India faces Ireland for two T20 matches before taking on England

India vs Ireland T20 Matches 2018

India faces Ireland for a two T20 matches before they face England for an arduous series. While Ireland is a good team and capable enough to provide good resistance to the Indian team, this couple of matches would also serve an opportunity to the Indian team members to get acclimatized for the two month long England tour. Overall, the tour to Ireland and England also serves an opportunity for the players to show their skills for the forthcoming world cup which is to be played in England in 2019. For Ireland, this is a golden chance to host one of the leading cricket teams in the world and prove their skills.

India vs Ireland 2018 T20 Live Streaming and Telecast

HotStar app is your one stop source in India to enjoy live streaming of this T20 series. If you wish to enjoy the matches live on a TV screen, tune into Star Sports HD network in India. Enjoy live telecast in Hindi and English.

Schedule

27 June 2018 - 1st T20 at The Village, Dublin
29 June 2018 - 2nd T20 at The Village, Dublin

Head to Head

Before this, India faces Ireland just once. That was way back in 2009 where India defeated Ireland by 8 wickets.

Squad

Ireland: Gary Wilson (c), Andrew Balbirnie, Peter Chase, Stuart Poynter, Boyd Rankin, James Shannon, George Dockrell, Joshua Little, Andy McBrine, Kevin O'Brien, William Porterfield, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson. 

India: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav.

Watch India vs New Zealand 2016 Test Series Live Streaming on HotStar and Star Sports HD

HotStar Live Streaming India vs New Zealand 2016 Test Series
HotStar and Star Sports HD network brings another cricket streaming and telecast to us. This time in the form of test cricket. 13 test match long season for India kicks off with India vs New Zealand 2016 test series. This series will include three test matches. The schedule is provided later in this post. The live cricket streaming of this test series will be available on HotStar and Star Sports HD TV network. Live telecast will be available on Star Sports and DD National (Doordarshan) with Hindi and English commentary.

India vs New Zealand 2016 Test Series Schedule:

22nd Sep 2016 - 1st Test at Green Park, Kanpur
30th Sep 2016 - 2nd Test at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
8th Oct 2016 - 3rd Test at Holkar Stadium, Indore

Squads:
Indian test team - Virat Kohli(c), Lokesh Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Murali Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Umesh Yadav

New Zealand test team - Kane Williamson(c), Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Mark Craig, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, James Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling

Head to Head:
India has played 54 test matches against New Zealand - won 18, lost 10. New Zealand has managed to win just two test matches in India. 

India plays its 500th test match at Kanpur. Indian team under Virat Kohli would be pumped up to register a win for the country in its 500th test match. Virat Kohli would also love to register another test series win after beating Sri Lanka, West Indies and South Africa in the same format. 

New Zealand team under Kane Williamson would strive hard to do something different this time. With a decent spin attack, NZ will try hard to nail test win in India. If they can somehow manage to cope up with Indian spin attack, they can create an upset in India.

This promises to be an exciting test series. With the likes of Kane Williamson, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi, Ross Taylor and many to name, we are promised for an absolutely good cricketing treat.

Watch India vs West Indies T20 Cricket Match Live Streaming HotStar Star Sports HD

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While bilateral T20 series have not yet gained the expected level of popularity, T20 cricket has slowly and gradually become the most popular form of cricket. Even though this isn't a T20 league or a T20 world cup, still we can expect a pumped up West Indies team out there in USA. They just love this format, don't they? There was a time when Viv Richards or Clive Lloyd dominated test cricket. Now West Indies cricket loves dominating T20 cricket with the likes of Chris Gayle or Dwayne Bravo. India on the other hand will now lead by MS Dhoni after a grand test series success against West Indies under the leadership of Virat Kohli.

Watch India vs West Indies T20 cricket matches live streaming and telecast on Star Sports and HotStar! One can also enjoy live Hindi and English commentary.

The squads are mentioned below:

India: MS Dhoni (capt, wk), R Ashwin, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Stuart Binny, Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav.

West Indies: Carlos Brathwaite (capt), Johnson Charles (wk), Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Jason Holder, Samuel Badree, Dwayne Bravo, Evin Lewis, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons.

Some real big ones out there in the squads listed above! Won't one love a tussle between Chris Gayle and Ashwin? And what about Virat Kohli's aggression against West Indies bowlers? It is going to be a treat to watch.

West Indies recently lifted the T20 world cup 2016 trophy in India. They outperformed India in the semi-finals and went on to win the final against England. They are still on a dream run and would love to dominate T20 cricket, if not the other forms of cricket.

India is more likely to play Mohammed Shami along with Bumrah. They might have to opt one from Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav and Stuart Binny. If R Ashwin plays, either Amit Mishra or Ravindra Jadeja will get into the playing XI. 

Anil Kumble has showered praises for the venue - Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida. He said the infrastructure is very good and the pitch-outfield is perfect for a T20 match.  This is the only cricket venue certified by the ICC in the US. 

Let us hope for some interesting T20 matches today and tomorrow.

Watch India vs Australia T20 Series 2016 Live!

We witness one of the bilateral ODI series between India and Australia. The scoreline didn't do any justice to the quality of cricket that was played. We will discuss about this later in this post as we need to shift the impetus first towards T20 International cricket. Indian team gets into some serious business of T20 cricket from hereon till the end of T20 world cup 2016. So we can say India's preparation towards the ICC T20 world cup 2016 begins! Watch India vs Australia T20 live streaming cricket and telecast on HotStar mobile app and Star Sports HD TV network in India. Enjoy live action with Hindi and English commentary. Meanwhile U19 Cricket World Cup 2016 live streaming will also be available on HotStar in India. MCL 2020 live streaming and telecast can be enjoyed on Sony Six, Sony Liv and Sony ESPN HD! Lot of cricket, isn't it?

Talking about the ODI series, both the teams played equally well. The only difference was the Indian team couldn't capitalise on opportunities while Australians grabbed them with both hands. None of the matches could be terms one-sided but at the same time Australia cruised to victories in first two. 3000 plus runs were scored in five ODI matches out of which 400 plus were scored by Rohit Sharma. He deserved the Man of the Series award. Manish Pandey showed his skills in the last ODI to take India home!

Virat Kohli too is in a supreme form! He scored a lot of runs. Ajinkya Rahane is injured and hence he was out of picture. The Indian team will have changes in the T20 squad with the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra. As far as the bowling is concerned, a lot would rely on the likes of Ashwin and Jadeja. They have been out of form in the ODI series. 

For Australia, skipper Smith, Warner, Marsh, Bailey are all scoring runs. Infact the flat pitches are enabling easy runs for the batsmen. Tough time for the bowlers! One who bowls the heart out will get wickets. Faulkner hasn't been too impressive. Hastings and Richardson did a good job so far.

Here is the schedule for T20 series:

26 January 2016, India vs Australia 1st T20 match at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

29 January 2016, India vs Australia 2nd T20 match at MCG, Melbourne

31 January 2016, India vs Australia 3rd T20 match at SCG, Sydney

Australia squad for T20 series:

Aaron Finch (captain), Shaun Tait, Andrew Tye, Matthew Wade, Scott Boland, Cameron Boyce, James Faulkner, John Hastings, Travis Head, Nathan Lyon, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Shaun Marsh, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, David Warner, Shane Watson.

India squad for T20 series:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Gurkeerat Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Harbhajan Singh, Umesh Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishi Dhawan and Ashish Nehra. 

Update - India has nailed the series 3-0 and topped the ICC t20 ranking chart. India will now lock horns with Sri Lanka for a bilateral T20 series. This will be followed by Asia Cup 2016. The long wait would be over for the biggest ICC event of the year. Watch ICC T20 world cup 2016 live streaming and telecast on Star Sports and HotStar.