Welcome to ABP Live’s live coverage of India’s first game in the ongoing cricket extravaganza, the Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. We will bring you all the live action as India (IND) are set to go up against Ireland (IRE) in the eighth match of the tournament. It is going to be a campaign opener for both the teams as they lock horns in New York’s Nassau County Cricket Stadium. Led by Rohit Sharma, India will look to begin their quest for a second T20 World Cup trophy on a positive note.
Despite India’s disappointing performances in the previous T20 and ODI World Cups, they remain strong contenders for the championship with the strong squad that they have assembled. Their recent T20I success underscores their ongoing potential, with four victories and only one loss in their last five games.
India boast an impressive record against Ireland, having won all seven T20Is played between them so far, making them the favourites for the IND vs IRE T20 World Cup 2024 match.
Ireland have shown good form in T20Is recently. They managed to defeat Pakistan in one of their three-match series in May and narrowly beat Netherlands by three runs in a T20 World Cup 2024 warm-up fixture. Although Ireland lost their second warm-up match to Sri Lanka by 41 runs, they are eager to make an impact against India next.
India last won the T20 World Cup in 2007 under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Since then, they have reached the final only once, losing to Sri Lanka in 2014. Heading into the tournament, India are bolstered by a warm-up match victory against Bangladesh in New York, where they won by 60 runs thanks to impressive bowling from Arshdeep Singh and Shivam Dube.
Squads For India & Ireland In T20 World Cup 2024
India T20 World Cup 2024 Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj. Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Avesh Khan
Ireland T20 World Cup 2024 Squad: Paul Stirling (c), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Neil Rock, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young