Ireland vs India 2nd T20I Predictions - India to blood Sooryavanshi as they look to square the series

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Ireland shocked India with a disciplined performance playing to the pitch conditions.
India failed to come to grips with the Irish and need to regroup to save the series.
The pitch should favour seam and with good weather it should be a full 40-over match.

Arshdeep Singh has taken two or more wickets in each of his last three matches (Getty Images).

Ireland vs India Predictions

Ireland are looking for an historic series win, but it will just need one or two big performances from India’s big-hitters to take the match away from their hosts.

Ireland vs India Predictions
Head-to-Head
Ireland Form
India Form
Team news

Ireland’s Lorcan Tucker top-scored with 50 off 36 balls in the 1st T20I.
Ireland’s Gareth Delany hit 3 sixes in his 32-ball 49 against India.
Ireland’s Matt Hollard has taken 3/35, 2/37 & 3/28 in his last 3 matches.
India’s Abhishek Sharma hit 9 boundaries in his 20-ball 49 in the 1st T20I.
India’s Ishan Kishan has scored 79, 33, 34 & 125 in his last 5 innings.
India’s Arshdeep Singh has taken 2/27, 3/45 & 2/28 in his last 3 matches
India’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has scored 44, 21, 38 & 94 in his last 4 knocks.
India’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hit 72 sixes in 16 innings in the 2026 IPL.

Head-to-Head

India have won three and lost one of their last five T20Is against Ireland. The other match was rained-out.

Ireland Form

Ireland arrive on the back of a historic 34-run victory over India. After recovering from a difficult start to post 182/9, they dismissed their highly rated opponents for 148 in 18.5 overs.

Lorcan Tucker continued his excellent start as captain, becoming the first men’s T20I player to record half-centuries in each of his first three matches as skipper. He recovered from five off 11 balls to make a composed 50 from 36. Gareth Delany supplied the acceleration with 49 off 32, while George Dockrell added a valuable 19 from 10 late in the innings.

Debutants Matt Hollard and Jai Moondra transformed the bowling attack. Hollard claimed 3/28, including the wickets of Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer, while Moondra’s variations earned him 2/26. Matthew Humphreys also struck, with Ireland supporting their bowlers through sharp fielding.

India Form

India face a must-win match after their batting lineup failed to adjust to the conditions in the series opener. Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma and captain Shreyas Iyer all struggled, with Varma’s attempted reverse sweep reflecting India’s poor shot selection. Abhishek Sharma provided the only major resistance, smashing 50 from 20 balls.

Returning from injury, Harshit Rana was India’s leading bowler with 3/24, while Arshdeep Singh took 2/28. However, Prasidh Krishna conceded 57 from four overs, and Axar Patel and Washington Sundar were unable to control Ireland’s middle order. Using the seamers heavily during the powerplay also left India short of options at the death.

Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi could be considered after sitting out the opener, while seam-bowling all-rounder Suryansh Shedge may replace Sundar to strengthen the batting.

Team news

With India facing a series defeat on a bigger than normal field they might throw Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in for his debut. Ireland will keep the same side and tactics, but India will be ready for Ireland after their shock defeat in the 1st T20I.

Ireland (possible XI): Tim Tector, Ross Adair, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Benjamin Calitz, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Liam McCarthy, Matthew Humphreys, Jai Moondra, Matthew Hollard.

India squad (possible XI): Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna/ Prince Yadav.

Verdict

Ireland v India

India are tipped to win at odds of 1.08, with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Arshdeep Singh, Arshdeep Singh and Lorcan Tucker backed to star with bat and ball.