India Vs Ireland 22Nd Match Group B
ICC Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh/India/Sri Lanka - 2011 (2010/11) · M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru · 6 March 2011
India won by 5 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
India won by 5 wickets (with 24 balls remaining). William Porterfield top-scored with 75 for Ireland. Yuvraj Singh took 5/31.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
- Date
- 6 March 2011
- Toss
- India, chose to field
- Result
- India won by 5 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Yuvraj Singh
- Captains
- William Porterfield (Ireland), MS Dhoni (India)
- Umpires
- BF Bowden and RJ Tucker
- Match referee
- RS Mahanama
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to field.
Ireland batted first and made 207 all out. William Porterfield top-scored with 75 off 104 balls, and Niall O'Brien made 46. Yuvraj Singh took 5 for 31 for India. The innings was built on a 113-run stand for the third wicket between Niall O'Brien and William Porterfield, 55% of the total. That was well below the 2010s average first-innings total at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, 305 across 8 ODIs.
Chasing 208, India made 210 for 5. Yuvraj Singh top-scored with 50 not out off 75 balls, and Sachin Tendulkar made 38.
India won by 5 wickets (with 24 balls remaining). Yuvraj Singh's 5 for 31 are the best innings figures at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
IRELAND: 207 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Porterfield | c Harbhajan Singh b Yuvraj Singh | 75 | 104 |
| Paul Stirling | b Zaheer Khan | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Joyce | c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan | 4 | 5 |
| Niall O'Brien | run out (Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni) | 46 | 78 |
| Andrew White | c MS Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh | 5 | 10 |
| Kevin O'Brien | c & b Yuvraj Singh | 9 | 13 |
| Alex Cusack | lbw b Yuvraj Singh | 24 | 30 |
| John Mooney | lbw b Yuvraj Singh | 5 | 17 |
| Trent Johnston | lbw b Munaf Patel | 17 | 20 |
| George Dockrell | c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan | 3 | 10 |
| Boyd Rankin | not out | 1 | 1 |
Extras 18 · Total 207 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Khan | 9 | 1 | 30 | 3 |
| Munaf Patel | 4.5 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 7 | 1 | 32 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 9 | 1 | 29 | 0 |
| Piyush Chawla | 8 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 10 | 0 | 31 | 5 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-1 (Paul Stirling, 0.4 ov), 2-9 (Ed Joyce, 2.3 ov), 3-122 (Niall O'Brien, 26.5 ov), 4-129 (Andrew White, 29.1 ov), 5-147 (Kevin O'Brien, 33.4 ov), 6-160 (William Porterfield, 37.1 ov), 7-178 (John Mooney, 41.5 ov), 8-184 (Alex Cusack, 43.4 ov), 9-201 (George Dockrell, 46.6 ov), 10-207 (Trent Johnston, 47.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | William Porterfield (1) and Paul Stirling (0) | 1 | 4 |
| second | Ed Joyce (4) and William Porterfield (4) | 8 | 11 |
| third | Niall O'Brien (46) and William Porterfield (54) | 113 | 148 |
| fourth | Andrew White (5) and William Porterfield (2) | 7 | 14 |
| fifth | Kevin O'Brien (9) and William Porterfield (9) | 18 | 27 |
| sixth | William Porterfield (5) and Alex Cusack (8) | 13 | 21 |
| seventh | John Mooney (5) and Alex Cusack (13) | 18 | 28 |
| eighth | Trent Johnston (1) and Alex Cusack (3) | 6 | 11 |
| ninth | Trent Johnston (11) and George Dockrell (3) | 17 | 20 |
| tenth | Trent Johnston (5) and Boyd Rankin (1) | 6 | 5 |
INDIA: 210 FOR 5
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | lbw b George Dockrell | 38 | 56 |
| Virender Sehwag | c & b Trent Johnston | 5 | 3 |
| Gautam Gambhir | c Alex Cusack b Trent Johnston | 10 | 15 |
| Virat Kohli | run out (George Dockrell, Kevin O'Brien) | 34 | 53 |
| Yuvraj Singh | not out | 50 | 75 |
| MS Dhoni | lbw b George Dockrell | 34 | 50 |
| Yusuf Pathan | not out | 30 | 24 |
Did not bat: Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel
Extras 9 · Total 210 for 5
| Bowler (Ireland) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Rankin | 10 | 1 | 34 | 0 |
| Trent Johnston | 5 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
| George Dockrell | 10 | 0 | 49 | 2 |
| John Mooney | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Paul Stirling | 10 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Andrew White | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Kevin O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Alex Cusack | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-9 (Virender Sehwag, 1.1 ov), 2-24 (Gautam Gambhir, 5.2 ov), 3-87 (Sachin Tendulkar, 20.1 ov), 4-100 (Virat Kohli, 23.4 ov), 5-167 (MS Dhoni, 40.1 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sachin Tendulkar (4) and Virender Sehwag (5) | 9 | 7 |
| second | Sachin Tendulkar (3) and Gautam Gambhir (10) | 15 | 25 |
| third | Sachin Tendulkar (31) and Virat Kohli (30) | 63 | 89 |
| fourth | Yuvraj Singh (9) and Virat Kohli (4) | 13 | 21 |
| fifth | MS Dhoni (34) and Yuvraj Singh (31) | 67 | 99 |
| sixth | Yuvraj Singh (10) and Yusuf Pathan (30) | 43 | 35 |
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