ICC World Cup: India vs Ireland - Match Preview, Team News
India will play against Ireland at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on 6th March. This article gives the team info about the match.
ICC World Cup - India vs Ireland
India will meet the miraculous Irish team on 6th March at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore. The stadium committee has increased the seating capacity of the stadium from 38000 to 39221 and will sell half of the tickets to public. All tickets have been already sold out. Ireland's upset of England has turned their match against India into a much-awaited game, and one that could have telling consequences on the Cluster of Calamity that is Group B. So all cricket fans are eagerly waiting to watch the match on Sunday. So far, Bangalore pitch is dependent to batsmen. Bowlers have very less role. Runs are, once again, expected to burst forth from the Chinnaswamy Stadium wicket, where the last three international matches have generated an average of 328 runs per innings. So the team batting first should build up a huge score to make sure of their victory.
Ireland team had proved their talent in 2007 world cup match and it created sensations in 2007. They had won against Pakistan in the league phase and made it return home. In the super 8 match, Ireland won against Bangladesh. They are continuing the surprises in this 2011 world cup also. They defeated England by chasing their huge score of 327 runs. Even after losing some early wickets, the Irish batting line up resisted the English bowlers. Their KJ O Brien scored a wonderful century of 113 runs from just 63 balls. Now the feather for scoring the fastest century goes to this Irish player. They also have experienced bowling line up. Ireland is being led by Porterfield and Ed Joyce who played for England is also present in the team and this team is having more experience in the international matches. But their team has not played much International One Day Crickets. They also don't have spinners in their team. Their team is coming with full confidence to play against India.
Indian players had performed well in the match against England. But even after scoring a huge score, India failed to clinch the victory. It was not completely bowlers fault. Indian fielding performance was not appreciable. Now the main discussion is whether Indian team should have a fielding coach or not? Anyway Fielding is the area where the Indians will have to up their game against a team which can be matched with both bat and ball. Indian spinners had failed to perform against England, but expecting a comeback against Ireland.
Indian fast bowler, Nehra is fit to play after missing the first two matches, but not sure of getting a chance to play in first XI. If Dhoni gives him a chance, then they have send Piyush Chawla to the reserve seat. Otherwise India should play with five bowlers and will make Yusuf Pathan to sit in the pavilion. Sehwag will miss the match against Ireland. He has gone to Delhi for treatment after a injury during the practice session before the England – India match held at Bangalore. So Indian fans will miss some fantastic batting performance of Sehwag. Sachin is back on the track. He scored an astonishing century against England which enabled the team to cross 300. But Yusuf Pathan has not yet shown his batting miracle in this world cup. Anyway Chinnaswamy Stadium is waiting for the match on Sunday. All tickets have been already sold out. All Indian fans are afraid of Irish unexpected performance, especially O' Brien. Whether he will show his batting miracles against India?
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