No Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as India Bowl vs Ireland
No Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as India bowl vs Ireland, as the new captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss in Belfast and chose to bowl against Ireland. This decision came after 936 days since Shreyas Iyer last played a game in the shortest format, and this time it came with the armband as the new captain of the back-to-back T20 world champions.
Toss
India chose to bowl vs Ireland, with Iyer making a mention of the three-peat being the ultimate aim for India and backing the crew that won the title in February to continue doing the job.
This meant 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will have to wait for his international debut. On the other hand, Ireland were happy to hand out first caps to fast bowlers Matt Hollard and Jai Moondra. They had a new captain as well, and Lorcan Tucker will have to put his best foot forward after the toss went against him, preventing him from doing what he wanted – chasing a total.
Team Lineups
India: 1 Sanju Samson (wk), 2 Abhishek Sharma, 3 Ishan Kishan, 4 Shreyas Iyer (capt.), 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Harshit Rana, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Prasidh Krishna.
Ireland: 1 Tim Tector, 2 Ross Adair, 3 Harry Tector, 4 Lorcan Tucker (capt. & wk), 5 Ben Calitz, 6 Gareth Delaney, 7 George Dockrell, 8 Liam McCarthy, 9 Matthew Humphreys, 10 Jai Moondra, 11 Matt Hollard
Ireland are playing India for the ninth time in T20Is, and they are yet to secure a victory.