IRE vs IND, T20Is 2023: Stats Preview of Players' Records and Approaching Milestones

Ireland will host India in a three-match T20I series starting on August 18 at The Village in Dublin. The second and third T20I will take place on August 20 and 23 at the same venue.

India will be coming into the contest on the back of a 3-2 series loss against West Indies. Tilak Varma was phenomenal in his debut series, scoring 173 runs in five games at an average of over 57 while Suryakumar Yadav was impressive with a couple of fifties, and Yashasvi Jaiswal too came up with a fifty in his second game.

Jasprit Bumrah has been declared fit and will be leading the young Indian team, as most of the players have been rested in order to manage the workload before the mega events. India will try different combinations to prepare for Asian Games and the 2024 T20 World Cup.

Ireland will be heading into the home series on the back of two different events, losing the World Cup spot in the  ODI World Cup Qualifier held in Zimbabwe in June and another one, ensuring their spot in 20-team T20 World Cup 2024. They finished second in the European T20 Qualifier held in Scotland, eventually confirming their place with Scotland (host).

Lorcan Tucker and Paul Stirling were impressive on the tour, as Tucker finished with 128 runs in five games at an average of 64, while Stirling aggregated 122 runs at an average of 40.67. Mark Adair holds the key in the bowling department with 12 wickets in five games. Ireland will look to surprise India by registering their first win.

Meanwhile, let us look at the stats and approaching milestones ahead of the first T20I between Ireland and India:

Head-to-Head: Both teams have met on five occasions, with India winning all five times. While in Ireland, both teams have met four times, with India winning four games.

2 – Arshdeep Singh (48) is two scalps away from reaching 50 wickets in T20 internationals.

3 – Mark Adair (97) requires just three scalps to reach the milestone of 100 wickets in T20Is

87 – Shivam Dube (1913) needs 87 runs to complete 2000 runs in T20 cricket.

7 – Paul Stirling (393) requires seven fours to get to 400 fours in the T20I format.

35 – Andrew Balbirnie (1965) requires 35 runs to reach the landmark of 2000 runs in T20 internationals.

5 – Jitesh Sharma (95) requires five sixes to complete 100 maximums in the T20 format.

2 – Curtis Campher (48) needs two scalps to complete 50 wickets in the T20 format.

2 – Lorcan Tucker (48) needs two big hits to get to 50 maximums in T20s.

3 - Shahbaz Ahmed (47) needs three scalps to reach 50 wickets in T20s.

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