Ireland v India | 1st T20I, 2026 | Match Highlights | Ireland Won by 34 runs

One slip in play. >> Oh, it's gentle. Gentle full toss first up. >> Yeah, just looking for that swing. Obviously want would want to bowl fuller, but not that full. Got >> Oh my word. Have you ever seen ANYTHING AS BEAUTIFUL ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN BELFAST? IT'S THE FIRST OF THE DAY.

>> 10 without loss. Straight up in the air. It's gone a long way up. Sanju Samson with the gloves took control of the situation as any good wicket keeper does. D >> the hard length that we're talking about. Not much footwork again using the bottom hand. >> Pays the price for it. Now they're not out of the screws.

Nowhere near the middle of the bat. Oh, punched it. He's punched it over the rope. Shivan Duvet did all the hard work. He got there. He made the ground and made a mess of it. >> Oh, I mentioned Harry Tector early on. He feels for the ball outside the off stump. It's straight through to Sanju.

Routine. Well, you can protect yourself because that's a rough wicket. >> Now then, straight up in the air. Simple as you like. And Ireland are gifting India wickets here in the power play. >> Kind of slicing it. >> He did slice the previous one as well to the boundary, but this one shorter top edged. There's a man trying

to run around but hasn't got enough. It's going to go all the way and a very welcome boundary for Ireland. Six run. >> Beautiful shot. Glorious shot straight down the ground all the way. And that is the best possible way to bring up the Ireland 50. And he might just have a birthday

present. Getting under it. That's a glorious catch. A wonderful catch. Prasid Krishna with a rough wicket. Tucked up for room. Loves room outside. Off stump. Ben Kalat. And just not enough room to get the bat through in time. >> Well down the ground. And that is a good shot. Very good flat bat. Garrett

Delaney has a lot of ability for a long time down the ground. It looked really good from Lur and Tucker. Footwork was so smooth. It's up in the air. Good effort. Very good effort, but not good enough to catch it in fact to stop the boundary either. That's a lovely hit. THAT IS A GLORIOUS

HIT. 100 comes up and this is a big over. Island on the move. >> That's along the ground. >> That'll find the gap. That's hit very nicely.

comes back for the second and that's going to be a 12th T20 international half century for Luren Tucker >> and every single time he's captain Ireland he's got to 50 well batted a new Ireland captain 111 for four Ireland >> straight down the throat I would be quite disappointed with that shot Tucker he picked up the pace off

hit it all side but found the fieldder. Partnership broken. >> Oh, brought back into the attack to do just this as Rana took the pace off and the fielder plays. >> Oh, that's that's an absolute gift. A high full toss and accepts it gladly. Doil for a maximum. >> Lovely slow ball. Ball is lifted high

but it's going to go all the way. It's the very top of the sight screen. Slower ball same result. 666 to finish. Prasid Krishna finishes his spell n for 57 from four Ireland 164 for five. >> This one takes an edge and it's going to be out. Ashep Singh manages to cling on.

And dock roll will go. Axar Patel with the breakthrough. 64 now as they lose their sixth wicket. Lift it up and this is likely to be out. A Patel underneath it. Makes no mistake. Delaney's gone for 49. And that concludes the 19th. Ireland now seven down, 178 on the board. Known for his

bowling. That is lofted by Liam McCarthy in the final over. But a brilliant running catch from Takma means Ireland have lost two in two. >> Slightly fuller from from Axar Patel in towards leg stump. didn't give Lane McCarthy the the arms to free access at the ball and >> coming down the wicket and it's going to

drop short to the fielder. They'll come through for two. The ball coming in towards Samson and that's going to be gone. Well short there. He is two or three feet short of the wicket of the crease. Bar plays the first to only two fielders outside the 30 yd circle. >> Lovely. Good start, lad.

>> Well, off the mark straight away. First delivery itself, >> but he goes fine and he goes long over square leg. >> That's a spinning super six. A WICKET VERY FIRST BALL >> in T20i for J Munda. WHAT A START TO HIS CAREER. CAN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS. >> Welcome to international cricket.

>> What an outcome. >> Two straight two leg side and gets punished.

Maybe second ball for Matthew Hollard >> takes it nicely. The skipper just tried to go two leg side and have a look at this celebration. The hope, the absolute hope for Matthew Pard and his captain doesn't make a mistake. That's as happy as he can be. whipped off his legs and it's a second

wicket as well. >> George Dockel makes no mistake and India are three down. >> Very reliable. Hollard goes at the stumps. Shrezar just flicks it. Actually a pretty good stroke. This one chased but perfectly laced through a little bit of space. Dakarma that'll be 50. >> Keep back. Keep back. >> Maybe Shik Sharma thinks about two but

decides against it. That'll be his fifth his uh 11th half century. >> T20 Internationals to go with his two centuries as well. Abishek Sharma is not messing about but he's not quite got hold of it and as a result falls and the final ball of the eighth man Humphre for a well played 50.

>> Well the bat turning in his hand I mentioned he's liked prefer to go over the offside his simple catch. It's a huge that power play >> switch and taken Rosadair. Well, he had a chance in the last over. A direct hit. Matthew Humphrey's back into the attack and a crucial wicket. They just keep

tumbling for Ireland. >> Yeah, huge wicket. Previous couple of overs has wrestled the momentum for Ireland and >> Yeah, because of the quicker ball, but the gap was found. He read it beautifully. Duvet wanted to score a boundary to try and get things going here for India. 11 gone. 96 for five. Top edge chance in the deep

>> and taken again. Another one falls. Ben Kallet with his second catch of the game. Hollard with his third wicket. Once again the bat turning in the hands slightly indicates a bit inconsistent pace in the pitch. >> Putting a little pressure on you Ta. >> Pressure being released with this stroke. It's glorious. It's hefty. It's

all the way for six. >> Humphrey's full and wide, but it beats the fielder. Goes past Leam McCarthy and races away. Khaled can't get around to cut it off. Axar Patel with a fine boundary. Pitched up and put away. Six to finish. 15 done. India 129 for six >> corn AND BALL. JAY MUNDRA FINISHES WITH

TWO FOR 16 through three. India seven down. Mundra has two. 135 for seven needing more than two a ball to win. >> Shivan Duvet does not like aggressive bowling back of a length. He likes to hit medium pace bowling. He hasn't hit it hard enough. That's another wicket. THAT'S NUMBER EIGHT. THAT'S IRELAND. A WICKET CLOSER TO

MAKING HISTORY. Who's the googly from Delaney out of the hitting zone. Oh, straight forward in the end. Great great fielder like his older brother. Well, >> that's a big one. India would need a few more of those. Humphrey's back into the attack to bowlers fourth and last >> to end is a fielder coming under it and it is

taken MISSED LAST OVER BUT NOT THIS time under IT AND STEADIED HIMSELF >> off the toe and a bat of Anna then Klit steadied himself just inside the rope. pressure catch >> that's up IN THE AIR THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN. IT'S A DIFFICULT ONE. AND THAT'S HISTORY CREATED HERE IN THE CAPITAL OF NORTHERN IRELAND IN BELFAST

AS BEAT INDIA FOR THE FIRST time in any format. And this is a huge achievement for this young inexperienced Irish side.