By Winning the Toss, Skipper Hardik Pandya Decided to Bowl First. The Match is Reduced to 12 overs as Rain Interrupted the game for 2 Hours and 20 Minutes.
By Batting First Bhuvi gave a Perfect start with new Ball, He removed Opponents Captain Andrew Balbirnie for 2 Ball Duck, Skipper Pandya strikes in his First Over as he removed dangerous batter Paul Striling. Hardik Pandya Become first Indian Captain to take a wicket in T20I. 22 Year old Harry Tector scored 64 Runs in 33 balls to help Ireland to put a total of 108. Star Bowling Performance for Team India are Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1-16) and Yuzi Chahal (1/11).
By Chasing a Target of 109, Hardik Pandya sent Deepak Hooda to open the Inning alongside Ishan Kishan. Ishan Kishan started from where he left in Bengaluru. He scored 11 ball 26 with 3 fours and 2 Sixes, his Strike rate was 236.4 He dismissed by Craig Young and very next ball Surya Kumar Yadav gone for Golden Duck after his return from Injury. India scored 45 runs in 4 overs Powerplay.
Hardik Pandya Promoted Himself on 4 and added 64 runs with Deepak Hooda. He scored 24 runs 12 balls with 1 four and 3 sixes. Deepak Hooda scored 47 Unbeaten in 29 ball and Finishes the game with Dinesh Karthik.
India wins the Match by 7 Wickets with 2.4 overs to spare.
Hardik Pandya started his Captaincy Career with a Win.
