Ireland vs India second T20I - Ireland forced to play catch up but will be more competitive

Craig Young had most of Ireland's success with the ball when taking advantage of the swinging conditions. Photograph: Lorraine O'Sullivan/AFP via Getty ImagesSecond T20 International: Ireland vs India, Tuesday 4.30pm, Malahide, live on BT Sport

There were positives in the result for Ireland no doubt; Harry Tector’s innings of 64 being the obvious one while Lorcan Tucker’s dismantling of Hardik Pandya and Conor Olphert’s economical response to seeing his first ball in international cricket launched out of the park can also be referenced.Yet Malan’s point about regular game time is the most salient. India’s players looked like they had been battle-hardened by a two-month stint in the world’s premier T20 domestic tournament, the IPL.

Then with the ball, Ireland initially didn’t give the ball much chance to swing. At one point during the powerplay, TV graphics suggested that 84 per cent of Ireland’s deliveries were short or on a length, in other words not deliveries that would move in the air a great deal.

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