Seamer Zaheer Khan gave India a perfect start, after opting to bowl, as he dismissed Paul Stirling and Ed Joyce in successive overs to give Ireland twin blow in the Group B match of the ICC World Cup at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore.
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Zaheer opened his account with a fine in-swinging delivery which went between Stirling's pad and bat to hit the timber.
Zaheer claimed Joyce's wicket in the second over of his spell when Joyce got an inside edge which was safely pouched by skipper MS Dhoni.
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to field first against Ireland in an interesting Group B match of the ICC World Cup at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore.
India have fielded the same team which tied its previous match against England.
Ireland have made one change to the side which upstaged England, bringing in Andrew White for Gary Wilson.
Title contenders India will have to be on their guard against giant-killers Ireland, on a high after shocking England, sprang the tournament's biggest surprise by shocking their more fancied neighbours and three-time Cup finalists England.
The focus is also on the wicket, which produced 300-plus totals in all the matches it has hosted so far in the quadrennial extravaganza.
England tied the match against India last Sunday chasing an imposing target just a few days before Kevin O'Brien's stunning innings lifted Ireland to a historic win chasing almost 330 runs, are indications enough that the strip is full of runs.
Over the last fortnight, massive totals, huge sixes and countless boundaries have been the norm at this venue, and things are expected to remain the same.
As far as Ireland are concerned, the question is will they be able to repeat what they did to England. They are not low on self belief and Wednesday's win has given them plenty of confidence.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel.
Ireland: William Porterfield (captain), Alex Cusack, Niall O'Brien, Kevin O'Brien, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston, John Mooney, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Andrew White, Ed Joyce.
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Rod Tucker (AUS)
TV umpire: Marais Erasmus (RSA)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI)
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Zaheer opened his account with a fine in-swinging delivery which went between Stirling's pad and bat to hit the timber.
Zaheer claimed Joyce's wicket in the second over of his spell when Joyce got an inside edge which was safely pouched by skipper MS Dhoni.
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to field first against Ireland in an interesting Group B match of the ICC World Cup at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore.
India have fielded the same team which tied its previous match against England.
Ireland have made one change to the side which upstaged England, bringing in Andrew White for Gary Wilson.
Title contenders India will have to be on their guard against giant-killers Ireland, on a high after shocking England, sprang the tournament's biggest surprise by shocking their more fancied neighbours and three-time Cup finalists England.
The focus is also on the wicket, which produced 300-plus totals in all the matches it has hosted so far in the quadrennial extravaganza.
England tied the match against India last Sunday chasing an imposing target just a few days before Kevin O'Brien's stunning innings lifted Ireland to a historic win chasing almost 330 runs, are indications enough that the strip is full of runs.
Over the last fortnight, massive totals, huge sixes and countless boundaries have been the norm at this venue, and things are expected to remain the same.
As far as Ireland are concerned, the question is will they be able to repeat what they did to England. They are not low on self belief and Wednesday's win has given them plenty of confidence.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel.
Ireland: William Porterfield (captain), Alex Cusack, Niall O'Brien, Kevin O'Brien, George Dockrell, Trent Johnston, John Mooney, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Andrew White, Ed Joyce.
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Rod Tucker (AUS)
TV umpire: Marais Erasmus (RSA)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI)
