New York: Skipper Rohit Sharma's upper arm injury was disappointing but India's all-round pace attack was lethal during Ireland's walk-in-the-park eight-wicket win in the opening match. The T20 World Cup is here on Wednesday.
After Rohit's injury, the 'Men in Blue' will face some sleepless nights in the match against Pakistan on June 9.
The Mumbai player had to leave the field after a well-scored half-century (52 off 37 balls) as he missed a pull shot on a short-pitched delivery from Gujarat Titans fast bowler Josh Little.
The ball hit the upper part of his right hand, due to which Rohit was in a lot of pain.On a drop-in track that offered variable bounce and extra seam movement, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj didn't even need to bring their 'A' game.
Arshdeep Singh and a dynamic Hardik Pandya bowled out the Irish for 96 runs in just 16 overs.
Arshdeep (2/35 in 4 overs), Pandya (3/27 in 4 overs), Siraj (1/13 in 3 overs) and Bumrah (2/6 in 3 overs) did not give any breathing room to the Irish batsmen. . Swing, made like a rookie in front of the seam
And extra bounce was generated during 14 of the 16 overs he bowled.
His plight was such that except Gareth Delaney (26, 14 balls) no Irish batsman could even cross the 20-run mark.Delaney's innings took him closer to 100 runs.
Later, Rohit entertained the crowd with his traditional pull-shots, which found their designated spot in the semi-empty make-shift stands to complete the chase in 12.2 overs.
Virat Kohli (1) and Suryakumar Yadav (2) missed some batting practice, while Rishabh Pant (36 not out) was generally good in his first innings as No. 3.
The partisan Indian spectators, many of whom had taken leave in the middle of the week, returned home happy.
But the playing conditions and the variable bounce provided by the drop-in track will certainly leave many questions about the preparedness of the Nassau County ground ahead of the most high-profile match of the three-day tournament here - India vs Pakistan.
There were balls that were flying length and some that were not rising above the knee roll and in these conditions, every batsman could feel that they could get injured - whether it was his hand like Rohit or his forearm. And Pant should be like Por.
Rohit 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 having trouble even placing the bat on the balls that would allow Rishabh Pant to dive completely on both sides of the track. Were staying.
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 mid-pitch 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 that sent his gloves flying 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 lengths he hit during his spells would give his captain the opportunity to play an extra batsman or bowler as per his demand.
Situations in upcoming games.
His three dismissals came on different balls – the first swing, the second seam and the third extra bounce.
After Rohit's injury, the 'Men in Blue' will face some sleepless nights in the match against Pakistan on June 9.
The Mumbai player had to leave the field after a well-scored half-century (52 off 37 balls) as he missed a pull shot on a short-pitched delivery from Gujarat Titans fast bowler Josh Little.
The ball hit the upper part of his right hand, due to which Rohit was in a lot of pain.On a drop-in track that offered variable bounce and extra seam movement, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj didn't even need to bring their 'A' game.
Arshdeep Singh and a dynamic Hardik Pandya bowled out the Irish for 96 runs in just 16 overs.
Arshdeep (2/35 in 4 overs), Pandya (3/27 in 4 overs), Siraj (1/13 in 3 overs) and Bumrah (2/6 in 3 overs) did not give any breathing room to the Irish batsmen. . Swing, made like a rookie in front of the seam
And extra bounce was generated during 14 of the 16 overs he bowled.
His plight was such that except Gareth Delaney (26, 14 balls) no Irish batsman could even cross the 20-run mark.Delaney's innings took him closer to 100 runs.
Later, Rohit entertained the crowd with his traditional pull-shots, which found their designated spot in the semi-empty make-shift stands to complete the chase in 12.2 overs.
Virat Kohli (1) and Suryakumar Yadav (2) missed some batting practice, while Rishabh Pant (36 not out) was generally good in his first innings as No. 3.
The partisan Indian spectators, many of whom had taken leave in the middle of the week, returned home happy.
But the playing conditions and the variable bounce provided by the drop-in track will certainly leave many questions about the preparedness of the Nassau County ground ahead of the most high-profile match of the three-day tournament here - India vs Pakistan.
There were balls that were flying length and some that were not rising above the knee roll and in these conditions, every batsman could feel that they could get injured - whether it was his hand like Rohit or his forearm. And Pant should be like Por.
Rohit 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 having trouble even placing the bat on the balls that would allow Rishabh Pant to dive completely on both sides of the track. Were staying.
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 mid-pitch 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 that sent his gloves flying 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 lengths he hit during his spells would give his captain the opportunity to play an extra batsman or bowler as per his demand.
Situations in upcoming games.
His three dismissals came on different balls – the first swing, the second seam and the third extra bounce.
