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So far eight T20 matches have been played between India and Ireland. The 9th match is being played on Friday at the County Ground in Belfast. Talking about the most exciting match played between India and Ireland till now, it was played in 2022, which Team India won by just four runs. The Indian team had scored 225 runs in this match after playing first. In reply, at one time Ireland had to score only eight runs in the last three balls to win. It seemed that Ireland would win the match. But Ireland did not score eight runs on the last three balls. Both the set batsmen were present at the crease, but Umran Malik gave victory to India.
The thrill of the last 6 balls, Ireland had to score 8 runs on the last three balls.
Ireland had to score 17 runs in the last over to win. Captain Hardik Pandya handed the ball to speed star Umran Malik. The first ball was dotted. That means no runs were scored. Now 17 runs had to be scored in five balls. The second ball was also a dot, but this time there was a twist. This ball was a no ball. Now 16 runs had to be scored in five balls, and there was also a free hit. A four on a free hit. Now Ireland had to score 12 runs in four balls. A four was hit on the third ball also. Now Ireland had to score eight runs in three balls. Then three runs were scored on the next three balls, and India won the match by four runs.
One over away from one of cricket’s biggest upsets, then Umran Malik happened.😭🔥 pic.twitter.com/dwlNWkgv53
— U’ (@toxifyxe) June 26, 2026
Full story of exciting match
In this match played on June 28, 2022, Team India had scored 225 runs after playing first. In reply, Ireland scored 221 runs in 20 overs. Team India got victory on the last ball. It would not be wrong to say that Ireland had made the Indian team sweat. For India, Sanju Samson scored 77 runs and Deepak Hooda scored 104 runs.
After this the Irish team came out to bat. The match initially seemed to be one-sided, as India had given a huge target of 226 runs to the Irish team, but Ireland made a stormy start. First both the openers batted fiercely. Ireland’s score crossed 70 in the powerplay itself. Paul Stirling scored 40 runs in 18 balls and A Balbirnie scored 60 runs in 37 balls. After this Harry Tector played an inning of 39 runs in 28 balls. In the end, George Dockrell returned unbeaten after scoring 34 runs in 16 balls and Mark Adair returned unbeaten after scoring 23 runs in 12 balls. The Irish team could only reach a score of 221 in the stipulated overs. India won this match by four runs.
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