The Indian cricket team will play its 200th T20I match later today against the West Indies at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba. It has been a historic tour so far as India also played their 100th Test match against West Indies earlier on the tour. Speaking of milestone matches, India’s 100th T20I match happened on June 27, 2018 against the Ireland cricket team in Dublin.
It was the first match of the two-match T20I series between India and Ireland in 2018. As expected, the Men in Blue recorded a convincing victory by 76 runs. Kuldeep Yadav was the Man of the Match in that game, with figures of 4/21. Here’s a look at India’s playing 11 from that match, and where those players are now.
Batters and all-rounders in India’s 100th T20I – Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Virat Kohli (c) and Manish Pandey
India played with five specialist batters and two all-rounders in their 100th T20I match, which happened against the Ireland cricket team. Openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan stole the show by smashing a half-century each. Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya batted above Virat Kohli, but none of them could score big. Kohli himself got out for a two-ball duck. India finished with 208/5, with Rohit’s score being 97.
Rohit, Pandya and Kohli are still members of the Indian team. Raina and Dhoni have retired, whereas Dhawan and Pandey have been dropped from the squad in all formats.
Bowlers – Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal
Kuldeep Yadav bagged four wickets in that match, while Yuzvendra Chahal scalped three wickets. Fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceded only 35 runs in eight overs. Bumrah bagged two wickets.
Bumrah, Yadav and Chahal are members of the Indian team now as well. However, Kumar lost his place after the New Zealand tour last year.
