India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bowl against Ireland in the second T20 International here on Sunday.
India handed debuts to batting all-rounder Suryansh Shedge and fast bowler Prince Yadav, while the much-anticipated debut of teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi did not materialise.
“We have two changes. Suryansh (Shedge) and Prince come in and make their debut. Shedge is a sensational cricketer, both in domestic cricket and the IPL,” Iyer said, adding that Prince was a “smart” cricketer who would “adapt to things”.
Ireland had stunned India by 34 runs in the series opener at the same venue on Friday, registering their first-ever victory over the reigning T20 world champions in any format and taking a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
Teams:
India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (w), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer ©, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Prince Yadav.
Ireland: Tim Tector, Ross Adair, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wk/c), Benjamin Calitz, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Liam McCarthy, Matthew Humphreys, Jai Moondra and Matthew Hollard.
