Clinical India humiliate Ireland by 143 runs for biggest T20 win

A ruthless India demolished Ireland by 143 runs to clinch the series 20 as spinners yet again tormented the hosts after authoritative batting show by the visiting batsmen in the second and final Twenty20 International here today India posted a massive 213 for four after being asked to take the first strike and then bundled out the hosts for a mere 70 in 123 oversIt was Indias biggest victory margin by runs as they improved on the 93run win over Sri Lanka at Cuttack in 2017 It was also the joint secondhighest margin by runs in T20Is with Pakistan 143run win over West Indies in Karachi earlier this year and second to 172 runs by Sri Lanka against Kenya in 2007 It was also the lowest total against India in T20I cricket with Ireland sinking lower than Englands 80 at Colombo in 2012Ireland never got off the blocks Unlike in the previous game they couldnt comprehend the raw pace of Umesh Yadav 219 and Siddarth Kaul 14 Indias new pace duo reduced the opposition to 223 within the 4th over with Umesh removing Irelands experienced pairing of Paul Stirling 0 and William Porterfield 14 in successive overs Halfcenturion from the previous game James Shannon 2 became Kauls maiden international wicket Yuzvendra Chahal 321 and Kuldeep Yadav 316 routed Ireland again as the hosts crashed to a massive defeatEarlier continuing their tuneup for the England tour KL Rahul and Suresh Raina struck attacking halfcenturies Barring the odd hiccup it was another dominant display from the Indian batsmen as Rahul 70 and Raina 69 bossed the Irish bowling to put on 106 runs off 57 balls for the second wicketThis was after the hosts won the toss and opted to field once again They made one change and brought in the experienced William Porterfield Keeping the England T20I series in mind India made four rotations changes Siddarth Kaul made his T20I debut while Umesh Yadav Dinesh Karthik and Rahul were included in the playing eleven Shikhar Dhawan Bhuvneshwar Kumar Jasprit Bumrah and MS Dhoni were restedWhile the changes were all likeforlike India opted for permutations in their batting order Skipper Virat Kohli 9 out for a duck in the first game opened the innings with Rahul Again though he fell cheaply out caught off a skier at fine leg as George Dockrell held on impressively Rahul then took centrestage and smacked the Irish bowling to all parts of the groundOverall he hit three fours and four long sixes during his 36ball stay replicating his purplerich form from the 2018 Indian Premier League season He brought up his 4th T20I halfcentury off 28 balls and then accelerated further thereafter as India crossed the 100mark in the 10th over and looked comfortably set for another 200plus totalHowever just as he was approaching his century he played a habitual false stroke and was dismissedKevin OBrien 340 was the partnership breaker for Ireland striking off his first delivery in the 13th over accepting a simple return catch It became a doubleblow as Rohit Sharma 0 was caught at backward point two balls later a shot that can be described lazy at bestIt deprived Dinesh Karthik of an opportunity to bat but more importantly the dual wickets also sucked out momentum off the Indian innings Raina though countered with some attacking strokes and brought up his 5th T20I halfcentury off 34 ballsOverall he hit five fours and three sixes and lifted India in the latter half of the innings adding 41 runs with Manish Pandey 21 off 20 balls for the fourth wicketHe fell to OBrien too becoming his third wicket on the day as India were placed at 1694 in the 18th over Hardik Pandya 32 had other plans though and he played a 9ball blitzkrieg knock which included four towering sixes at the small Malahide Cricket Club groundThanks to his efforts wherein OBriens final over of the Indian innings was taken for 21 runs India managed to surpass their total from Wednesday Chasing another tall order Ireland knew they needed a stable start to have any chance of fronting up to the Indian spinners But with an untidy start they were never in the hunt Chahal struck as soon as he was introduced in the 6th over bowling Andrew Balbirnie 9 He picked up two more wickets while Kuldeep at the other end proved to be equally lethal Pandya also picked up 120 in his two oversIf Ireland were hoping to make a step forward from the previous game this turned out to be two steps back as their last seven wickets fell for just 40 runs in the space of 39 balls Ireland needed someone to bat out time and avoid a humiliating defeat but Gary Wilsons top score of 15 runs told a futile tale None of the Irish batsmen could cross the 20run mark while only four of them made it to double figures in what was a completely hapless showing Meanwhile India rounded up their preparations in fine style for sterner tests aheadCatch up on all the latest T20 news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed 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