Captaining the side on his return after an 11-month injury layoff, Bumrah claimed 2/24. Debutant Prasidh Krishna (2/32) also shone on his return from injury as India restricted Ireland to 139/7 after opting to bowl.
Dublin: Jasprit Bumrah signalled his cricketing comeback by leading India to their first win over Ireland by the DLS method in the rain-interrupted first T20I by two runs here today, a PTI report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says
Captaining the side on his return after an 11-month injury layoff, Bumrah claimed 2/24. Debutant Prasidh Krishna (2/32) also shone on his return from injury as India restricted Ireland to 139/7 after opting to bowl.
At first matters looked bleak for the hosts after they were down 59/6 in the 11th over but No. 8 Barry McCarthy produced an amazing recovery, blazing his way to a 33-ball 51 not out to lift their total to 139/7.
Chasing the modest total under overcast conditions, India were off to a fluent start with Yashasvi Jaiswal (24 off 23 balls) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (19 not out) putting together 46 runs in 6.2 overs.
But Craig Young produced a double blow, taking the left-handed duo of Jaiswal and Tilak Varma, who was out for a golden duck.
Brief scores: Ireland: 139/7 in 20 overs (McCarthy 51*, Campher 39; Bishnoi 2/23, Bumrah 2/24, Krishna 2/32); India: 47/2 (DLS par score: 45) in 6.5 overs (Jaiswal 24; Young 2/2).
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