New York: India's quartet of fast bowlers bowled out Ireland for 96 runs on a pitch with variable bounce and seam movement in the opening match of the T20 World Cup here on Wednesday. Arshdeep Singh (2/35 in 4 overs), Mohammed Siraj (1/13 in 3 overs), Jasprit Bumrah (2/6 in 3 overs) and Hardik Pandya (3/27 in 4 overs) gave no one a chance to breathe. Didn't give. For the Irish batsmen who looked like novices in the face of swing, seam and extra bounce during 14 of the 16 overs they bowled.
Such was their plight that none of the Irish batsmen saved a single --- Gareth Delany (26 no., 14 balls) could not even cross the 20-run mark individually. Delany's innings took him closer to 100 runs.Rohit Sharma was lucky with the coin and with the sky being overcast, Arshdeep needed help at first as he bowled a perfect Test match length with a white kookaburra.
Most of his balls were long and long, making life difficult for the experienced pair of Paul Stirling and Andrew Balbirnie.
It only helped that Mohammed Siraj also kept the pressure constant from the other end as both the openers were also finding it difficult to bat the balls which were moving around, forcing Rishabh Pant to be hit on both sides of the track. Got a chance to dive in completely.
Stirling tried to pull one which got past him at a good length and Pant ran back to catch the skier.
For Balbirnie, his 'one-leg' approach proved to be a wrong strategy to counter Arshdeep as he bowled a ball that was pitched on middle and went towards a shade off with the batsman showing no footwork. Who was unable to cover the line of swing.The powerplay went horribly wrong for Ireland at 26 for 2 and a comeback was not possible for them.
Pandya, as the second-change pace bowler, bowled a perfect nip-backer with a wobbly seam to breach Lorcan Tucker's defence.
Bumrah then hit the already troubled Harry Tector with a vicious bouncer, which flew off his gloves and almost took his head off the helmet.
At the halfway stage, Ireland, who had recently defeated Pakistan in a T20I at home, were 49 for 6 and the match was already one-sided.
The biggest takeaway from the game was that Pandya bowled his full quota of overs and the length he bowled during his spell will give his captain the opportunity to field an extra batsman or bowler as per the circumstances as the conditions demand in the coming games.His three dismissals came on different balls – the first swing, the second seam and the third extra bounce.
Such was their plight that none of the Irish batsmen saved a single --- Gareth Delany (26 no., 14 balls) could not even cross the 20-run mark individually. Delany's innings took him closer to 100 runs.Rohit Sharma was lucky with the coin and with the sky being overcast, Arshdeep needed help at first as he bowled a perfect Test match length with a white kookaburra.
Most of his balls were long and long, making life difficult for the experienced pair of Paul Stirling and Andrew Balbirnie.
It only helped that Mohammed Siraj also kept the pressure constant from the other end as both the openers were also finding it difficult to bat the balls which were moving around, forcing Rishabh Pant to be hit on both sides of the track. Got a chance to dive in completely.
Stirling tried to pull one which got past him at a good length and Pant ran back to catch the skier.
For Balbirnie, his 'one-leg' approach proved to be a wrong strategy to counter Arshdeep as he bowled a ball that was pitched on middle and went towards a shade off with the batsman showing no footwork. Who was unable to cover the line of swing.The powerplay went horribly wrong for Ireland at 26 for 2 and a comeback was not possible for them.
Pandya, as the second-change pace bowler, bowled a perfect nip-backer with a wobbly seam to breach Lorcan Tucker's defence.
Bumrah then hit the already troubled Harry Tector with a vicious bouncer, which flew off his gloves and almost took his head off the helmet.
At the halfway stage, Ireland, who had recently defeated Pakistan in a T20I at home, were 49 for 6 and the match was already one-sided.
The biggest takeaway from the game was that Pandya bowled his full quota of overs and the length he bowled during his spell will give his captain the opportunity to field an extra batsman or bowler as per the circumstances as the conditions demand in the coming games.His three dismissals came on different balls – the first swing, the second seam and the third extra bounce.
