India vs Ireland Head To Head Record & Stats Ahead of T20 World Cup 2024 Match 8

Pre-tournament favourites India will open their Group A campaign against Ireland in match 8 of T20 World Cup 2024 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, USA on Wednesday (June 5).

With an aim to end ICC trophy drought, Rohit Sharma-led India will look to get off to a solid start, while Paul Stirling’s Ireland will look to cause an early upset in the show-piece event.

India vs Ireland head to head record ahead of T20 World Cup 2024 Match 8

Ireland stand a slim chance of progressing to the Super 8s, but Team India is the firm favourite to win the group that also includes arch-rivals Pakistan, tournament co-hosts USA as well as Canada.

Rohit’s men come into the match on the back of a thumping 60-run win over Bangladesh in their solitary warm-up match, while Ireland suffered a 41-run loss to Sri Lanka in their only practice match ahead of the show-piece.

This will be the second meeting between India and Ireland in the T20 World Cup. But the two teams have met in bilateral series, including one last year. However, this will be their first meeting in the New York venue. Here is a look at the head to head numbers of IND vs IRE:

India vs Ireland Head to Head Record

In the 7 IND vs IRE head to head meetings in T20Is, India holds a clear advantage, having won all the seven fixtures against Ireland. Here is a look at the India vs Ireland head to head stats:

India vs Ireland Head To Head Stats in T20

STAT	For India vs Ireland	For Ireland vs India
Wins Batting 1st	4	0
Wins Chasing	3	0
Highest Total	225	221
Lowest Total	185	70
Highest Successful Chase	113	NA
Lowest Total Defended	185	NA
Most Runs	Deepak Hooda (151 runs)	Andy Balbirnie (156 runs)
Highest scorer	Deepak Hooda (104)	Andy Balbirnie (72)
Most Sixes	Deepak Hooda (8 sixes)	Andy Balbirnie (11 sixes)
Most Fours	Deepak Hooda (15 fours)	Harry Tector (13 fours)
Most wickets	Yuzvendra Chahal & Kuldeep Yadav (7 wickets each)	Craig Young (7 wickets)
Best Bowling	Zaheer Khan (4/19)	Peter Chase (4/35)

India and Ireland will face off in the second official T20 international match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, a venue which has been temporarily built to stage the T20 World Cup 2024 matches.

India has already played their only warm up match at the venue in New York, where South Africa bundled out Sri Lanka for 77 before crawling their way to finish the chase with 6 wickets and 22 balls to spare.