A look at India's spotless record in T20Is against Ireland ahead of three-match series
Image Source : GettyJasprit Bumrah will lead a second-string Indian side against Ireland for a three-match T20I series starting August 18
Image Source : GettyIndia faced Ireland for the first time in the T20 World Cup in the shortest format and won the match by 8 wickets
Image Source : GettyAfter which, the two teams met for the first time only in 2009 when the Virat Kohli-led side travelled to Ireland for a two-match T20I series
Image Source : ICC TwitterRohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan with a 160-run opening stand blew away Ireland in the series opener before Kuldeep Yadav took 4/21 as the Men in Blue won the match by 76 runs
Image Source : ICC TwitterIndia clinched the series 2-0 with another emphatic win in the second T20I (by 143 runs) owing to KL Rahul and Suresh Raina's scintillating knocks
Image Source : ICC TwitterFour years later, a second-string side led by Hardik Pandya took on the Irish in a two-match T20I series in the run-up to the T20 World Cup 2022
Image Source : Cricket Ireland TwitterTeam India took a 1-0 lead in the series with a rather easy 7-wicket win in the series opener
Image Source : Cricket Ireland TwitterIn the second T20I, Deepak Hooda smashed his maiden T20I ton becoming the then fourth Indian to achieve the feat
Image Source : ICC TwitterIreland gave a tough fight against India's 225 built and fell just four runs short of creating history. The Paul Stirling-led side will be eager to achieve that feat in the upcoming series
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