ICC World Cup: India vs Ireland - Pitch Report, Team Info and Weather Condition
ICC World Cup- 6th March, Chinnaswamy Stadium.
India will play against Ireland at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Dhoni informed that Nehra is fit to play, but also informed the team may remain unchanged. Read the article for more information about Pitch and both team
ICC World Cup – India vs Ireland – 6th March – Bangalore
India will play their third match in the ICC World Cup 2011 against Ireland on 6th March at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore. So far in this world cup, Chinnaswamy Stadium is known as the Paradise for Batsmen. The bowlers have very less role in this pitch.
After watching Irish performance against England, Dhoni told that his team will opt to field first if they win the toss. He also told that it is easy to play under the lights at Chinnaswamy Stadium. Indian Team and Indian fans were not worried about the less experienced Irish team till their match against England. For every team it depends on that particular day. There are individuals in every side who can play big innings, score at an amazing strike rate of 150 or 200, and that can really change the course of the game. So India will prepare their best for the match on Sunday at Bangalore. Irish Players are less exposed to International Cricket. They have only very few experienced team members, but they are coming from county cricket. The Irish team is well familiar with the pitch at Chinnaswamy stadium. They had chased England's huge score of 327 on last Wednesday. But only unlucky side is that they have not experienced Indian Bowlers much. The two men opening the batting for India, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, have scored more runs at the Chinnaswamy Stadium than anyone else. Tendulkar leads the way with 496 runs at 49.60, while Sehwag has 323 at 64.60. Zaheer Khan
leads the way with wickets, having taken 11 at 30.18.Probable Team
India
Dhoni has not given much information about the playing XI. But he told Ashish Nehra is fit to play against Ireland. Earlier it was informed that Sehwag will not be available for the match. But the team management informed that he is fit and will be back to play. India will go for 4 main bowlers as Yuvraj and Yusuf Pathan will bowl for India. With four slots remaining for the bowlers, the question for India will be which combination of spin and seam to play: three seamers and one specialist spinner, or two of each? If two spinners are included, will it be R Ashwin or Piyush Chawla who partners Harbhajan Singh? Most probably the same team combination that played against England will play with Ireland.
TeamVirender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (wk/capt), Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Piyush Chawla, Munaf Patel
Ireland
Porterfield's Wednesday was made up of the match that has put Ireland's cricketers on the front pages of their newspapers back home and top of the mind of the cricketing public, particularly in the heated heart of the tournament's biggest hosts. Ireland had made last time changes in their team against England. They had replaced Botha, their most accomplished bowler in the end overs, due to injury. His accuracy and canny changes of pace had brought him three cheap wickets against Bangladesh. The team management informed that their all rounder Andre Botha is fit for the match. The main draw back is the ground support that the Bangalore stadium will provide for India. Many Indians had given them good support for the match against England.
Team William Porterfield (capt), Paul Stirling, Ed Joyce, Niall O'Brien (wk), Kevin O'Brien, Alex Cusack, Andre Botha/Gary Wilson, John Mooney, Trent Johnston, George Dockrell, Boyd RankinPitch report
On Saturday the pitch was green and grassy look, though it may change after being rolled. The same pitch had produced 676 runs in India-England Match. Before this tournament started, the warm-up matches in Bangalore suggested conditions might favour spinners, but the ground has since produced 1,332 runs in just two games. The average score in the last three full internationals played here is 328. The dryer surface might give a little more help to the spinners. But the initial overs will produce some swing. Expect another high-scoring game on what should be a bright, sunny afternoon and a warm, clear evening.To get Live Scores
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