Ireland stun India in dramatic T20 series by one run
Ireland's historic weekend continued as they inflicted a first Twenty20 series defeat on India since 2023 with a dramatic one-run victory at Stormont. After a
Ireland's historic weekend continued as they inflicted a first Twenty20 series defeat on India since 2023 with a dramatic one-run victory at Stormont. After a first-ever win over India by 34 runs on Friday, Ireland stunned the world champions for a second time as Jai Moondra and Matthew Hollard starred with three wickets each. A late charge from India left the visitors requiring eight off the final two balls in a grandstand finish, but Harshit Rana was caught by Tim Tector, bowled by his brother Harry, with the penultimate ball to secure a historic victory.
On Friday, a day many had expected and hoped for India's 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to make his record-breaking international debut, Ireland stunned the T20 world champions to kickstart a historic weekend. It was a first win over India in any format in 12 attempts, and at the ninth time of asking in T20s. Then, just 24 hours later, Ireland won their first-ever match at the Women's T20 World Cup in England.
But things would get even better on Sunday. The 4,000-strong, sold-out crowd at Stormont were left disappointed as Sooryavanshi was again on the sidelines for the second T20, and an Indian response
was expected. They are, after all, world champions - and scorned ones at that. On his 100th cap, Harry Tector was Ireland's top scorer with 53 as Indian restricted the hosts to 154-8.
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