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The wait of Indian fans to play against Team India in T20 World Cup 2024 is now about to end. The countdown for Team India's first match against Ireland has started. The Indian team will take on Ireland to play their first match in the T20 World Cup. This match between the two teams will be played at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York tonight at 8 pm IST. Like India, this will be Ireland's first match in T20 World Cup 2024. In such a situation, the desire to start with a win is as much in the heart of Ireland as it is in the heart of Team India. But, can Ireland do this? Will they be able to foil the plan of defeating the Indian team 8-0?
Now the question is what is this 8-0? So it is related to the result of the match played between the two teams in T20 cricket so far. T20 World Cup 2024 will be the 8th clash between these two teams. Earlier, 7 T20 matches were played between the two, in which the result was 7-0 in favor of Team India. Meaning, the Indian team has won all the last seven T20 matches played against Ireland. And, now preparations are on for victory on the 8th.
India and Ireland to face off after 15 years in T20 World Cup
Out of the last 7 T20 matches between India and Ireland, only one match was played in the T20 World Cup. This match was played in the 2009 T20 World Cup, in which India won by 8 wickets. Now both the teams are going to face each other for the second time in the T20 World Cup. The big thing is that Rohit Sharma is the only player in Team India that played against Ireland in the last T20 World Cup, who is a part of the current team.
The last time India defeated Ireland by 8 wickets on a T20 World Cup pitch in 2009, Rohit Sharma contributed a lot. He remained unbeaten after scoring 52 runs. Now after 15 years, Ireland will once again face India in the T20 World Cup. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see whether he will start his game again from where he ended his innings last time? If Rohit does this, then India's task can become easier.
Whatever the Ireland coach says, India is ready
On the other hand, Ireland has not defeated India in a single T20 so far, although their coach Henrik Malan is confident of victory. He is trying to instill confidence in his team that they can defeat Team India. Perhaps this is the reason why Indian coach Rahul Dravid has also already said that he will not take Ireland lightly. Overall, the match against Ireland, who like to play aggressive cricket, can be exciting.
The role of the pitch will be very important
Whether this match will be high scoring or not will depend on the nature of the drop-in pitch of Nassau County Stadium. The first match played between South Africa and Sri Lanka on this pitch was low scoring. However, India had also scored 180 runs on the second pitch in the practice match against Bangladesh here. Now it remains to be seen what will be the result of the India-Ireland match on the field? It is certain that the role of the pitch can definitely play an important role.