Gaikwad, Samson and Rinku set up India’s series-clinching win

India’s batters got a decent run in the second T20I against Ireland in Dublin as they notched up a highly competitive 185 after being put into bat first before the bowlers closed out a commanding, series-clinching 33-run victory. Ruturai Gaikwad and Sanju Samson set the foundations of the win with a brisk 71-run stand before Rinku Singh provided the thrust at the death with a quickfire 38.

Brief scores:

India 185/5 in 20 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 58, Sanju Samson 40; Barry McCarthy 2-36) beat Ireland 152/8 in 20 overs (Andred Balbirnie 72; Jasprit Bumrah 2-15, Prasidh Krishna 2-29) by 33 runs