By Admin 
Ireland has defeated India by one run in the second T20. With this, Ireland has won the two-match T20 series 2-0. After winning 16 consecutive T20 series, Team India has not lost any series. Ireland has created history by giving a clean sweep to the Indian team. For the first time, Ireland has succeeded in winning a series from India in international cricket.
After playing first, Ireland had scored 154 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, India could score only 153 runs after losing 9 wickets in the stipulated overs. Ireland won the second T20 by one run. Ireland won the second T20 by just one run. In this way Shreyas Iyer lost his first T20 series as captain.
India made the modest target of 155 runs from Ireland look like a mountain with its poor batting. Team India had a very bad start. Both the openers returned to the pavilion without opening their accounts. Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma, both were dismissed on zero by Jai Mundra. Ishan Kishan was run out after scoring 12 runs in 11 balls. Captain Shreyas Iyer once again flopped. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs in seven balls with the help of two fours.
Axar Patel was promoted when four wickets fell for 35 runs in the power play itself. Akshar batted very slow. He could score only 14 runs in 18 balls without hitting any boundary. Tilak Verma stood at one end. Now there was hope from him and Shivam Dubey. Dubey was out after scoring 20 runs in 16 balls, because Tilak was not able to score runs fast, and the required run rate was increasing.
In the debut match, Suryansh Shedge flopped in batting after bowling. He could score only one run in five balls. Tilak Verma returned to the pavilion after scoring 55 runs in 46 balls. Three fours and one six came from his bat.
In the end, Harshit Rana raised hopes, but could not give victory to Team India.
India had to score 34 runs in the last two overs to win. In the 19th over, Harshit Rana hit a four and a six. 14 runs were scored in this over. Now India had to score 20 runs in the last over. The ball was handed over to part-time spinner Harry Tector. He started from wide. Rana got a full toss ball as a no ball, but he could only take a double on it. After this a four came on the free hit. When 11 runs were left in four balls, Rana took a single. Then Arshdeep went on strike. First came wide and then Arshdeep gave a single. When eight runs were left in two balls, Rana was out. Harshit Rana scored 21 runs in 10 balls. Prince Yadav hit a six on the last ball, and India lost the match by one run.
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