5:44pm Paul Stirling will open with James Shannon. Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets first use of the cool breeze.

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Pizzazz: "Begins with a duck, as Anderson is thinking welcome to the UK Virat!"

deepak: "Oh my god lmao, this has to be the single greatest t20 over of all time, chase has dismissed three of the batting lineup of cricinfo's all time T20i XI!"

Vaibhav: "So Ireland started well and finished well..it's just the middle 18 overs they completely lost the plot"

5:32pm Whew. A whirlwind innings and a massive score. India's openers made full use of the generous batting conditions. That little collapse in the last over came 19 overs too late for Ireland, who dropped three catches after putting the visitors in. You don't do that against this batting line-up. Duly punished for that and some loose bowling early on. Will their batsmen enjoy this pitch as much as India's did?