Twitter Reactions: Gaikwad and Rinku’s stellar show, Bumrah-Prasidh outclass Ireland in 2nd T20I to hand India the series

Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad. (Photo Source: Seb Daly/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Team India and Ireland continued their ongoing T20I series in phenomenal fashion, led by Jasprit Bumrah. India came into the game after winning the first T20I through the DLS method, and in the second game, India came in to bat first after losing the toss.

Opening the innings, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad propelled India to a good start. Jaiswal scored 18 runs, whereas Gaikwad played a brilliant knock of 58 runs in 43 deliveries. Furthermore, Sanju Samson scored 40 runs in 26 deliveries, and Rinku Singh announced himself on the biggest stage, scoring 38 runs in 21 deliveries. With Shivam Dube adding 22* runs on the board, India posted 185 runs on the board in the first innings.

For Ireland, Barry McCarthy was the highest wicket-taker in the first innings. Taking two wickets and conceding 36 runs in four overs. Mark Adair, Craig Young, and Ben White took one wicket each.

Andy Balbirnie’s knock in vain as Ireland succumb to series loss

Aiming to chase down a target of 186 runs, Ireland got off to a brilliant start to the game as Andy Balbirnie scored 72 runs in 51 deliveries to propel his side to the best start. However, the rest of the batting lineup could not add much, as Paul Stirling and Lorcan Tucker were sent packing for a duck.

Through some effort by the middle order, Ireland managed to score 152 runs in the second innings, but fell short of the target. India won the game by 33 runs and clinched the three-match series by winning the first two games.

Ravi Bishnoi, Prasidh Krishna, and Jasprit Bumrah were the highest wicket-takers for the visitors in the second innings, taking two wickets each. The Indian bowling attack overpowered Ireland’s batters throughout the game as India clinched the series.

Here are the best tweets from the second T20I between Ireland and India: 

India beat Ireland by 33 runs in the 2nd T20I and led the 3 match series 2-0.
Ruturaj Gaikwad 58(43)
Rinku Singh 38(21)
Sanju Samson 40(26)
2 Wickets each for Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna.
Well Played Boys. Congratulations .#IREvIND #INDvsIRE #RinkuSingh #T20Is pic.twitter.com/6nfRTwY1Fq

— Mrityunjoy (@Mrityunjoy_offl) August 20, 2023

2 back to back failure for Tilak but not a single word is said about him imagine if this was by Sanju entire twitter+ ex Indian cricketers would’ve brutally trolled him. Different rules only made for #SanjuSamson and it is always Sanju Samson vs the system. #INDvsIRE #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/TDvR3nSFp0

— Roshmi Samson 🏏 (@Silky_Rosh) August 20, 2023

Excellent game for India!

Batting first, lost YJ but Rutu batted deep enough to get fifty with a score for Samson. Rinku stepped up with few hits for Shivam. With the ball, Prasidh, Bishnoi set it up well for Bumrah, Arshdeep to close it out. Good game. 👌#IREvIND

— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) August 20, 2023

Great batting by Ruturaj,Samson and great cameo by Rinku and dubey and great bowling by Bumrah and Krishna a complete team performance well played. 👏#IREvInd #TeamIndia #CricketTwitter

— Ayush (@im_Ayush78) August 20, 2023

Prasidh Krishna in the Powerplay:

1, 0, W, 0, 0, W, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0.

What a spell with the new ball just after coming from a long injury break.#IREvIND #WorldCup2023 #Prasidhkrishna #Rinkushing pic.twitter.com/kHlK1lSyA7

— Cricket wahlla (@Cricketwahlla) August 20, 2023

Gave just 1 run in the 19th over in the first game.
Bowled a wicket maiden 20th over today! He’s too good 👏🏽 #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/WpyWrprucT

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) August 20, 2023

Interesting pitch! Par score estimation key at this stage. #INDvsIRE

I wish for Sanju and Rutu to be trending after 40 minutes.👍🏻👍🏻

— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) August 20, 2023

Gave just 1 run in the 19th over in the first game.
Bowled a wicket maiden 20th over today! He’s too good 👏🏽 #IREvIND pic.twitter.com/WpyWrprucT

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) August 20, 2023

Top innings by rinku singh , considering he started nervously & then showed what he is capable of at the end ,Also tells you about his maturity .Never easy on debut
India might be 10 less on a normal day but we have bumrah !! #IREvsIND #RinkuSingh

— Shreevats goswami (@shreevats1) August 20, 2023

Ruturaj shining bright in blues great sign for #TeamIndia 🇮🇳#IREvIND

— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) August 20, 2023

Big finish in the last two overs, but I feel a better use resources would have been sending Dube when spin was still in play and holding Rinku back for death overs. This is still a good score though. #IREvIND

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) August 20, 2023

So impressed with Rinku Singh , wonderfully fleet footed in the field and so powerful with bat in hand. What a super talent 👏👏👏

— Niall John O Brien (@niallnobiobrien) August 20, 2023