WC 2011 Match Facts and Scorecard: India Vs Ireland

India won comfortably against the minnows Ireland.

Match Facts

Match 22
Captains: Dhoni (Ind), Porterfield (Ire)
Toss: India
Result: Ind def Ireland by 5 wkts
MOM: Yuvraj Singh
50s: 2 (1 each by both team)
6s: 4 (Ind 3, Ire 1)
3wkts or more: 5/31 Yuvraj, 3/30 by Zaheer
100 plus partnerships: 113 3rd wkt Porterfield and NJ O’Brien
50 plus partnership:
63 3rd wkt Tendulkar and Yuvraj
67 5th wkt Yuvraj and Dhoni

Records

Yuvraj became the first-ever player in WC matches to score a half-century and take 5 wkts in the same match.
India registered their 2nd win over Ireland in 2 ODI matches.

Ireland innings (50 overs maximum)

Porterfield c Harbhajan Singh b Yuvraj Singh 75 runs 6 4s 1 six
Stirling b Khan 0
Joyce c Dhoni b Khan 4 runs 1 four
NJ O’Brien run out 46 runs 3 4s
White c Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 5
KJ O’Brien c & b Yuvraj Singh 9 runs 1 four
Cusack lbw b Yuvraj Singh 24 runs 3 4s
Mooney lbw b Yuvraj Singh 5
Johnston lbw b Patel 17 runs 2 4s
Dockrell c Dhoni b Khan 3
Rankin not out 1
Extras (lb 4, w 8, nb 6) 18
Total (47.5 overs) 207

Fall of wickets

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

Bowling

Zaheer Khan 9 ov 1 maiden 30/3
Patel 4.5 ov 25/1
Pathan 7 ov 1 maiden 32/0
Harbhajan Singh 9 ov 1 maiden 29/0
Chawla 8 ov 56/0
Yuvraj Singh 10 ov 31/5

India innings (target: 208 runs from 50 overs)

Sehwag c & b Johnston 5 runs 1 four
Tendulkar lbw b Dockrell 38 runs 4 4s
Gambhir c Cusack b Johnston 10 runs 2 4s
Kohli run out 34 runs 3 4s
Yuvraj Singh not out 50 runs 3 4s
Dhoni lbw b Dockrell 34 runs 2 4s
Pathan not out 30 runs 2 4s 3 6s
Extras (lb 4, w 5) 9
Total (46 overs) 210/5

Fall of wickets

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

Bowling

Rankin 10 ov 1 maiden 34/0
Johnston 5 ov 1 maiden 16/2
Dockrell 10 ov 49/2
Mooney 2 ov 18/0
Stirling 10 ov 45/0
White 5 ov 23/0
KJ O’Brien 1 ov 3/0
Cusack 3 ov 18/0