Ireland vs India, 2nd T20I Live: Hosts collapse in chase as Kohli and Co win by 143 runs

“We know if they come hard, we have the batting power to go hard as well. Plus we have to wrist-spinners.” – India captain Virat Kohli on England tour.

“In our team there are very good batsmen, so it helps to bowl to them.” – Man of the Series Yuzvendra Chahal on the secret to his success.

“It was important for me to make the most of the opportunity that I get...I’ve never played in the UK before. Only seen on TV. We’re all looking forward to it and take the challenge.” – MoM KL Rahul

India win by 143 runs. Ireland bowled out for 70 in 12.3 overs.
First time India have won a T20I by more than 100 runs.
WICKET! Kuldeep picks up his third as Rankin is stumped.
Rankin st Karthik b Kuldeep 10 (8b)

After 12 overs, IRE 68/9.
WICKET! Chahal picks up his third wicket. Thompson is the ninth man to depart. Just did pick the turn and is bowled. India one wicket away from victory.
Thompson b Chahal 13 (9b 2x4)

After 11 overs, IRE 65/8.
WICKET! Dockrell out for 4. Kuldeep gets another one. The batsman looks to heave it and holes out. India two wickets away from victory.
Dockrell c Umesh b Kuldeep 4 (8b)

After 10 overs, IRE 56/7.
50 up for Ireland! It’s slow going but they get there in the 10th over.

After 9 overs, IRE 45/7
WICKET! Wilson bowled. Kuldeep strikes in his first over. India three wickets away from victory. Wilson b Kuldeep Yadav 15 (18b 2x4)

After 8 overs, IRE 40/6
WICKET! Chahal removes Simi Singh as Ireland lose their sixth. It’s just a formality now for India. The batsmen are struggling to find a way past the Indian bowling.
Simi Singh lbw Chahal 0 (2b)

After 7 overs, IRE 36/5.
WICKET! O’Brien gone for a duck! Hardik gets his first. Ireland lose their fifth. The batsmen have a mountain to climb and had to go after everything. O’Brien fell in this pursuit.
O’Brien c Kuldeep b Hardik 0 (2b)

After 6 overs, IRE 30/4
WICKET! Bowled! Chahal tosses it up, get turn and bamboozles Balbirnie. He bowled the first five deliveries flat and quick. Changed it around on the last ball and the batsman had no idea what hit him, or rather the stumps.

After 5 overs, IRE 27/3
Ireland batsmen struggling to get a move on. India’s pacers have done well to run through the top-order. The hosts have been left with a mountain to climb.

After 4 overs, IRE 23/3
WICKET! Kaul gets his maiden T20I wicket! Bangs it in. Cramps Shannon who’s looking to pull it. It balloons up and is caught out. There was some worry if he had overstepped, but the third umpire was convinced that he had some part of his foot behind the crease.
Shannon c Rahul b Kaul 2 (7b)

After 3 overs, IRE 22/2
WICKET! Umesh strikes again! Porterfield bowled! Looks for sweep and misses it completely. Umesh was smashed for six and a boundary but came back well to dismiss the batsman, who tried to be cheeky.
Porterfield b Umesh 14 (11b 1x4 1x6)

After 2 overs, IRE 4/1
Kaul begins well in his first-ever T20I. Keeps it tight.

IRE 1/1 after 1 over.
WICKET! Umesh strikes! Gets Stirling to edge one. Raina completes the catch in the slips. Umesh is playing his first T20I game after a lengthy break. Will be chuffed by the immediate reward.
Stirling c Raina b Umesh 0 (2b)

India 213/4 in 20 overs (Hardik 32*, Pandey 21*; O’Brien 3/40)
Hardik finishes off with a flourish. Smashes O’Brien for two sixes and a boundary to take India past the 200-run mark. First time India has scores 200-plus scores in back to back T20 games.

After 19 overs, IND 192/4.
Pandya gets a few lusty blows in. Gets two sixes off Chase. 18 runs come off that over.

After 18 overs, IND 174/4.
WICKET! O’Brien removes Raina for his third wicket! The batsman departs for 69. It’s a slower short ball, the batsman goes for it, but holes out at midwicket.
Raina c Dockrell b O’Brien 69 (45b 5x4 3x6)

After 17 overs, IND 167/3
No boundary in that over. Ireland have done well to keep the run-rate down in the last few overs.

After 16 overs, IND 157/3 (Raina 63*, Pandey 6*)
150 up for India! Raina gets them there with the ninth six of the innings.

After 15 overs, IND 144/3.
50 for Raina! Gets there in 34 balls. His fifth in T20Is. He made it to the squad last minute after Ambati Rayudu had failed the YoYo test.

After 14 overs, IND 135/3.
Pandey joins Raina in the middle. Two successive wickets have dried up the boundaries. Raina though is still around and is nearing his half-century.

WICKET! Rohit out for a duck! He hits it straight to backward point. O’Brien has now taken two wickets in this one over. Ireland suddenly have an opportunity to keep the visitors in check as they eye a big total.
Rohit c Stirling b O’Brien 0 (2b)

WICKET! Rahul departs for 70. Kevin O’Brien strikes with his first ball. He takes a straightforward catch off his own bowling! Soft dismissal. The batsman tries to punch it down the track but can’t keep it down.
Rahul c&b O’Brien 70 (36b 3x4 6x6)

After 12 overs, 128/1.
Rahul is scoring of nearly every ball he faces, No dot balls here! India trudging along well. Ireland bowlers seem clueless.

After 11 overs, IND 117/1 (Rahul 61*, Raina 40*)
Fifty for Rahul! Gets there in 28 balls. The knock has seen him smash 6 sixes so far.

After 10 overs, IND 101/1
100 up India! Rahul and Raina near their fifties as India cross 100 in 10 overs.

After 9 overs, IND 92/1 (Rahul 45*, Raina 32*)
Stirling ruins a fine over with a full toss off the last delivery. Raina dispatches it for a boundary to take India into the 90s.

After 8 overs, IND 82/1 (Rahul 43*, Raina 26*)
Rahul targets spinner Simi Singh! Smashes him for two sixes and a boundary, moves into the forties. The batsman is looking in ominous form. Ireland desperately need a breakthrough.

After 7 overs, IND 63/1 (Rahul 26*, Raina 24*)
Dockrell manages to get a quiet over in. Does not concede a boundary! Rahul and Raina have strung together a neat 55-run stand.

After 6 overs, IND 57/1.
Raina is beaten twice by Chase, but manages to get a boundary in off the next delivery. Both Raina and Rahul are batting aggressively. The wicket isn’t as flat as it was in the last game, but it hasn’t doused their look out for expansive shots.

After 5 overs, IND 50/1 (Rahul 21*, Raina 16*)
50 up for India! One over extra cover, the other over mid-wicket, Raina gets two sixes in early into his innings. Put under pressure, the bowler bowls three wide deliveries following the onslaught.

After 4 overs, IND 33/1.
Rahul continues to target the boundaries. Kohli’s exit does not seem to have affected his brief for the game. Nine come off this over.

After 3 overs, IND 24/1
WICKET! Kohli holes out for 9. He looks to hoick Chase out of the ground, but is caught out. Dockrell with a fine catch in the deep. The ball climbed up into the batsman, who was cramped for room but still went for the pull. The fielder had to make up a lot of distance, but got there in time.
Kohli c Dockrell b Chase 9 (8b; 1x4)

After 2 overs, IND 20/0 (Rahul 11*, Kohli 9*)
Kohli gets a streaky boundary. Is cramped for room off the next delivery as well. He had got out on zero in the first game. To be fair to him, he came into bat then late in the innings. He is making a return after some trouble with his neck and will want to get into the groove before heading to England.

After 1 over, IND 12/0.
Rahul starts off with a couple of boundaries in the first over to give India a positive start. The batsman has had fine run in the IPL and will be looking forward to making most this knock ahead of stiffer challenges in England.

8.30pm: Kohli and Rahul open the India innings. Rohit to come down the order.

India XI: Rohit, Rahul, Kohli (c), Raina, Pandey, Karthik (wk), Hardik, Kuldeep, Umesh, Kaul, Chahal.
Ireland XI: Stirling, Shannon, Porterfield, Balbirnie, Wilson (wk/c), Simi, O Brien, Thompson, Dockrell, Rankin, Chase

Four changes for India! KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik, Umesh Yadav, Siddharth Kaul in.
Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni, Bhuvneshwar Kumra, Jasprit Bumrah out.

8.00pm: The pitch has an even covering of grass unlike the first game. Both skippers wanted to bowl first last time around. Will the team winning the toss bowl first again?

7.40pm: Siddarth Kaul set to make T20I debut as India look to experiment in second game against Ireland.

India skipper Virat Kohli said the side will continue to experiment with their middle order in the Twenty20 games against Ireland and England, captain Virat Kohli said after the team made a winning start to a lengthy tour on Wednesday.

India shuffled its middle order in their 76-run victory over Ireland, allowing the likes of Suresh Raina and all-rounder Hardik Pandya to bat up the order.

India have KL Rahul and wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik in their ranks who are certain to play in the second Twenty20 match against Ireland on Friday.