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The Afghans scored 95 runs for 5 wickets after playing 15 overs in the first innings at Civil Service Cricket Club ground in Belfast.
When the rain came down, the Irish faced a target of 56 runs in 7 overs. Ireland reached that target in 6.4 overs losing only 3 wickets.
Among the hosts, Paul Stirling scored 16 runs off 10 balls, Andy Balbirnie scored 9 off 9 balls, and Lorcan Tucker scored 14 runs off 12 balls. Harry Tucker took 9 from 5 balls and George Dockrell left the field unbeaten with 7 runs from 4 balls.

Dockrell took the run by touching the bat on the 40th ball of the match. Along with this, Ireland got the taste of winning the T20 series against the Test-playing country for the second time. Last year they also won the series against Zimbabwe by 3-2. Earlier, no one else could bat well except Usman Ghani in the series-deciding match. Azmatullah Omarzai scored 15 runs off 14 balls. His partnership of 29 runs in 4 overs with Usman was remarkable. After that, the rest of the Irish bowlers came and went. Only Usman Ghani remained unbeaten on 44 off 40 balls. Mark Adair took 3 wickets for 16 runs in two overs for Ireland. He got the man of the match award. George Dockrell won the Series Sera award.

The Indian innings collapsed early against Ireland. Apart from Deepak Hooda and Sanju Samson, none of India’s batters got runs. They put on 176 runs for the second wicket. They can collect runs to fight against Ireland.

Hooda became India’s fourth batter to score a century in T20 Internationals. He completed his century off 55 balls. In the end, he scored 104 off 57 balls. He decorated his innings with 9 fours and 6 sixes. Sanju gave him the right help. From his bat came an impeccable inning of 77 off 42 balls. He hit nine fours and four sixes. After them, none of India’s batters got runs. Everyone threw away the wicket to be extra aggressive. As a result, from 189 for 1, the last India innings ended at 225 for 7. India lost six wickets in the last four overs.

Ishan Kishan (3) failed in the rhythm. Suryakumar Yadav (15) did not get runs. Dinesh Karthik (0), Akshar Patel (0), and Harshal Patel (0) could not open the scoring account. In the end, skipper Hardik (13) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1) remained unbeaten. Ireland’s most successful bowler Mark Ader took 3 wickets for 42 runs. His victim list includes Sanju, Ishaan, and Harshal. Apart from this, Craig Young took 2 wickets for 35 runs and Jos Little took 2 wickets for 38 runs.

In reply, Ireland also started in an aggressive mood. Opener Paul Stirling was more aggressive. He played an impeccable inning of 40 off 18 balls with the help of five fours and three sixes. Skipper Andy Balbirnie played a responsible innings at the other end of the wicket. He scored 60 off 37 balls. Balbirnie hit three fours and seven sixes. Gareth Delaney (0), who came in at number three, and Lauren Tucker (5), who came in at number five, did not get runs. Later, the Irish innings were pulled by the heroes of the first match, Harry Tector, and George Dockrell. Tector scored 39 off 28 balls. Dockrell remained unbeaten in the end with 34 off 16 balls. He hit three fours and three sixes. Ader remained unbeaten on 23 off 12 balls.

None of the Indian bowlers could trouble the Irish batters. The most successful bowler Ravi Bishnoi took 1 for 41. Bhuvaneshwar, Harshal, and Umran Malik took one wicket each. Ireland was almost winning the match due to poor bowling by the Indians. Umran won the last two balls of the match.