Hardik Pandya | India captain: We are going to bowl. We would have loved to bat, but looking at the weather we felt bowling would be better. Nice to be in Ireland. Have fans here and feels like playing at home. Absolute honour to lead India. Any cricket who starts playing dreams of leading the country and I am very lucky to be leading my country. My role is simple. Just back them and ask them to play with freedom. Umran makes his debut.
Ireland (Playing XI): Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie(c), Gareth Delany, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker(w), George Dockrell, Mark Adair, Andy McBrine, Craig Young, Joshua Little, Conor Olphert
Mil gaya ๐คฃ
Sitara ki aadat ho gayi hai sony pe kaun jhaankta tha ๐คฃ
Also BIG NEWS. West Indies tour which happens after this UK tour will be on the Grand old DD sports. ๐
Avesh Khan: The conditions here are good for the quicks with swing, we hope to use it well and pick wickets upfront. Every match is new, and playing for India makes me proud. Learning from the mistakes from the previous match is my aim. Learning from Bhuvi upfront and from the youngsters in the nets has been good. I'm only seven matches in, I hope to play for India as much as possible. We want to adapt to the conditions and do well today.