The 8th match of T20 World Cup 2024 was played between India and Ireland at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. Team India started the tournament by winning this match. This victory is very special for Team India. With this victory, Team India has created a special record by defeating Pakistan team. This match was in the name of Indian bowlers. At the same time, captain Rohit Sharma played a brilliant innings.
Team India created history by defeating Ireland
Team India won the match played against Ireland by 8 wickets. This is Team India's 29th win in the T20 World Cup. With this, Team India has overtaken Pakistan in terms of winning the most matches in the T20 World Cup. Pakistan team has also won 28 T20 World Cups. In such a situation, Team India has now overtaken Pakistan. Now only the Sri Lankan team is ahead of India in this list. They have 31 wins to their name.
The team that won the most matches in T20 World Cup
Sri Lanka – 31 wins
India – 29 wins
Pakistan – 28 wins
Australia – 25 wins
South Africa – 25 wins
This match was in the name of Indian bowlers
In this match, Team India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first which proved to be right. Indian bowlers bowled out Ireland for 96 runs in 16 overs. Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya gave only 27 runs in 4 overs and took 3 wickets. Similarly, Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets each. At the same time, Akshar Patel and Mohammad Siraj got one wicket each.
Target achieved by 2 wickets
Team India achieved the target of 97 runs in 12.2 overs at the loss of 2 wickets. Rohit Sharma played an innings of 52 runs in 32 balls. During this, he hit 4 fours and 3 sixes, but he retired hurt and returned to the pavilion. Along with this, Rishabh Pant played an unbeaten innings of 36 runs. At the same time, Virat Kohli could score only 1 run and Suryakumar Yadav was out after scoring 2 runs.