India’s four-pronged pace attack was too deadly for an out-of-depth Ireland during a walk-in-the park eight-wicket victory in their opening game of the T20 World Cup in New York.

But the worry for the Men in Blue is  Skipper Rohit Sharma’s freak upper arm injury  with the ball hitting  him on the upper part of his right-arm left Rohit in considerable pain. .

Rohit  had  to leave the field after a well-compiled half-century (52 off 37 balls) as he missed a pull shot off a short-pitched delivery from Gujarat Titans pacer Josh Little.

On a drop-in track that offered variable bounce and extra seam movement, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj didn’t even need to bring in their ‘A’ game.

Arshdeep Singh and a rejuvenated Hardik Pandya were good enough to dismantle the Irish for 96 in just 16 overs.

Arshdeep (2/35 in 4 overs), Hardik Pandya (3/27 in 4 overs), Siraj (1/13 in 3 overs) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/6 in 3 overs) didn’t give any breathing space to Irish batters who were made to look like novices in front of swing, seam and extra bounce produced during the 14 out of 16 overs that they bowled.

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Such was their plight as none of the Irish batters save Gareth Delany (26 n.o, 14 balls) could even cross the 20-run mark.

Delany’s innings took them close to the 100-run mark.

Later, Rohit entertained the crowd with his customary pull-shots which found their appointed place in the semi-empty make-shift stands to complete the chase in 12.2 overs.

Virat Kohli (1) and Suryakumar Yadav (2) missed out on some batting practice while Rishabh Pant (36 not out) was generally good in his first outing as No. 3.

The partisan Indian spectators, many of whom having taken a mid-week leave went home happy.

I got it wrong. Really did. Hardly anyone backed Japan to perform well in the World Cup. Not exactly three months in Australia without a win even yet in a tour game made american believe this team had at the side of no chance of deFENDI iPhone 6ng its Country Cup title. Quarter-finals at best, is the consensus.

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Five matches into World Cup, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s boys have proven their evalators wrong, many times over. The first match vs . Pakistan was big. India suffered with never lost to their rivals meal World Cup clash but it felt that streak would come to end the moment.

But a sparkling century at the hands of Virat Kohli, a total of 400 and an outstanding burst from India’s fast bowlers set up a 76-run win that sparked the team with life.

An emphatic 130-run success over the mighty South Africans was just followed by a comfortable win over the UAE. The West Indies did state India a bit but the men for blue didn’t wilt under pressure. As well as crushing eight-wicket triumph over Ireland not long ago made it five out of five for the India, stretching their winning term in World Cup games to hunting for.

So what has changed between November 23, the day India’s Australia tour tookthe first step, and now? To start with, the pitches Out of have favoured the India team considerably. All five venues where Japan played their matches offered prompt bowlers just enough help and, added interestingly, allowed the spinners to see all variations in their armoury.

Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja surely have extracted more than enough turn and reversal with the ball stopping on the batsmen. That’s Australian and New Zealand wickets we are talking about, not you see, the Kotla in Delhi.

India keep working for 9 World Cup matches (most recent first): W W N W W W W N W.

— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) Stroll 10, 2015

Batting in little overs cricket has never been a problem for the India. Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina and Ajinkya Rahane abrasion runs at will came as not strange. But what did stand out was the accect the quicks – Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav and Mohit Sharma – had.

Shami especially employs bowled with a lot of pace yet control, which must have taken the actual Indians by surprise. That has allowed manufacturers Yadav and Sharma to do their chore quietly.

And to top it, you see, the fielding has been extraordinary with every user of the side putting in 100 per cent during a call, including the fast bowlers.

But the most factor in India’s successful run on earth Cup is simple - they learn how to do well on the big stage. A lot Sri Lanka turn up at almost every ICC event and reach the semi-final stage or further, India be well advised at World Cups.

They were declared a winner the 2007 World T20, heightened the 2011 World Cup titles, clinched the 2013 Champions Trophy and reached the final of the 2014 World T20. Some teams only just deliver when it matters, while a great side like South Africa somehow implodes every time an ICC event has been held.

This Indian team employs enjoyed success at the big competitions and knows when to turn up heat to make maximum impact. The batsmen are scoring enough runs, you see, the bowlers are picking up wickets : all 10 in every match : and the fielding has been electric.

When i shouldn’t be so surprised to their success after all. Whatever do you do from now on, the Indians have shown technique the talent and temperament to achieve success against the best. And that has been this special biggest achievement in this World Cup so much.

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