India suffered a rare defeat against Ireland in their first match in the ongoing tour of the United Kingdom. India, the 2026 T20 World Cup champions, lost to home team Ireland in the first match of the tour on June 26.
Against Ireland’s 182 runs, India could score only 148 runs for all ten wickets. Ireland won the match by 34 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the 2-match T20 series.
Ireland won the match against India by a margin of 34 runs.
The entire Indian batting order was reduced to under 19.th Over of the second innings. Ireland’s Matthew Hollard and Matthew Humphreys destroyed the batting lineup of the Indian cricket team by taking 3 wickets each.
Fans troll India’s rare defeat in T20I
Today India has lost to Ireland, the main reason is that this player never plays..#IndvsIre pic.twitter.com/yTveedCCz1
– Umang Pandey (@PandeyA54962168) June 26, 2026
Surya never lost any series during his captaincy#INDvsIRE https://t.co/TSIF4xatLW pic.twitter.com/Rb9aHiSl6j
– 𝙶𝚊𝚊𝚊𝚊𝚊𝚊 (@darioii60) June 26, 2026
What a day you are looking at..
India lost to Ireland.#Ireland #INDvsIRE
– Adarsh Shukla (@shukla_Adarsh13) June 26, 2026
Ireland has successfully defeated India for the first time in international cricket today. #INDvsIRE pic.twitter.com/MTd9s1qJyJ
– Honest Cricket Fan (@Vinaik76386752) June 26, 2026
As soon as India came to Ireland, the T20 Champions were deflated, Lord! #INDvsIRE pic.twitter.com/BgRqahVDeo
– A⁷ (@anushmita7) June 26, 2026
Only one defeat in the series
The game is not over yet, come back @BCCI
Revenge mode on#IrevsInd #INDvsIRE pic.twitter.com/sjPfHkg90q
– Kalyan-Ram (@KalyanRC_777) June 26, 2026
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