Ireland was defeated by India: Rohit Sharma and company do the work on a pitch in New York that is very different from those in the Indian Premier League.
All Indian seamers enjoy a field day as Hardik Pandya takes three wickets on a beneficial pitch, knocking the Irish out for 96 to win by eight wickets.
Finally, Rishabh Pant reminded everyone that this was a Twenty20 encounter when he reverse-scooped Barry McCarthy for six over the head of the first slip to seal an overwhelming eight-wicket victory for India. The game had drifted along like the opening morning of a Test match instead of a T20 match, its beats cautious and languid, until the spurt of impishness that the half-packed crowd had waited for the entire day.
There was a stray shudder of panic during the pursuit of a pitiful 97, though. The ball went nicely under Ireland's medium pacers, even in the sunshine. It was just that they lacked the discipline, pace, and patience to make it challenging. or the runs on the board, for that matter.
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