India vs Ireland (Bangalore) (6th March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 6^th March

22^nd Match – Group B     (50-over match)

Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore,

India won by 5 wickets (with 24 balls remaining);

India won the toss and invited Ireland to bat first;

Scoreboard:

Ireland            207/10    (47.5 over)

Ireland Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
WTS Porterfield*	c Harbhajan Singh b Yuvraj Singh	75	104	6	1	72.11
PR Stirling	b Khan	0	1	0	0	0.00
EC Joyce	c †Dhoni b Khan	4	5	1	0	80.00
NJ O'Brien†	run out (Kohli/†Dhoni)	46	78	3	0	58.97
AR White	c †Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh	5	10	0	0	50.00
KJ O'Brien	c & b Yuvraj Singh	9	13	1	0	69.23
AR Cusack	lbw b Yuvraj Singh	24	30	3	0	80.00
JF Mooney	lbw b Yuvraj Singh	5	17	0	0	29.41
DT Johnston	lbw b Patel	17	20	2	0	85.00
GH Dockrell	c †Dhoni b Khan	3	10	0	0	30.00
WB Rankin	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 4, w 8, nb 6)	18

Total (all out; 47.5 over) 207 (4.32 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-1 (Stirling, 0.4 over), 2-9 (Joyce, 2.3 over), 3-122 (NJ O'Brien, 26.5 over), 4-129 (White, 29.1 over), 5-147 (KJ O'Brien, 33.4 over), 6-160 (Porterfield, 37.1 over), 7-178 (Mooney, 41.5 over), 8-184 (Cusack, 43.4 over), 9-201 (Dockrell, 46.6 over), 10-207 (Johnston, 47.5 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
Z Khan	9	1	30	3	3.33	(1w)
MM Patel	4.5	0	25	1	5.17	(1w)
YK Pathan	7	1	32	0	4.57
Harbhajan Singh	9	1	29	0	3.22	(1w)
PP Chawla	8	0	56	0	7.00	(2nb, 3w)
Yuvraj Singh	10	0	31	5	3.10	(1w)

India                210/5    (46.0 over)    (won by 5 wickets)

India Innings	(target: 208 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
V Sehwag	c & b Johnston	5	3	1	0	166.66
SR Tendulkar	lbw b Dockrell	38	56	4	0	67.85
G Gambhir	c Cusack b Johnston	10	15	2	0	66.66
V Kohli	run out (Dockrell/KJ O'Brien)	34	53	3	0	64.15
Yuvraj Singh	not out	50	75	3	0	66.66
MS Dhoni*†	lbw b Dockrell	34	50	2	0	68.00
YK Pathan	not out	30	24	2	3	125.00
Extras	(lb 4, w 5)	9

Total (5 wickets; 46 over) 210 (4.56 runs per over)

Did not bat:

Harbhajan Singh, PP Chawla, Z Khan, MM Patel

Fall of wickets:

1-9 (Sehwag, 1.1 over), 2-24 (Gambhir, 5.2 over), 3-87 (Tendulkar, 20.1 over), 4-100 (Kohli, 23.4 over), 5-167 (Dhoni, 40.1 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
WB Rankin	10	1	34	0	3.40	(2w)
DT Johnston	5	1	16	2	3.20	(1w)
GH Dockrell	10	0	49	2	4.90
JF Mooney	2	0	18	0	9.00
PR Stirling	10	0	45	0	4.50	(2w)
AR White	5	0	23	0	4.60
KJ O'Brien	1	0	3	0	3.00
AR Cusack	3	0	18	0	6.00

Player of the match:    Yuvraj Singh (India)

Umpires:        BF Bowden (New Zealand) and RJ Tucker (Australia)

TV umpire:        M Erasmus (South Africa)

All-round performance of Yuvraj Singh sealed the victory over Ireland by 5 wickets, he achieved his maiden five wickets haul to restrict Ireland to 207 before he scored unbeaten fifty to make live crowd in Bangalore. On a dry pitch, where the ball came on slowly, Indian skipper preferred to field after winning the toss. India were 24 for 2 in their sixth over, reached 100 for four at the fall of Virat Kohli who was run out after mix-up with his partner. MS Dhoni exited in the 41^st over when Indians were 167 for 5. Yousaf Pathan added some elevated shots in his innings. Yuvraj Singh was the first player who took 5 wickets and 50 in a game of World Cup history. He is also former left arm spinner who got 5 scalps in World Cup tournament.

Ireland could have done far better had they not stumbled against Yuvraj's bowling. They were gazing at a 250-plus target after a 113-run third-wicket stand between William Porterfield and Niall O'Brien but a run out opened a window for Yuvraj to trigger a collapse. The most momentous moment of the innings came in the 27th over, with Ireland sitting pretty on 122 for 2, when a set Niall O'Brien couldn't make it in time to beat the throw from Virat Kohli in the covers. Dhoni did well to collect the slightly unruly throw and flick it onto the stumps. It was the beginning of the end.