IND vs IRE 2nd T20I: Full List of Awards, Stats, Records, Striker of the Match, Player of the Match

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India defeated Ireland by 33 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match series. India posted 185/5 in 20 overs after Rinku Singh went berserk and smashed 38 off 21 while coming to bat at number five.

Sanju Samson scored 40 off 26, while vice-captain Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 58 off 43. Barry McCarthy picked two wickets for 36 runs for Ireland.

In reply, Ireland lost their captain Paul Stirling for a duck. Number three batter Lorcan Tucker also failed to open his account and became Prasidh Krishna's second victim. Harry Tector (7), Curtis Campher (18) and George Dockrell also failed to make an impact.

However, opener Andrew Balbirnie kept on fighting a lone battle and kept Ireland in hunt of the run-chase. He scored 72 off 51 balls and was dismissed by Arshdeep Singh in the 16th over. Ravi Bishnoi and Jasprit Bumrah also picked two wickets apiece as Ireland were restricted to 152/8 in 20 overs.

IND vs IRE 2nd T20I: Full List of Awards

Striker of the Match: Andrew Balbirnie for scoring 72 off 51 at a strike rate of 141.18

"We know they're a skilled bowling attack and we have to be at our best. Kind of disappointed and it got away from us. It was a shame, but we're playing pretty good cricket. Guys go out and try to hit boundaries - some days it comes off and on others, they get caught on the boundary. Friday was a bizarre situation, we ran them close last year. We feel we can beat them."

Man of the Match: Rinku Singh for 38 runs off 21 balls

I was confident and trying to use the IPL experience. Was trying to take the game deep. Been playing cricket for ten years and getting rewarded for the hard work. Happy to get the Man-of-the-Match award in the first game I've batted in international cricket.

Paul Stirling (Ireland captain): "I felt we had chances and we didn't quite take it. But we have a lot of positives from the 40 overs. Once their batters got in, they got going and were very difficult to bowl to. We got some errors to work on and improve on. If we can be positive, we can turn it around and get the win."

Jasprit Bumrah (India captain): " Feeling good. Today, I could run in and bowl a little faster. We wanted to put runs on the board and we thought the pitch would get slower. It did get slower. It's sometimes difficult to pick a XI because all of them are confident and all of them play well in the nets. As a captain, I couldn't ask anything more," he said.

"All of us had the same dream to play for India and I don't think too much about expectations. If you play with that baggage, you're under pressure. You have to learn to manage the expectations and keep it on the side. Happy to be back and couldn't have asked for anything more," he added.

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Rinku Singh had 383.4 Strike rate in last 2 overs in today's match