ICC Cricket World Cup 2011: India Defeat Ireland by 5 Wickets

Matches involving Ireland are quickly becoming some of the most exciting in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, and their match with India on Sunday 6th March 2011 at Bangalore, was no exception.

Having set a moderate total of 207 All Out from 46.5 overs, having been put in by India, Ireland bowled and fielded tightly, taking regular wickets, as India narrowly edged over the winning line with 210 for 5 wickets coming in 46 overs, meaning that India won by 5 wickets.

Irish opener, Porterfield (75) and number four Niall O’Brian (46) top scored in an otherwise disappointing top half of their batting order, which saw Stirling out first ball, bowled by Khan, and Ed Joyce (4) went four balls later to the same bowler.

But the main damage was done by the man-of-the-match, Yuvraj Singh, who collected five wickets for 31 runs from 10 overs, as well as knocking up an important 50 Not Out with the bat.

All of India’s batsmen, except opener Sehwag, who was caught and bowled Johnson with a leading edge, got a start, though only Yuvraj Singh made 50 as Ireland regularly winkled them out when they looked poised to accelerate.

However, India were never really out of their comfort zone, and took their time and patience in building a successful run chase. That being said, a couple of extra wickets for the Irish in the middle of the innings, and they could easily have picked up their second big scalp of the tournament: write off these men in green at your peril.

India now lead Group B, level on points with England, who have played (and lost) one extra match.

India v Ireland – ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Scorecard

India won the toss and elected to field.

Ireland 1st Innings Runs Balls 4s 6s
Porterfield c Harbhajan Singh b Yuvraj Singh 75 104 6 1
Stirling b Z Khan 0 1 0 0
Joyce c Dhoni b Z Khan 4 5 1 0
N O’Brien run out (Kohli) 46 78 3 0
White c Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 5 10 0 0
K O’Brien c and b Yuvraj Singh 9 13 1 0
Cusack lbw b Yuvraj Singh 24 30 3 0
Mooney lbw b Yuvraj Singh 5 17 0 0
Johnston lbw b Patel 17 20 2 0
Dockrell c Dhoni b Z Khan 3 10 0 0
Rankin not out 1 1 0 0
Extras 6nb 8w 4lb 18
Total all out 207 (47.5 ovs)

India Bowlers O M R W
Z Khan 9 1 30 3
Patel 4.5 0 25 1
Pathan 7 1 32 0
Harbhajan Singh 9 1 29 0
Chawla 8 0 56 0
Yuvraj Singh 10 0 31 5

India 1st Innings Runs Balls 4s 6s
Sehwag c and b Johnston 5 3 1 0
Tendulkar lbw b Dockrell 38 56 4 0
Gambhir c Cusack b Johnston 10 15 2 0
Kohli run out (K O’Brien) 34 53 3 0
Yuvraj Singh not out 50 75 3 0
Dhoni lbw b Dockrell 34 50 2 0
Pathan not out 30 24 2 3
Extras 5w 4lb 9
Total for 5 210 (46.0 ovs)

Ireland Bowlers O M R W
Rankin 10 1 34 0
Johnston 5 1 16 2
Dockrell 10 0 49 2
Mooney 2 0 18 0
Stirling 10 0 45 0
White 5 0 23 0
K O’Brien 1 0 3 0
Cusack 3 0 18 0

India win by 5 Wickets.


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