India won the toss and opted to bowl as they made their debut for fast bowler Umran Malik in the first match against Ireland. Hardik Pandya made his captaincy debut and decided to bowl first, however, admitted that he would have batted first in Malahide, which is seeing some inclement weather.
Hardik Pandya | India captain: We are going to bowl. We would have liked to bat, but looking at the weather, we thought the bowling would be better. Nice to be in Ireland. Have fans here and feel like playing at home. Full honor to lead India. Any cricket who starts dreaming to lead the country and I am very lucky to lead my country. My role is simple. Just support them (players) and ask them to play freely and express themselves.
Andrew Balbirnie | Ireland Captain: May have bowled because of the surrounding weather. Guys are excited for this series. It’s really important to play against one of the best teams in the world. Conor Olfert Going to debut today.
India (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umran Malik
Ireland Playing XI: 1 Paul Stirling, 2 Andy Balbirnie (c), 3 Gareth Delany, 4 Harry Tector, 5 Lorcan Tucker (wk), 6 George Dockrell, 7 Mark Adair, 8 Andy McBrine, 9 Craig Young, 10 Josh Little, 11 Connor olfert
India’s fringe players, including struggling Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sanju Samson, will get another chance to prove themselves before the return of seniors when Hardik Pandya made his much-awaited international captaincy debut against Ireland in the two-match T20I series. Here on Sunday.
With Rishabh Pant joining the Test squad in England, Pandya was appointed the stand-in captain following his heroics in leading Gujarat Titans to an IPL 2022 victory in their first season. Pant stood in his last T20I series at home against South Africa as captain after KL Rahul was ruled out due to a back injury.
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