India vs Ireland : India sets Ireland a target of 228 runs, Deepak Hooda scores a century, Samson stormy innings takes Spotlight

The second match of the two-match T20 series is being played between India and Ireland in Dublin today. The Indian team won the first T20 by seven wickets and took an unassailable 1-0 lead in the series. Team India would like to win the series by winning this match. Indian captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bat first.

India has set a target of 228 runs in front of Ireland. Team India scored 227 for seven in 20 overs thanks to Deepak Hooda's century and Sanju Samson's half-century. Deepak Hooda scored 104 runs in 57 balls. This was his first century of T20 Internationals. Deepak became the fourth player from India to score a century in T20 Internationals. At the same time, Samson played an innings of 77 runs in 42 balls. Both shared 176 runs for the second wicket. This is the highest partnership for any wicket from India.

Apart from these two, the rest of Team India's batsmen failed. Three of India's batsmen were dismissed for zero. These include Dinesh Karthik, Akshar Patel, and Harshal Patel. Ishan Kishan could score three runs. At the same time, Suryakumar Yadav played an innings of 15 runs in five balls. Captain Hardik Pandya remained unbeaten on 15 runs off nine balls and Bhuvneshwar Kumar scored one run. Mark Adair took three wickets for Ireland. At the same time, Joshua Little and Craig Young got two wickets each.