{"id":520671,"date":"2026-06-27T04:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/520671\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T04:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:46:15","slug":"ireland-cricket-team-make-history-with-first-ever-t20-win-over-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/520671\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland Cricket team make history with first ever T20 win over India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ireland cricket team made history in Belfast on Friday as they beat India for the first time in T20 by 34 runs.<\/p>\n<p>It was a beautiful day for cricket in Stormont, and it was India that won the toss and decided to let Ireland bat first. It looked like a shrewd call as <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2025\/11\/20\/sport\/sport-extra\/the-ashes-ireland-history\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ireland<\/a> quickly fell to 51-4 in the top order. However, under the stewardship of Lorcan Tucker, Ireland was able to recover.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Tucker scored 50 runs, and Gareth Delany was just behind him on 49 as they ended up setting India up for chasing a score of 182.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3494055.jpg\" alt=\"ireland cricket\" class=\"wp-image-1785683\"  \/>Ireland fielder Ben Calitz celebrates. Pic: Seb Daly\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p>India left out 15-year-old teen sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who was called up to the India squad for the first time after tearing some of the best bowlers apart during the Indian Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>But it was the work of two Irish debutants that thwarted any Indian momentum as Matt Hollard and Jai Moondra inspired a huge attack that ended by bowling the World Number 1 reigning champions out for 148 with seven balls remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Moondra took 2-25 while Hollard won the player of the match after bowling for 3-28.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3494100.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1785682\"  \/>Player of the match Ireland\u2019s Matthew Hollard. Pic: Seb Daly\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think we scraped \u200bthrough that game,\u2019 Lorcan Tucker said at the post-match presentation ceremony. \u2018We had some tough periods in it, but we stayed in it. And we were diligent, and we worked hard. And we \u2060were lucky to get the reward in the end.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, debutant Hollard was over the moon after his player-of-the-match display. \u2018In all honesty, I never expected this,\u2019 Hollard said after the game. \u2018I always knew I had it, but I never thought I\u2019d make my debut against India. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s a dream come true. After that first ball, I turned to Harry [Tector] and said \u201cThe first one\u2019s done\u201d. And then when the ball went in the air, my heart just stopped for a moment. Really, really special.\u2019<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The moment history was made! \ud83d\udc9a<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BackingGreen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#BackingGreen<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/IREvIND?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#IREvIND<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/F%C3%A1ilteSolar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#F\u00e1ilteSolar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/irDjNkEbK9\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/irDjNkEbK9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cricket Ireland (@cricketireland) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cricketireland\/status\/2070559944919732413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 26, 2026<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ireland cricket team made history in Belfast on Friday as they beat India for the first time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-520671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}