Ireland set India modest target

FE Team | Published: June 24, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

Kyle McCallan of Ireland is bowled by Indian fast bowler RP Singh.

Ireland set India 194 runs to win as they struggled to put a big total on the board in their one-day international (ODI) at the Civil Service Club in Stormont, reports BBC.
India chose to field in swinging conditions and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (3-50) quickly snapped up two wickets.
Niall O'Brien anchored the innings with an impressive 52 - his fourth ODI fifty - and he added 48 in 10 overs with captain Trent Johnston (34).
Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla impressed to take 3-29 from his 10 overs.
India, who gave a debut to middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma, had no doubts over choosing to bowl first under the grey skies in Belfast.
Sreesanth and Rudra Pratap Singh soon found some movement and Kenny Carroll was the first to go for seven, caught behind by Dinesh Karthik.
Will Porterfield and Dominick Joyce then put on 34 in nearly 10 overs before Joyce (18) was snaffled by Sourav Ganguly at second slip off Sreesanth.
Porterfield (16) fell to a yorker from the economical Ajit Agarkar (1-27), before Gary Wilson (13), Kevin O'Brien (three) and Andrew White (eight) were all bamboozled by leg-spinner Chawla.
It was left to the obdurate O'Brien and his captain Johnstone to move Ireland to respectability, as they upped the tempo.
O'Brien hammered Singh for four but was out next ball in the 45th over, getting a leading edge to Sharma at cover. Johnston continued to add to the total and hit Sreesanth for two massive sixes, even losing one ball in the woods outside the ground.