Ireland vs India, 1st T20I: Will Rain Play Spoilsport On Jasprit Bumrah’s Return To Action?

The wait is lastly over as Jasprit Bumrah is all set to return to motion when India tackle Ireland within the first T20I of the three-match collection towards Ireland on the Malahide Cricket Club in Dublin. Bumrah, who has been named captain for the collection, has been out of motion since September final 12 months as a consequence of a recurring again difficulty and had surgical procedure in New Zealand in March earlier this 12 months. Bumrah’s return is a well timed one for the Indian group, which is about to participate within the Asia Cup, in addition to the World Cup on dwelling soil.

However, rain may play spoilsport within the series-opener in Malahide, with the forecast predicting heavy rain in and across the stadium.

According to Accuweather, the cloud cowl will likely be as excessive as 99 per cent, with “occasional rain and a thunderstorm this evening”.

While the cloud cowl would possibly drop right down to 93 per cent, there’s a 67 % probability of rain through the sport, which begins 7:30 PM IST (3 PM Local Time).

The forecast additionally predicts a “yellow warning”, which means that the climate may get unhealthy to worse, later within the night.

Speaking of the India squad, Bumrah headlines a younger facet, that includes the likes of Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma, who’ve been referred to as as much as the group for the primary time.

India’s ODI squad: Jasprit Bumrah (capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Sanju Samson (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Prasidh Krishna, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan