India-Ireland T20 series (Photo: PTI/Getty)
India vs Ireland 2026 Full Schedule: The schedule of the T20 series between India and Ireland is already ready. An announcement has also been made for both the teams regarding that. The big thing is that both the teams will have new captains in this series. While India’s captain is Shreyas Iyer, Ireland has chosen its new T20 captain Lorcan Tucker. Tucker was earlier the vice-captain of Ireland in T20. 72 hours will be heavy for these two new captains because the series will be decided in those 72 hours only. Not only this, the matches will also start one hour earlier as per the timing of T20 in India.
72 hours tour, T20 matches will start from this time
India-Ireland T20 series will start from 26th June and will end on 28th June. Two matches will be played in this series in 3 days i.e. 72 hours. The first T20 will be played in Belfast on 26 June. The second T20 will also be held in Belfast on June 28. The T20 matches on the Ireland tour will start one hour earlier as per Indian time. Generally, T20 matches in India are played from 7 pm onwards. But due to the competition being held in Ireland, it will start at 6 pm.
India’s record against Ireland
Be it any corner of the world in the T20 between Ireland and India, Team India has always had the upper hand in it. It has a 100 percent win record against the Irish team. India has so far played 8 T20Is against Ireland and won all of them. Out of those 8 matches, India has played 6 T20 matches against Ireland on its own soil, in which it has won with a bang. Apart from this, out of the remaining two T20s, India has played one against Ireland in England and the other in USA.
India’s team for IRE vs IND T20 series
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Tilak Verma (vice-captain), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav and Vaibhav Suryavanshi.
Ireland team for IRE vs IND T20 series
Lorcan Tucker (captain), Ross Adair, Ben Coltridge, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Matthew Humphreys, Gavin Hoy, Matthew Hollard, Liam McCarthy, Jay Mundra, Harry Tactor, Tim Tactor, Reuben Wilson.
