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Shreyas Iyer criticized by fans after getting out cheaply in his captaincy debut in the first T20I against Ireland

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The India national cricket team played the Republic of Ireland national cricket team in the first match of a two-match T20I series at the Civil Service Cricket Club in Stormont, Belfast, Ireland. However, Shreyas Iyer did not have a good start under the captaincy of India as he was out after scoring three runs while chasing the target of 183 runs.

India had a good start while chasing the target. After the fall of two wickets, Shreyas Iyer came to the wicket and looked a bit aggressive while batting. He was on the wicket before a ball was top-edged on a bouncy wicket.

Shreyas Iyer was out cheaply while making his captaincy debut.

Debutant Matthew Hollard bowled a full ball on and around, but Shreyas Iyer flicked it flat square of the pads on the leg-side. The Team India captain’s timing was not the best and he edged out the fielder to deep square to his right as George Dockrell made no mistake and Iyer was out for 3 runs in 7 balls.

Iyer has not had the best of scores in his last five T20I innings, as he has scored just one half-century in five innings; The Indian captain has 77 runs in five innings including today’s match. This will be a matter of concern for the experienced cricketer who has been in good form in the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026.

India struggling against Ireland

India are in trouble now as Abhishek Sharma got out soon after scoring his half-century. The southpaw was out after scoring 50 runs in 20 balls. He hit two sixes and seven fours in his swashbuckling innings. Sanju Samson was out early for five runs, and Ishan Kishan was also out for one run, while Ireland debutant Matthew Hollard took two wickets.

Tilak Verma and Washington Sundar are at the crease as India are now at 88-4. The Men in Blue need to build a partnership between these two, as the run chase will be easier with the arrival of two batsmen and Harshit Rana can also bat.

Invited to bat first, Ireland lost wickets at regular intervals and Lauren Tucker scored a half-century. He and Gareth Delany made a partnership of 64 runs in 44 balls, helping the team score a total of 182/9. The latter scored 49 runs and Harshit Rana was the pick of the bowlers with 3/24; Akshar Patel and Arshdeep Singh took two wickets each.

Fans trolled Iyer fiercely after getting out cheaply

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