T20 World Cup is against Ireland. Team India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bowl. This match is being played at Nassau International Cricket Ground in New York, where India's only warm-up match was held. India defeated Bangladesh in this match. Rishabh Pant scored a fifty in batting and Hardik Pandya scored 40 runs. All the bowlers including Arshdeep, Hardik performed well.

Pitch Report: Nassau's drop-in pitch, bowlers friendly in the last match

In the last match at the Nassau stadium, during the Sri Lanka-South Africa match, a total of 157 runs were scored in 35.3 overs and 14 wickets fell. Both bounce and turn were seen. 9 wickets were taken by the pacers. It is still cloudy today. There is also grass on the pitch.

Toss - Rohit has decided to bowl after looking at the pitch and weather conditions. Both the weather and the pitch will help the fast bowlers.

See Playing 11

Team India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Siraj.

Ireland: Paul Stirling (captain), Andy Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker (wicketkeeper), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little and Ben White.