India vs Ireland, 1st T20I Live Score: India Elect To Bowl, Start Of Play Delayed Due To Rain

IND vs IRE, 1st T20I Live Updates: Umran Malik makes debut as India won the toss and elected to bowl against Ireland in the first T20I of the two-match series at the Malahide Cricket Club in Dublin

IND vs IRE, 1st T20I Live Updates: India won the toss and elected to bowl against Ireland in the first T20I of the two-match series at the Malahide Cricket Club in Dublin. The start of the play, however, has been delayed due to rain. Hardik Pandya will lead India for the first time during the two-match series, and it will be interesting to see how the playing XI will look like. Young pacer Umran Malik received his maiden cap from vice-captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and will make his debut. Ireland pacer Conor Olphert will also make his debut. As per AccuWeather, the cloud cover is expected to remain for the entire duration of the game. At 4:30 PM Ireland Time (9 PM IST) 97 per cent cloud cover is expected to be there with 1 mm of rainfall expected from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm IST. The hosts are being led by Andrew Balbirnie, however the main focus would be on Paul Stirling as he has the knack of changing the game. India and Ireland have met three time in T20Is, previously with the former winning all three by hefty margins. (LIVE SCORECARD)

India Playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umran Malik

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Ireland Playing XI: Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie (capt), Gareth Delany, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wk), George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Andy McBrine, Craig Young, Josh Little, Conor Olphert