Team India are all set to compete in the India vs Ireland 2023 T20I Series starting this weekend at the Village in Malahide, check out all the match details below along with the Dublin pitch and weather report
Jasprit Bumrah will lead a fresh Indian side, with some players and staff taking a break ahead of the Asia Cup and World Cup.
The Village Malahide Dublin cricket stadium pitch report today, weather forecast, T20 records, stats for IND vs IRE 1st match 2023
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Aside from the retained players, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube and Jitesh Sharma are some of the new additions.
India vs Ireland 2023 T20I Series
The upcoming series is India’s third tour to Ireland for a T20 series. The Men in Blue have previously visited Ireland for a two-match series back in 2018 and 2022. The Village in Malahide will serve as the venue for all the four matches. It has so far previously hosted 16 T20Is in the past.
The Village Dublin’s pitch is known to be batting friendly and the average first innings total here is 165 with teams opting to chase
Temperature hovers around 18°c and at night it feels like 12°c and in August, The Village Malahide, Dublin gets 77.51mm of rain and approximately 9 rainy days.
The Village, Malahide stadium info
Given below is a brief stadium info for The Village stadium, in Malahide:
Year established – 1861
First International Match hosted – 2015
Total seating capacity – 11,500 seats
Stadium Ends – Dublin Road End and Castle End
Number of international matches hosted so far – 1 Test match, 16 T20Is and 22 ODIs
The Village Malahide T20I stats and record
Given below are the T20I stats and record for The Village Malahide:
| Record | Stats |
| Total games played | 16 games |
| Matches Ireland Won | 2 |
| Matches won by Visiting Team | 8 |
| Neutral Team wins | 6 |
| Matches won Batting First | 7 |
| Matches Won Chasing | 9 |
| Average 1st Innings Score | 137 |
| Highest Total by a team | 252/3 by Scotland vs Netherlands in 2019 |
| Highest Run Chase Achieved by a team | 194/6 in 17.4 overs by Ireland vs Scotland in 2019 |
| Lowest Total by a team | 70 All Out by Ireland vs India in 2018 |
| Lowest Total Defended | 165/7 by South Africa vs Ireland in 2021 |
| Highest Score by a player | George Munsey (Scotland) – 127 not out off 56 balls vs Netherlands in 2019 |
| Best Bowling Figures by a single player | Kuldeep Yadav (India) – 4 for 21 vs Ireland in 2018 |
| Most Runs by a single player | Andy Balbirnie (Ireland) – 271 runs in 10 innings |
| Total Sixes | 204 sixes |
| Most Sixes by a single player | George Munsey (Scotland) – 18 sixes |
| Total Fours | 403 fours |
| Most Fours by a single player | Andy Balbirnie (Ireland) – 28 fours |
| Total Fifties | 21 |
| Most Fifties by a single player | Harry Tector (Ireland), Nawroz Mangal (Afghanistan) & Andy Balbirnie (Ireland) – 2 fifties each |
| Total Hundreds | 2 |
| Most Hundreds by a single player | Deepak Hooda (India) and George Munsey (Scotland) – 1 each |
| Most Wickets by a single player | Kevin O’Brien (Ireland) – 10 wickets in 4 innings |
India vs Ireland T20 head to head record in Malahide
India currently have a great record at the venue, having won all the four matches played there so far. Meanwhile, Ireland have won just two T20I matches overall at the Village in Malahide. Given below are the T20 head-to-head records and stats for India vs Ireland in Malahide:
| Records | Stats |
| Total games played | 4 |
| Matches India Won | 4 |
| Matches Ireland Won | 0 |
| India Won Batting First | 3 |
| India Won Batting Second | 1 |
| Ireland Won Batting First | 0 |
| Ireland Won Batting Second | 0 |
| Highest Total For India | 225 |
| Highest Total For Ireland | 221 |
| Lowest Total For India | 208 |
| Lowest Total For Ireland | 70 |