The 1st T20 match of the India tour of Ireland, 2022 is scheduled to be held on Sunday, 26th June 2022 at The Village, Dublin.

India is going to play a series of two T20 matches right before the start of the tour of England. Almost all matches of team India are very interesting especially when they are playing against a developing cricket team. India will play this series with the full strength to have the best playing eleven against England. Ireland has their full strength available for this home series of two T20 matches. This match can be interesting if Ireland can play well in the power play overs.

Ireland had improved its T20 cricket in some previous years and they are trying to take some important steps to make new changes. We can see an aggressive Ireland team in this home series against India. Andrew Balbirnie will be leading Ireland in this series against India. He is a good batter and had played 66 T20 matches for Ireland. Harry Tector and Gareth Delany are the other batters in the squad if Ireland.

Ireland has some big names of all-rounders in the squad for this series. Curtis Campher is the key all-rounder in the squad of Ireland. Stephen Doheny and Lorcan Tucker are the wicket-keeper batters of Ireland. The bowling department of Ireland is also strong and experienced and they had been good in the home conditions. Mark Adair, George Dockrell, Joshua Little, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Conor Olphert, and Craig Young are the leading bowlers of Ireland.

India will play a series against Ireland before the start of the tour of England and this can be a warmup series for India. He had tied a T20 series at their home conditions against South Africa recently. Once against India will miss their star players in this series against Ireland same as against South Africa. T20 World Cup is not very far and this series is very important for both teams. India had produced the best batters in the format of T20 cricket. We think that Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad will open the batting inning for India in this series while Suryakumar Yadav will come to bat at number three.

Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, and Sanju Samson are available to handle the middle batting order of India while we think that Deepak Hooda, Venkatesh Iyer, and Rahul Tripathi will not the part of the final playing eleven for this match. India has a lot of power hitters in their batting squad. If India bats first in this match, we are sure that they will put more than 200 runs on the board. The bowling department of India is also strong and experienced but it will not very easy for management to pick the best bowlers for this match. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, and Harshal Patel can get a chance to play this match. Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh, and Ravi Bishnoi can miss this match.

Ireland had played a total of 122 T20 matches so far. They won 53 matches while other teams won 61 matches. 7 matches of Ireland were ended with no result and one match was tied.

India had played 152 T20 matches right now with 88 wins to their name while they had lost 62 matches. Their two matches were ended with no result.

Ireland had played 3 T20 matches against India where they had not won any match while India had won all 3 matches.

According to the match prediction, India is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make India a favorite team in this match, Some of the key factors are mentioned below:

• India is overall a strong and more experienced team than Ireland
• The key players of India like Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad are back to the good form
• Ireland has better six-hitting capability when we compare it with India
• Home ground conditions can help Ireland

India has a strong batting order and bowling unit as compared to Ireland, so the winning chances of India for today’s match have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

India has a 70% chance to win this match
Ireland has a 30% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play an important role in the decision of each and every match of this series. According to toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to bat first.

The 1st T20 Match match between Ireland and India is going to be played at The Village, Dublin. The pitch at this stadium is excellent for batting. The boundaries at this venue are short and will bring the spinners into play. The pitch will continue to be good for batting throughout the match. A total of 190 can be difficult for batting second to chase.

The weather forecast in Dublin on match day is good for a cricket match. There are some chances of rain but that is possible that we may have an interrupted match.

Ireland
Andrew Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Tucker (wk), Paul Stirling, Gareth Delany, Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, Andy McBrine, George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little, Craig Young.

India
Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan.

Captain: Ishan Kishan
Vice-Captain: S Yadav
Sanju Samson, Paul Stirling, A Balbirnie, R Gaikwad, H Pandya, C Campher, B Kumar, Harshal Patel, J Little

Date: Sunday, 26th June 2022
Time: 03:30 PM GMT / 04:30 PM LOCAL / 09:00 PM IST

Stadium: The Village – Malahide Cricket Club Ground
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Ends: Dublin Road End, Castle End
Time Zone: UTC +01:00
Home to: Ireland

Total matches: 18
Matches won batting first: 7
Matches won bowling first: 11
Average 1st Inns scores: 153
Average 2nd Inns scores: 136
Highest total recorded: 252/3 (20 Ov) by SCO vs NED
Lowest total recorded: 70/10 (12.3 Ov) by IRE vs IND
Highest score chased: 194/6 (17.4 Ov) by IRE vs SCO
Lowest score defended: 129/8 (20 Ov) by HK vs IRE

Andrew Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Tucker (wk), Paul Stirling, Gareth Delany, Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, Andy McBrine, George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little, Craig Young, Stephen Doheny, Conor Olphert.