The last T20 match of the 2-match series between India and Ireland is to be played on 28 June 2022 at The Village Ground in Dublin. This match will start at 9 pm Indian time. The time of toss is at 8:30 pm. India won the first match of the series by 7 wickets. In such a situation, Team India will be eyeing to clean Ireland by winning the second T20 as well. At the same time, Ireland will try to win the match and tie the series.
In the first T20, the Indian team won comfortably. Rituraj Gaikwad could not bat in that match due to injury. In such a situation, his chances of playing in the second T20 match are negligible. In such a situation, Hardik Pandya can give Rahul Tripathi a chance to debut in his place. Rahul has played at the top of the order for his teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Apart from this, Hardik can also give Arshdeep Singh a chance in place of Avesh Khan. If this happens, then Arshdeep’s international career will also start. There is also talk of Sanju Samson opening with Ishan Kishan. This possibility also cannot be ruled out.
It is meant to say that Team India has many options to open the batting with Ishan Kishan. It includes Venkatesh Iyer and Sanju Samson, but Rahul Tripathi seems to have the upper hand. He has had a very good IPL 2022 season with Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Venkatesh Iyer Iyer can be overlooked to maintain the right-left combination at the top. At the same time, Sanju Samson has preferred to bat in the middle order in recent times. Rahul Tripathi can also get the advantage of being a good fielder. Teams of India and Ireland can take the field with these players in the second T20 match.
Here is the probable playing XI of both the teams
India: Ishan Kishan, Rahul Tripathi/Sanju Samson, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh.
Ireland: Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie (c), Gareth Delany, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wk), George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Andy McBrine, Craig Young, Joshua Little, Conor Olfert.