Last updated on .From the section Cricket India opener KL Rahul made 70 off 36 balls Second Twenty20 international, Malahide: India 213-4 (20 overs): Rahul 70, Raina 69, K O'Brien 3-40 Ireland 70 (12.3 overs): K Yadav 3-16, Chahal 3-21 India won by 143 runs Scorecard India recorded their biggest T20 win as they hammered Ireland by 143 runs to win the one-sided Dublin series 2-0. It was the second biggest victory in T20 history in terms of runs, with India posting 213-4 before bowling Ireland out for 70 in sunny Malahide. KL Rahul made 70, Suresh Raina 69 and Hardik Pandya 32 not out off 12 balls, while spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav shared six wickets. India begin a three-match T20 series against England on Tuesday. That is followed by three one-day internationals and five Tests. India, who won the opening T20 by 76 runs, passed 200 in consecutive T20s for the first time. Rahul and Raina punish Ireland Ireland were once again punished after winning the toss and choosing to bowl in front of another capacity crowd in north Dublin. India captain Virat Kohli, opening the batting, followed his two-ball duck in the first game with only nine. But the tourists struck 13 sixes - Rahul hit six and Hardick four and Raina three - to take India past Wednesday's total of 208-5. A rare highlight for Ireland was Kevin O'Brien taking two wickets in his first three balls. Ireland subside with the bat Skipper Gary Wilson was confident Ireland would push India closer on Friday, but they managed a meek response with the bat. Umesh Yadav dismissed Paul Stirling with the second ball of the innings and Ireland never recovered. William Porterfield, who was replaced by Wilson as limited-overs captain earlier this month, made 14 on his return. William Porterfield is bowled by Umesh Yadav just moments after smashing a six at a sun-bathed Malahide Wilson's 15 was the highest score as Ireland bettered their lowest T20 total - the 68 made against West Indies in 2010 - by only two runs. India's spinners dominated again with Ireland unable to cope with the impressive Kuldeep Yadav and Chahal, who took 3-16 and 3-21 respectively. India are second and Ireland 17th in the International Cricket Council's T20 rankings, and the gulf in class was evident in both matches. What's next? India meet England in T20s at Old Trafford, Cardiff and Bristol before the one-day series starts on 12 July. Ireland have plenty to ponder and improve on for next year's World Twenty20 qualifiers, having missed out on a place at the 2019 50-over World Cup. What they said India captain Virat Kohli: "For us, the opposition doesn't really matter if we play to our strengths. "Obviously the pitches will play a part but we know if they come hard, we have the batting power to go hard as well." Ireland captain Gary Wilson: "I don't think the wicket would have been any different whether we had batted first or if we had bowled. "There's plenty of lessons to learn, from batting both and bowling. When you look at it, we were playing against the best 14 or 15 players in the IPL over the two games."<doc-sep>New Delhi: A ruthless India demolished Ireland by 143 runs to clinch the series 2-0 as spinners yet again tormented the hosts after authoritative batting show by the visiting batsmen in the 2nd T20I, on Friday. India posted a massive 213 for four after being asked to take the first strike and then bundled out the hosts for a mere 70 in 12.3 overs. Cricketnext takes a look at the performances of the Indian players from the series. Shikhar Dhawan: Rating: 9, Verdict: Very Good Shikhar Dhawan once again showed that why he is regarded as one of the best openers in the limited-over formats of the game. Dhawan featured in only one match in the series, and that was enough for the southpaw to illustrate the kind of form he is enjoying at the moment. Dhawan smashed 74 runs off just 45 deliveries in the first T20I, which included five fours and five huge maximums. Rohit Sharma: Rating: 7, Verdict: Good Much was being said by Rohit Sharma's form prior to the series against Ireland. He didn't had a great outing in South Africa and then flopped miserably with the bat in the Indian Premier League as well. However, the swashbuckling opener allayed all those fears by slamming a majestic 97 in the opening match of the series. Sharma's hard-hitting was a delight to watch as he smacked 8 fours and 5 sixes in his 61-ball innings. However, all the good work was done away with in the second match when the 'Hitman' was dismissed for a duck. Lokesh Rahul: Rating: 9, Verdict: Very Good Lokesh Rahul is regarded as one of India's best when it comes to batting in all three formats. But in the last few months — especially during the Indian Premier League — Rahul has shown that his power-hitting is second to none. After finishing as the third-highest run-getter in the cash-rich league, Rahul bludgeoned 70 off 36 deliveries in the second T20I at a strike rate of 194.4. Rahul's form with the blade creates a happy headache for the team as all three openers seem to be in good nick at the moment. Virat Kohli: Rating: 2, Verdict: Poor India skipper Virat Kohli didn't have a good time with the bat in Ireland as he managed to score just 9 runs in two outings. It must be noted that there weren't enough balls left for him in the first game as he came out to bat in the last over. But Kohli failed with the bat in the second match too, despite opening the innings. Although, one would argue that stiffer test awaits Kohli and his troops in England, he would have wanted to get some runs under his belt after returning from injury, which ruled him out of his much-awaited county stint. Suresh Raina: Rating: 7, Verdict: Good Unlike most of his teammates, Suresh Raina got a chance to bat in both the matches and while he was very poor in one, he produced an excellent innings in the other. After getting dismissed for just 10 in the first match, the southpaw was given a chance to shine in the second and he repaid the faith shown in him by the management. Raina scored 69 off 45 deliveries at a healthy strike rate of 153.3. The Indian team have a dearth of southpaws in the middle-order at the moment and Raina's form sort of ends the problem. MS Dhoni: Rating: 5, Verdict: Average Mahendra Singh Dhoni featured in only one match in the series and therefore didn't have enough chance to show if he has carried his IPL form onto the international stage. Behind the stumps, he was as steady as ever and also provided good support to Kohli as far as leading the side on the field is concerned. Hardik Pandya: Rating: 6, Verdict: Good All-rounder Hardik Pandya showed once again how destructive he can be in the limited-over formats of the game. After playing just one delivery in the first match, Pandya smashed 32 runs off just 9 deliveries — including four sixes — to help the visitors cross the 200-run mark in as many games. However, with the ball, Pandya wasn't anywhere at this best in the two matches, as he picked up just one wicket and conceded 46 runs in 8 overs. Manish Pandey: Rating: 2, Verdict: Poor Middle-order batsman Manish Pandey is walking a very thin line as far as his place in the playing XI in concerned. Pandey had a rather underwhelming IPL, which saw him getting dropped during the latter stages of the Sunrisers Hyderabad campaign. His international form hasn't been great either as he had failed in South Africa too. Pandey didn't get a chance to bat in the first match but off the 20 balls that he face in the second, he could muster only 21. And with so many players waiting in the wings, time is slowly and steadily running out for him. Bhuvneshwar Kumar: Rating: 6, Verdict: Good There are not many better bowlers than Bhuvneshwar Kumar in world cricket at present, when it comes to swing bowling. Bhuvi featured in the first game and ended with figures of 0/16 in four overs. Despite not being able to open his account — in terms of wickets — the India medium-pacer was as on the mark and that is a good sign ahead of the England series. Jasprit Bumrah, Rating: 8, Verdict: Very Good Like Bhuvneshwar, Jasprit Bumrah also played just one match and it was enough tell the world that he is battle ready. In fours overs in the first match, Bumrah bowled one maiden, gave away just 19 runs and picked up couple of wickets. Expect Bhuvi and Bumrah to share the new ball early on in England. Yuzvendra Chahal, Rating: 9, Verdict: Very Good Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has a knack of picking of wickets and such was the case in Ireland as well. In the two matches that he played, Chahal scalped three wickets in each match to break the backbone of the Irish batting line-up.<doc-sep>India recorded their biggest T20I victory as they steamrolled Ireland for 70 in 12.3 overs to win the second T20I by a whopping 143 runs. Put in to bat, India shuffled their batting order but still managed to make their second 200+ score in as many matches. While it always looked a distant target for the Irish, a brilliant bowling display saw them succumb to their second lowest T20I total. Here we rate the players from either side on a scale of 1-10. KL Rahul - 10/10 Stepping out to open with his skipper, KL Rahul made a strong impression, continuing his IPL form. All class and timing, Rahul raced to a 36-ball 70, doubling India’s selection conundrum before the all-important series against England. Rahul hit six sixes in his innings and took a special liking to Simi Singh, whom he slammed for two sixes and three fours. Suresh Raina — 10/10 If Rahul's form wasn't enough headache for Kohli and Shastri, Suresh Raina returned to form with a 45-ball 69, orchestrating some fabulous,vintage-Raina shots enroute a fine half-century. The southpaw was in ominous touch and made use of his second consecutive opportunity at No 3 to make an impression. Yuzvendra Chahal — 10/10 If the leggie was expensive in the first game, he more than made up for it here with a stringent spell and eked out three wickets. He spun one past Andrew Balbirnie to knock his stumps over before trapping Simi Singh with a straighter delivery. With Kuldeep joining the fun, Chahal added one more in his final over to finish with 3/21. Kuldeep Yadav — 10/10 Carrying on from Chahal’s good work, Kuldeep Yadav stomped over Ireland with his guile and tricks. Unable to read him, Irish batsmen tried to slog their way out but the Chinaman was constantly at them and returned with a match haul of 3/16. The near-perfect delivery with which he dismissed Gary Wilson shows the kind of control Kuldeep has developed in recent times. Hardik Pandya — 9/10 The swashbuckling all-rounder showed his prowess in his nine-ball stay. He put on a belligerent 44-run stand with Manish Pandey to propel India past the 200-run mark. Facing just nine deliveries, Pandya hit five boundaries — four sixes and a four — and nonchalantly tonked the Irish bowlers. The seam-bowling all-rounder returned to show more promise with the ball, dismissing the dangerous Kevin O’Brien for a duck. Umesh Yadav — 9/10 Umesh was in terrific form in the powerplay overs of the IPL, picking up 14 wickets in the first six overs, the most by any bowler in the season. The fact that he took them at an economy rate of 6.74 meant that a recall to the T20I side after six years was inevitable. Having played just one T20I before, Umesh rocked Ireland with a two-wicket burst in his first two overs, beginning a slide that saw them slip to 70 all out. George Dockrell — 8/10 With Indian batsmen making merry, the Irish left-arm spinner tied down the big-hitters with his immaculate lines. While his teammates went for 183 runs in 16 overs — an average economy of 11.43 — Dockrell was easily the best of the hosts’ bowlers, giving runs at just 7.5. He, however, could not get a wicket. Siddarth Kaul — 8/10 Making his T20I debut, Punjab seamer Siddarth Kaul was handed the new ball alongside Umesh Yadav. He picked up a wicket in two dream overs that went for just four runs combined. Manish Pandey — 6/10 With Hardik Pandya going hammer and tongs, Manish Pandey — persisted in the starting XI and sent ahead of Dinesh Karthik — struggled to get his timing right. His 21 came off 20 balls, an anomaly to the kind of scoring rates from the other Indian players. The fact that he was batting at the death while notching up a strike rate of 105 further works against him. It would be a major surprise if he starts against England ahead of KL Rahul. Kevin O'Brien — 4/10 The Ireland all-rounder managed to cut out India’s scoring rate with frequent wickets, although he remained on the expensive side. He conceded at 10-an-over but dismissed KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma in one over to give Ireland some respite. He later added the scalp of Suresh Raina to finish with three to his name. With the bat, O'Brien once again went missing and was dismissed for a duck. Gary Wilson — 2/10 Little blame can be placed on the Ireland skipper except his strange decision to bowl at the toss. He tried to defy the Indian attack for 18 balls, the most faced by any of Ireland players, but eventually ran out of gas. Earlier, he rotated his bowlers without any kind of success and watched as India amassed a humungous score. Peter Chase — 2/10 A 10.5 economy rate would ideally mean the bowler getting the lowest rating but the mere fact that he dismissed Virat Kohli early in the innings with a sharp bouncer gives Peter Chase brownie points. Coming off the back of a career-best performance in the previous game, Chase wasn't as much in control and went for 42 in his four-over spell. Virat Kohli — 2/10 Kohli, true to his words, decided to play around with his batting order and moved up the order to open the innings in the absence of Shikhar Dhawan. He appeared to be in a hurry to get things going after watching Rahul’s ominous start and pulled an outside off-stump bouncer to deep square-leg. William Porterfield — 2/10 Replacing the wicket-keeper Stuart Poynter in the starting XI, veteran batsman William Porterfield thumped Umesh Yadav for a six off a slower ball to give Ireland an early impetus. However, he got cheeky all too soon and perished in an attempt to paddle sweep the seamer the very next ball. Andy Balbirnie — 2/10 The talented Ireland batsman was demoted to No 4 following his failure in the previous game, but received a peach of a delivery from Yuzvendra Chahal that ended his stay.<doc-sep>Team India all-rounder Hardik Pandya displayed nerves of steel on Friday as he smashed a 10-ball 32 in the 2nd T20I against Ireland to propel India's total to 213/4 in 20 overs. After staying unbeaten, he also impressed with the ball as he took a wicket and gave away just 10 runs in 2 overs at an economy rate of 5. The Men in Blue bowled out the hosts for just 70 runs and recorded a comprehensive 143-run victory to win the series 2-0. After the win, Pandya took to Instagram and credited former captain MS Dhoni's daughter Ziva Dhoni for getting his form back. He shared a video of Ziva, with the caption, "Oh I think that I found myself a cheerleader ?? ?????????? @zivasinghdhoni006 ????? ?Video courtesy: @sakshisingh_r. In the video shared with Pandya by Dhoni's wife Sakshi, the 3-year old was seen cheering for the right handed-batsman. "Come on! Come on, Hardik," Ziva said in the video. In his innings of 32, Pandya hit four sixes, and a four. In 2 T20Is against Ireland, he has scored 38 runs at a strike rate of 380. India completed the formality of a 2-0 win in Ireland on Friday with their biggest ever T20 victory, by 143 runs. Siddarth Kaul, who took 21 wickets in the IPL this year, was given his debut on Friday and took a wicket in his second over although once again it was the spin twins Kuldeep Yadav and player of the series Yuzvendra Chahal who ripped through the Ireland line-up, sharing six wickets as Ireland were bowled out in just 12.3 overs for 70. Promoted KL Rahul, who sat out the first match, scored 70 off 36 balls and with Suresh Raina hitting 69 off 45 as India totalled 213-4. After clinching the two match T20I series against Ireland, India will now travel to England for a 3 T20Is, 3 ODIs and 5 Test match series.<doc-sep>
Scorecard | As it happened Use your cricket knowledge to play CricPlay, India’s first free fantasy cricket app DUBLIN: A ruthless India demolished Ireland by 143 runs to clinch the series 2-0 as spinners yet again tormented the hosts after authoritative batting show by the visiting batsmen in the second and final Twenty20 International , here on Friday.India posted a massive 213 for four after being asked to take the first strike and then bundled out the hosts for a mere 70 in 12.3 overs.It was India's biggest victory margin (by runs) as they improved on the 93-run win over Sri Lanka at Cuttack in 2017. It was also the joint second-highest margin (by runs) in T20Is with Pakistan 143-run win over West Indies in Karachi earlier this year, and second to 172 runs by Sri Lanka against Kenya in 2007.It was also the lowest total against India in T20I cricket, with Ireland sinking lower than England's 80 at Colombo in 2012.Ireland never got off the blocks. Unlike in the previous game, they couldn't comprehend the raw pace of Umesh Yadav (2/19) and Siddarth Kaul (1/4).India's new pace duo reduced the opposition to 22-3 within the 4th over, with Umesh removing Ireland's experienced pairing of Paul Stirling (0) and William Porterfield (14) in successive overs.Half-centurion from the previous game, James Shannon (2) became Kaul's maiden international wicket. Yuzvendra Chahal (3/21) and Kuldeep Yadav (3/16) routed Ireland again as the hosts crashed to a massive defeat.Earlier, continuing their tune-up for the England tour, KL Rahul and Suresh Raina struck attacking half-centuries. Barring the odd hiccup, it was another dominant display from the Indian batsmen as Rahul (70) and Raina (69) bossed the Irish bowling to put on 106 runs off 57 balls for the second wicket.This was after the hosts won the toss and opted to field once again. They made one change, and brought in the experienced William Porterfield. Keeping the England T20I series in mind, India made four rotations changes.Siddarth Kaul made his T20I debut while Umesh Yadav, Dinesh Karthik and Rahul were included in the playing eleven. Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah and MS Dhoni were rested.While the changes were all like-for-like, India opted for permutations in their batting order. Skipper Virat Kohli (9), out for a duck in the first game, opened the innings with Rahul. Again though, he fell cheaply, out caught off a skier at fine leg as George Dockrell held on impressively.Rahul then took centre-stage and smacked the Irish bowling to all parts of the ground.Overall, he hit three fours and four long sixes during his 36-ball stay, replicating his purple-rich form from the 2018 Indian Premier League season.He brought up his 4th T20I half-century off 28 balls and then accelerated further thereafter as India crossed the 100-mark in the 10th over and looked comfortably set for another 200-plus total.However, just as he was approaching his century, he played a habitual false stroke and was dismissed.Kevin O'Brien (3-40) was the partnership breaker for Ireland, striking off his first delivery in the 13th over, accepting a simple return catch. It became a double-blow as Rohit Sharma (0) was caught at backward point two balls later, a shot that can be described lazy at best.It deprived Dinesh Karthik of an opportunity to bat, but more importantly, the dual wickets also sucked out momentum off the Indian innings. Raina though countered with some attacking strokes and brought up his 5th T20I half-century off 34 balls.Overall, he hit five fours and three sixes and lifted India in the latter half of the innings, adding 41 runs with Manish Pandey (21* off 20 balls) for the fourth wicket.He fell to O'Brien too, becoming his third wicket on the day as India were placed at 169-4 in the 18th over.Hardik Pandya (32*) had other plans though, and he played a 9-ball blitzkrieg knock, which included four towering sixes at the small Malahide Cricket Club ground.Thanks to his efforts, wherein O'Brien's final over of the Indian innings was taken for 21 runs, India managed to surpass their total from Wednesday.Chasing another tall order, Ireland knew they needed a stable start to have any chance of fronting up to the Indian spinners. But with an untidy start, they were never in the hunt.Chahal struck as soon as he was introduced in the 6th over, bowling Andrew Balbirnie (9). He picked up two more wickets while Kuldeep at the other end proved to be equally lethal.