Ireland vs India, 1st T20I, India tour of Ireland, 2026 - Player HighlightsIRE vs IND, 1st T20I, India tour of Ireland, 2026 - Player Highlights

Liam McCarthy to Tilak Varma, no run, slower length delivery wide of off, Tilak cuts to backward point and calls for a quick single. Sundar wasn't interested and sent him back, and to India's delight, the throw from Ross Adair was wide at the striker's end. Had that hit, things could have been interesting...

Liam McCarthy to Washington Sundar, 1 run, short and wide of off, Sundar heaves the flat-bat pull to the right of long-on

Liam McCarthy to Tilak Varma, leg byes, 1 run, shuffles across and misses a straight ball. Ireland review for lbw, but that has surely pitched outside leg stump. Nothing on UltraEdge. Pitching outside leg as expected. Not out it will be. Tilak went back and across to flick and missed. It hit him high on the front pad in front of middle stump and rolled towards square leg

Liam McCarthy to Washington Sundar, 1 run, yorker length on the stumps at 135ks, Sundar manages to bring his bat down in time to squeeze it towards short third for a quick single

Liam McCarthy to Tilak Varma, 1 run, 135ks full and just outside off, Tilak drives with a straight bat towards long-off

Liam McCarthy to Washington Sundar, 1 run, dug in short on the stumps, Sundar pulls off the thick inside half to the left of deep mid-wicket

Liam McCarthy to Abhishek Sharma, out Caught by Benjamin Calitz!! First wicket in T20Is for Liam McCarthy. Abhishek Sharma was stuck at the non-striker's end for a long time and did that upset his rhythm? He plays a pull shot without much conviction and gets it off the inside half, with bat face turning on impact. Flat it goes to the fielder at deep mid-wicket to his left. Abhishek Sharma c Benjamin Calitz b Liam McCarthy 49(20) [4s-7 6s-2]

Liam McCarthy to Tilak Varma, 1 run, full ball around off, Tilak whips it along the ground to the left of long-on

Liam McCarthy to Tilak Varma, no run, good length just outside off at 136ks, punched back to the right of the bowler

Liam McCarthy to Tilak Varma, wide, short and wide of off, ignored to the keeper

Liam McCarthy to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, He gets there with a pull to the left of deep mid-wicket, thinks of a second but has been sent back. A warm round of applause from the dressing room has been met with a thumbs up from Abhishek Sharma

Liam McCarthy to Tilak Varma, 1 run, short outside off at 134ks, Tilak swivels on the back foot and pulls to the right of deep mid-wicket

Liam McCarthy to Tilak Varma, no run, 131ks full delivery outside off, Tilak squeezes the drive back to the bowler

Liam McCarthy to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs, tough chance! Abhishek Sharma gets a massive top-edge on the pull, keeping the fielder at mid-wicket interested. The fielder ran back and put in the dive to his left, but the ball dropped just short of his reach. 21 off the over.

Liam McCarthy to Abhishek Sharma, wide, bouncer outside off, too high and given a wide

Liam McCarthy to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, hat-trick of boundaries for Abhishek Sharma! Liam McCarthy digs it short outside off, Abhishek arches back and ramps it fine past the keeper to his left

Liam McCarthy to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, pulls the length back but there is no respite. Abhishek Sharma gets up on his tippy toes and flays it up and over backward point for another boundary

Liam McCarthy to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, pitched up in the channel outside off, Abhishek Sharma smashes the drive up and over extra cover with absolute disdain...

Liam McCarthy to Abhishek Sharma, 2 runs, good length delivery just outside off, Abhishek Sharma lifts the drive over extra cover. Easy double...

Liam McCarthy to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, plenty of bottom hand power on that shot from Abhishek Sharma. He heaves the length ball off the thick inside half past the diving left hand of mid-wicket. A desperate chase from the fielder, but ball wins the race...