The important match of ICC T20 World Cup 2024 between India and Ireland will be played on June 5 at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. All the fans are eagerly waiting for this upcoming match. Not only this, both the teams would definitely like to win this match.

Let us tell you, 7 T20 matches have been played between India and Ireland so far, out of which one was also played in the T20 World Cup. Recently a three-match bilateral series was played in Ireland in which India won 2-0 while one match was cancelled. A match was played between these two teams in the T20 World Cup 2009 in which India defeated Ireland by 8 wickets. In this match, Zaheer Khan bowled brilliantly for the Indian team.

In the match played at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, India won the toss and decided to bowl. Ireland had a very bad start and they lost three important wickets in the powerplay itself. Zaheer Khan dismissed opener Jeremy Bay. After this, the experienced fast bowler also sent Irish captain William Potterfield back to the pavilion. Not only this, Zaheer Khan also took the wicket of Andre Botha. Pragyan Ojha took the wicket of Kevin O’Brien and put the Indian team far ahead in this match.

In this match of 18 overs, Ireland team could score only 112 runs after losing 8 wickets. From India’s side, Zaheer Khan took four wickets giving 19 runs in four overs.

Rohit Sharma scored a brilliant half century for India

In that match, Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma opened for the Indian team. Both of them shared a 77-run partnership for the first wicket. However, India suffered the first setback in the form of Gautam Gambhir who scored 37 runs in this match. After this, Mahendra Singh Dhoni came to bat and scored 14 runs in 13 balls. However, despite this, Rohit Sharma batted very well and played an unbeaten match-winning innings of 52 runs in 45 balls with the help of four fours and a six for his team.

Let us tell you, India has not lost a single match against Ireland in T20 so far. The record between these two teams is 7-0. However, the Ireland team would like to break this record completely in the upcoming match.