India captain Rohit Sharma led from the front with an impressive half-century before retiring hurt to guide his team to an eight-wicket victory over Ireland in their opening T20 World Cup group match in New York on Wednesday. After 14 wickets had fallen for 157 runs in the first match on the temporary drop-in pitch when South Africa defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets, India bowled Ireland out for 96 with four overs to spare. After Rohit won the toss on an overcast morning, Ireland were immediately in trouble as they slumped to 46 for six. Delaney, batting at number seven, scored 26 from 14 balls including a four and six from consecutive balls from left-arm paceman Arshdeep Singh before he was run out. “Once the seam goes down the pitch does settle down,” he said.

Source: The Herald June 06, 2024 04:33 UTC