{"id":187356,"date":"2026-06-29T03:50:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=187356"},"modified":"2026-06-29T03:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:20:41","slug":"shreyas-iyer-loses-first-series-as-t20i-captain-against-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=187356","title":{"rendered":"Shreyas Iyer loses first series as T20I captain against Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71158788\">Ireland beat reigning T20 World Cup champion India 2-0 in \u200btheir two-match T20 bilateral series, as it secured a thrilling one-run win over \u200bthe white-ball heavyweight on \u2060Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s Jai Moondra and Matt Hollard dismantled the Indian batting line-up with three-wicket hauls \u200cas the visitors could only manage 153-9 after Ireland, \u200cput in to bat, posted 154-8 \u200con \u2060a cloudy afternoon in Belfast.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2060loss marked India\u2019s first T20 bilateral series defeat since 2023 and Shreyas Iyer\u2019s first series loss as India skipper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to describe&#8230; it\u2019s \u200ban amazing feeling. \u200cI\u2019m still trying to process it,\u201d said player-of-the-series Moondra.<\/p>\n<p>Moondra dismissed Indian openers Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma \u200cin the very first over, and \u200bbowled captain Shreyas Iyer in the third over, leaving India \u2060reeling at 19-3.<\/p>\n<p>Tilak Varma\u2019s fighting knock of 55 brought India close to \u200cthe target, and the side needed eight runs to win from the last two balls, but Harshit Rana was caught trying to hit Harry Tector for a six off \u200cthe penultimate delivery to seal Ireland\u2019s win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKudos to (Ireland), \u200bthe way they played. Showed professionalism, had tremendous idea of \u2060how the wicket was going to \u2060play,\u201d Iyer said.<\/p>\n<p>India next visits England for a five-match T20 series \u200cstarting July 1, followed by three ODIs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 28, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/shreyas-iyer-second-t20i-captaincy-career-ind-vs-ire-series-match-result-report-belfast\/article71158788.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland beat reigning T20 World Cup champion India 2-0 in \u200btheir two-match T20 bilateral series, as it secured a thrilling one-run win over \u200bthe white-ball heavyweight on \u2060Sunday. Ireland\u2019s Jai&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":187357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782724842_WhatsApp20Image202026-06-2820at2022.33.44.jpeg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":186993,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=186993","url_meta":{"origin":187356,"position":0},"title":"India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I Live Score: Moondra removes Samson, Abhishek, Shreyas; Target 155","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"TOSS UPDATE India wins toss and opts to bowl first. 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