Rohit Sharma and pace bowlers star as India beat Ireland in New York

Rohit and Pant ease India to victory

Ireland produced a number of early chances as they searched for wickets, with Rohit getting away with two edges – off Mark Adair and Josh Little respectively.

The excellent Adair did get the breakthrough, tempting Virat Kohli into a hack into the deep to depart for 1 (5).

But Ireland were unable to get into India’s middle order, as Rohit and Rishabh Pant built a strong partnership worth 54 runs from just 44 balls to break the back of the chase.

There was one point of concern for India when their captain walked off with what appeared to be a shoulder injury, having by that point reached his half-century and bringing up career milestones of 4000 T20I and 1000 T20 World Cup runs.

But, after Suryakumar Yadav (2) holed out off Ben White, it was Pant who finished the job to give an Indian-dominated crowd something special to cheer in New York, bringing up the winning runs with a remarkable shot.