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

Gareth Delany to Axar Patel, out Caught by Tim Tector!! It's not happening for India. This is very smartly bowled, keeping it wide outside off and probably the googly as well. Makes Axar reach for the big shot and he can only hit it as far as long-on. No mistake from Tim Tector. India eight down. Axar Patel c Tim Tector b Gareth Delany 15(16) [4s-1]

Gareth Delany to Axar Patel, 1 run, full at the stumps, hammered back down the ground but long-off cuts it off

Jai Moondra to Axar Patel, 1 run, slower short ball at 120kph, Axar pulls to deep midwicket, just a single

Jai Moondra to Axar Patel, 1 run, cramped again while looking to drive through the off-side. Back of a length around off, Axar hits it on the up to extra cover, mistiming it off the splice

Jai Moondra to Axar Patel, no run, good hustle from Moondra. Bangs it on a short of length, Axar looks to make room to cut but it's on middle stump and he's badly cramped. Zips past the edge to the keeper![

Jai Moondra to Axar Patel, 2 runs, half-volley at the stumps, Axar flicks it nicely through midwicket and the fielder does well in the deep to flick it back while running across

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 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 Hollard to Axar Patel, 1 run, 128ks full outside off, Axar drives to the left of extra cover and rushes through for a quick single. End of an excellent spell on debut from Matthew Hollard - 3/28 that included the wickets of Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer and Washington Sundar...

Matthew Hollard to Axar Patel, 1 run, 118ks slower length delivery outside off, Axar mistimes the cut wide of cover for a quick single

Matthew Hollard to Axar Patel, no run, 132ks short on leg stump, Axar knocks it back to the bowler off the splice of the bat

Matthew Hollard to Axar Patel, no run, 131ks wobble seam angling away outside off from a length, beats the cutting blade of Axar for extra bounce

Harry Tector to Axar Patel, 1 run, full outside off, Axar Patel goes hard and slices the lofted drive over backward point to his right

Harry Tector to Axar Patel, 1 run, on the back foot, working the ball to the left of deep mid-wicket and gets off the mark with a single