IRE vs IND 2nd T20I: The Village Dublin Pitch Report, Average Score

We all are set to witness the 2nd T20I between India and Ireland in Dublin on Sunday (August 20).

India secured a victory in a rain-curtailed first game of the series, after being over the DRS par score by just two runs. The visitors are not expected to make a change in the XI.

The hosts, Ireland are fielding their regular team and will have to play with all their spirit to beat this Indian side. The batting has to be a bit more aggressive and skipper Paul Stirling will have to bat for longer to put up a good fight for the Irish outfit.

The Village Dublin Pitch Report

Historically, the pitch here favours the batters. We saw it in the last game, where runs came in full flow, but the pacers extracted help from the surface throughout the game.

With the weather being cloudy, the seam movement can be seen again, and the new ball will be crucial to the pacers on this track.

Jasprit Bumrah and Craig Young bowled beautifully here, getting two wickets each. Along with the other Indian bowlers, who were decent as well.

With the 17 T20I matches that have been played here:

Team batting first: 7

Team chasing: 10

The team chasing the target should be not worried about the weather conditions, as it’s going to be clear most of the time.

Is The Village Dublin batting or bowling pitch?

Overall, this will be a batting pitch with pacers having a fair wicket-taking chances in the powerplay overs. If India bats first, they could score above the average first-innings score here, which is 137. The likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson will be the key batters for the visitors.

It will be interesting to see if the Irish side managed to produce a comeback and level the series, to set up an exciting decider. The onus will be on Paul Stirling and Harry Tector for pushing the team to a competitive total.