Shikhar Dhawan and Zaheer Khan's marvellous job when India met Ireland last time; see video
Virat Kohli-led Indian cricket team are all set to begin their long UK tour when they lock horns with Ireland in the first T20I of the two-match series in Malahide's Village, Dublin.
The former veteran pacer Zaheer Khan in 2009 ICC WT20 was Player of the Match with his T20I best career figurers of 4/19 in an 8 wicket win at Trent Bridge.
This is India's first T20I assignment since the Nidahas Trophy in March, and the squad doesn't have any major surprises.
There is a tough competition at no 4 slot where KL Rahul, Manish Pandey and Suresh Raina will put every possible efforts to seal the slot by their performance.
India and Ireland have only met once before in a men’s T20I - all the way back at #WT20 2009! @ImZaheer was Player of the Match with his T20I best 4/19 in an 8 wicket win at Trent Bridge. #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/XE2EikzLwy
— ICC (@ICC) June 27, 2018
The last time when the 'Gabbar' of Indian Cricket team met with Ireland then he thrashed Ireland's bowling line-up and made a superb ton against Ireland.
The last time Ireland & India met...@SDhawan25 did this! 💪
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 27, 2018
💯 pic.twitter.com/vwVUOwAKto
Team India will play two day T20 international series against Ireland on June 27 and June 29 before they play a limited-overs series and Tests game against England.
India will play three T20Is games against England. They will then play three ODIs before the commencement of the high-profile five-match Test series.
Ireland Squad:
Paul Stirling, William Porterfield, Andy Balbirnie, Simi Singh, Gary Wilson (capt), Kevin O'Brien, Stuart Thompson, Stuart Poynter (wk), George Dockrell, Boyd Rankin, Joshua Little
Indian Squad:
Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (capt), Suresh Raina/KL Rahul/Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal/Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah
First published: 27 June 2018, 18:53 IST