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

Matthew Humphreys to Arshdeep Singh, out Caught by Tim Tector!! They have done it! An injury-ridden Irish team have stunned the World Champs in Belfast. Historic day for them as they beat India for the very first time and do so without at least five of their regulars. Fired in full, Arshdeep tries launching it down the ground but miscues it off the toe-end. Goes high in the air and Tim Tector takes a comfortable catch that sparks off big celebrations. Arshdeep Singh c Tim Tector b Matthew Humphreys 2(4)

Matthew Humphreys to Arshdeep Singh, no run, darted in on a good length outside off, Arshdeep swings through the line and is beaten on the edge

Matthew Humphreys to Prasidh Krishna, 1 run, flat and short outside off at 106kph, Prasidh cuts it to deep point

Matthew Humphreys to Prasidh Krishna, no run, darted in flat outside off, Prasidh waits and cuts to backward point

Matthew Humphreys to Harshit Rana, out Caught by Benjamin Calitz!! This time the catch is taken and any chances of a miracle are wiped out for India. Rana was the last hope. Fired in on a length, he swings violently, gets it right off the toe-end and holes out at deep midwicket. Ireland players erupt in big celebrations. Harshit Rana c Benjamin Calitz b Matthew Humphreys 8(9) [6s-1]

Matthew Humphreys to Shivam Dube, SIX, huge from Dube! Slow and floated up outside off, the line is quite wide but Dube - with his long reach - fetches it and deposits it over wide long-on

Matthew Humphreys to Axar Patel, 1 run, short again, Axar goes hard on the pull and miscues it through midwicket. Humphreys is struggling to land it properly after that injury. Brave effort this

Matthew Humphreys to Shivam Dube, 1 run, dragged down short at the stumps, Dube misses out and pulls to deep midwicket

Matthew Humphreys to Axar Patel, 1 run, smashed back to Humphreys who puts it down! Would've been a ripper had he held on but these catches need to stick. Fired in full, right in the slot and Axar hammers it straight back. Came around waist height and Humphreys went with both hands but couldn't hold on. He's in pain and the physio is tending to him

Matthew Humphreys to Axar Patel, wide, another quick delivery, down the leg-side this time and it's called wide

Matthew Humphreys to Axar Patel, no run, from a flighted delivery the previous ball to a 109kph dart! Axar is taken by complete surprise. Good length just outside off, he's trapped in the crease while poking at it and is beaten

Matthew Humphreys to Axar Patel, FOUR, too full and it's been hammered away! It's floated up outside off, lands right in the slot and Axar crunches it through extra cover

Matthew Humphreys to Shivam Dube, FOUR, another late cut, but this time Dube places it in the gap between short third and backward point. He did well to hang back and use the pace on the delivery to find the placement...

Matthew Humphreys to Washington Sundar, 1 run, fired in short outside off, Sundar cuts late to the right of short third for as quick single

Matthew Humphreys to Shivam Dube, 1 run, short outside off, cut away to the right of sweeper cover

Matthew Humphreys to Shivam Dube, no run, full outside off, Dube nudges it to the left of mid-wicket

Matthew Humphreys to Tilak Varma, out Caught by Ross Adair!! Half the side back in the hut. India in trouble? Tilak Varma shapes up to play the reverse sweep, but the length was short and he was forced to drag it from middle and leg stump. Off the thick inside half and picks out the man at backward point. Tilak Varma c Ross Adair b Matthew Humphreys 19(21) [4s-3]

Matthew Humphreys to Washington Sundar, 1 run, full and wide of off, Sundar slices the lofted drive to the left of sweeper cover

Matthew Humphreys to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, on the off-side this time around. 16 off the opening over. Floated up wide of off, Abhsihek carves the drive on the off-side and gets a one-bounce boundary

Matthew Humphreys to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, rank bad ball from Matthew Humphreys. Short at the hip, Abhishek swivels and launches the pull into the grass banks over fine leg

Matthew Humphreys to Sanju Samson, 1 run, quicker and shorter on leg stump, Samson swivels and drags the pull to deep square

Matthew Humphreys to Sanju Samson, FOUR, one ball is enough for a sighter says Sanju Samson. He gets under the full ball with an open bat face and lifts the drive inside out over extra cover. Off the mark with a boundary

Matthew Humphreys to Sanju Samson, no run, spinning away from a fuller length wide of off, Samson lets it pass. Touch and go on the wide guideline...

Matthew Humphreys to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, full and drifting into middle and leg, Abhishek drives gently towards long-on