India vs Ireland : Before Asia Cup, Indian team will play 3 T20 matches against Ireland, dates announced

New Delhi, Dated 28-Jun-2023, Wednesday

The countdown to the World Cup 2023 has begun. The schedule of the tournament has also been announced. Now just waiting for the action to start. Although there is still time left for the World Cup-2023 to start, all the teams will be busy with different series and tournaments and speed up their preparations. Team India's programs will also continue to be busy. Meanwhile, the Indian team will play the Asia Cup, but before this big tournament, the Indian players will go to Ireland and a three-match series will be played here.

Team India will tour West Indies before Ireland

However, the Indian team is currently resting and will tour the West Indies in a few days. 2 Tests, 3 ODIs and 5 T20 matches will be played here between India and West Indies. The tour will start from July 12 and end on August 13. After that, Team India will also travel to Ireland and play a three-match series here.

3 match series against Ireland

Cricket Ireland has officially announced the tour dates of the Indian team. Like last year, the T20 series will be played once again between the two teams. Last time two T20 matches were played, this time 3 matches will be played in the series. This tour was announced some time back but now the dates have also been announced. This 3-match T20 series will be played in Malahide near Dublin, the capital of Ireland. These matches will start from August 18 and the last match will be played on August 23. The second match of the series will be played on August 20.

Hardik Pandya captains Ireland matches

For the series against Ireland, the Indian team under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya will start the matches. Last year too, Hardik Pandya was made the captain of the Indian team in Ireland. During this he took over the captaincy of Team India for the first time and India won the series 2-0.

India vs Ireland T20 Series

• 18 August - First T20
• 20 August - Second T20
• 23 August - 3rd T20