Ireland has played 65 T20Is, has  won 27 games, lost 31 games, tied one game and six games have ended as No result games.

It has posted a team total of 200 plus runs on four occasions. All such occasions are listed below. Its total of 225 for 7 against Afghanistan at Abu Dhabhi on 30 Nov 13 is its highest team total in T20Is

No	Score	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	225/7	20.0	1	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	30 Nov 2013
2	211/6	20.0	1	v Scotland	Dubai (DSC)	20 Jan 2017
3	205	19.2	2	v Afghanistan	Greater Noida	12 Mar 2017
4	205/5	20.0	1	v Scotland	Deventer	16 Jun 2018

Ireland has been dismissed all out for a total of less than 100 runs in T20Is on two occasions.  68 runs in 16,4 overs against West Indies at Providence on 30 Apr 10 and 71 against Afghanistan at  Dubai (DSC} on 20 Jan 17 are the two occasions. 68 runs in 16,4 overs against West Indies at Providence on 30 Apr 10 is its lowest total in a completed innings. Ireland has been  dismissed all out in an innings on eight occasions. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Ireland	115	16.4	2	v New Zealand	Nottingham	11 Jun 2009
2	Ireland	126	19.2	2	v Afghanistan	Dubai (DSC)	9 Feb 2010
3	Ireland	68	16.4	2	v West Indies	Providence	30 Apr 2010
4	Ireland	128	19.5	1	v Netherlands	Dublin (M)	25 Jul 2015
5	Ireland	105	19.1	2	v P.N.G.	Townsville	09 Feb 2016
6	Ireland	129	19.3	2	v Hong Kong	Bready	05 Sep 2016
7	Ireland	71	13.2	1	v Afghanistan	Dubai (DSC)	20 Jan 2017
8	Ireland	205	19.2	2	v Afghanistan	Greater Noida	12 Mar 2017

PR Stirling, WTS Porterfield and GC Wilson are the three Ireland batsman who have aggregated 1000 plus runs in T20Is. PR Stirling owns the record for most runs by an Ireland batsman in T20Is with 1151 runs to his credit. The following table lists the three batsmen who have scored 1000 plus runs in T20Is.

No	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	PR Stirling	2009-2018	48	47	4	1151	81	26.76	0	8	6	142	37
2	WTS Porterfield	2008-2018	58	56	6	1024	72	20.48	0	3	5	115	20
3	GC Wilson	2008-2018	57	50	7	1019	65*	23.69	0	3	4	91	16

Ireland batsmen have scored half centuries  on 22 occasions and all such occasions are tabulated below. No Ireland batsman has scored a century in T20Is. PR Stirling’s 81 against Scotland at Deventer on 17 Jun 18 represents the highest individual score by an Ireland batsman in T20Is.

No	Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	PR Stirling	81	41	5	6	v Scotland	Deventer	17 Jun 2018
2	PR Stirling	79	38	9	3	v Afghanistan	Dubai (DSC)	24 Mar 2012
3	EC Joyce	78*	58	6	3	v Scotland	Dubai (DSC)	18 Mar 2012
4	PR Stirling	76	43	8	4	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	30 Nov 2013
5	A Balbirnie	74	40	11	1	v Scotland	Deventer	16 Jun 2018
6	WTS Porterfield	72	60	8	1	v U.A.E.	Abu Dhabi	16 Feb 2016
7	PR Stirling	65*	52	9	0	v Kenya	Mombasa	23 Feb 2012
8	GC Wilson	65*	29	8	3	v Scotland	Dubai (DSC)	20 Jan 2017
9	AR Cusack	65	44	3	3	v Netherlands	Dubai (DSC)	13 Feb 2010
10	DT Johnston	62	32	5	4	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	30 Nov 2013
11	PR Stirling	61*	32	9	3	v Canada	Dubai (DSC)	22 Mar 2012
12	PR Stirling	60	34	9	1	v Zimbabwe	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
13	PR Stirling	60	36	5	3	v Scotland	Dubai (DSC)	20 Jan 2017
14	GC Wilson	59	34	5	2	v Afghanistan	Greater Noida	12 Mar 2017
15	GC Wilson	58	38	4	2	v Scotland	Deventer	16 Jun 2018
16	WTS Porterfield	57*	58	4	1	v P.N.G.	Belfast	15 Jul 2015
17	Simi Singh	57*	29	4	3	v Netherlands	Rotterdam	12 Jun 2018
18	AD Poynter	57	38	4	4	v Netherlands	Sylhet	21 Mar 2014
19	WTS Porterfield	56*	27	8	2	v Kenya	Dubai (DSC)	14 Mar 2012
20	SR Thompson	56	35	6	2	v Afghanistan	Greater Noida	8 Mar 2017
21	PR Stirling	51	29	10	0	v Scotland	Deventer	16 Jun 2018
22	NJ O’Brien	50	34	5	1	v Canada	Colombo (SSC)	3 Feb 2010

PR Strling has scored eight half centuries which are tabulated below. PR Stirling owns the record for most fifties and also half centuries by an Ireland batsman in T20Is.

No	Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	PR Stirling	81	41	5	6	v Scotland	Deventer	17 Jun 2018
2	PR Stirling	79	38	9	3	v Afghanistan	Dubai (DSC)	24 Mar 2012
3	PR Stirling	76	43	8	4	v Afghanistan	Abu Dhabi	30 Nov 2013
4	PR Stirling	65*	52	9	0	v Kenya	Mombasa	23 Feb 2012
5	PR Stirling	61*	32	9	3	v Canada	Dubai (DSC)	22 Mar 2012
6	PR Stirling	60	34	9	1	v Zimbabwe	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
7	PR Stirling	60	36	5	3	v Scotland	Dubai (DSC)	20 Jan 2017
8	PR Stirling	51	29	10	0	v Scotland	Deventer	16 Jun 2018

GB Dockrell and KJ O’Brien has caputed 58 and 54 wickets in T20Is and are the  only two Ireland bowlers who have an aggregate of 50 plus wickets in T20Is. GD Dockrell with 58 wickets to his credit owns the record for most wickets by an Ireland bowler in T20Is

The following is the list of Ireland bowlers who have captured four wickets in T20Is. AR Cusack’s 4 for 11 against West Indies at Kingston on 21 Feb 2014 represent the best bowling figures by an Ireland bowler in T20Is

 

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	AR Cusack	4.0	1	11	4	v West Indies	Kingston	21 Feb 2014
2	J Mulder	4.0	0	16	4	v Scotland	Dubai (DSC)	20 Jan 2017
3	AR Cusack	3.0	0	18	4	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	14 Jun 2009
4	GH Dockrell	3.3	0	20	4	v Netherlands	Dubai (DSC)	13 Feb 2010
5	AR Cusack	4.0	0	21	4	v Scotland	Belfast	02 Aug 2008
6	DT Johnston	4.0	1	22	4	v Afghanistan	Colombo (PSS)	01 Feb 2010
7	BJ McCarthy	4.0	0	33	4	v Afghanistan	Greater Noida	10 Mar 2017
8	KJ O’Brien	4.0	0	45	4	v Afghanistan	Greater Noida	12 Mar 2017

AR Cusack holds the record for most four wickets haul by an Ireland bowler in T20Is. He has three such hauls which are listed below.

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	AR Cusack	4.0	1	11	4	v West Indies	Kingston	21 Feb 2014
2	AR Cusack	3.0	0	18	4	v Sri Lanka	Lord’s	14 Jun 2009
3	AR Cusack	4.0	0	21	4	v Scotland	Belfast	02 Aug 2008

The following is the list of Ireland bowlers who have conceded 50 plus runs in an innings in T20Is. The most expensive Ireland bowler in T20Is is BJ McCarthy who had returned with none  for 69 against Afghanistan at Greater Noida  on 12 Mar 17. BJ McCarthy also owns the record for  most expensive Ireland bowler for conceding most  runs without capturing a wicket in T20Is

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	BJ McCarthy	4.0	0	69	0	v Afghanistan	Greater Noida	12 Mar 2017
2	CA Young	4.0	0	56	1	v Hong Kong	Bready	05 Sep 2016
3	AR Cusack	4.0	0	53	1	v Zimbabwe	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
4	KJ O’Brien	4.0	0	52	1	v Afghanistan	Greater Noida	08 Mar 2017
5	BJ McCarthy	4.0	0	51	1	v Scotland	Deventer	17 Jun 2018

NJ O’Brien with 25 dismissals to his credit owns the record for most dismissals by an Ireland wicket keeper in T20Is.  GC Wilson is close behind with 22 dismissals. GC Wilson with 18 catches holds the record for most catches by an Ireland wicket keeper in T20Is. NJ O’Brien with 10 stumping dismissals hold the record for most stumping dismissals by an Ireland wicket keeper in T20Is.

GH Dockrell {26} and WTS Porterfield {22}  are the two  Ireland fieldsmen – other than wicket  keepers – who  have pouched 20 plus catches. GH Dockrell owns the record for most catches by an Ireland fieldsman in T20Is.

The following table lists the seven occasions of 80 plus runs partnerships posted by Ireland batsmen in T20Is. The highest partnership posted by Ireland batsman in T20Is is the 109 runs unfinished partnership for the first wicket between WTS Porterfield and PR Sterling against Canada at Dubai {DSC}  on 22 Mar 2012

No	Partners	Runs	Wkt		Opposition	Ground	Match Date
1	WTS Porterfield, PR Stirling	109*	1st		v Canada	Dubai (DSC)	22 Mar 2012
2	AD Poynter, KJ O’Brien	101	4th		v Netherlands	Sylhet	21 Mar 2014
3	A Balbirnie, GC Wilson	91	4th		v Scotland	Deventer	16 Jun 2018
4	SR Thompson, WTS Porterfield	82	2nd		v Afghanistan	Greater Noida	08 Mar 2017
5	PR Stirling, GC Wilson	80	3rd		v Afghanistan	Dubai (DSC)	24 Mar 2012
6	WTS Porterfield, PR Stirling	80	1st		v Zimbabwe	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
7	WTS Porterfield, EC Joyce	80	1st		v U.A.E.	Sylhet	19 Mar 2014

India has played 99 T20Is so far. It has won 61 games, lost 35, one game was tied and 2 games have ended as No result games. India’s game against Ireland is at Dublin on 27 Jun 28 will be its 100^th T20Is.

India will become the seventh team to play 100 T20Is. Others are – Pakistan {128), New Zealand {111}, Sri Lanka {108}, South Africa {103}, Australia {100} and England {100}

India’s 61 wins in 99 games has made it as the second team to win most T20Is. Pakistan has  won 79 games and is  in in the  top of the list.

India’s highest team total in T20Is is 260 for 5 against Sri Lanka at Indore on 22 Dec 17. This total is one of the three team totals in excess of 260 runs posted by a team in the history of T20 Internationals. Other two are – Australia’s 263 for 3 against Sri  Lanka at Pallekele on 06 Sep 16 and Sri Lanka’s 260 for 6 against Kenya at Johannesburg on 14 Sep 07.

India’s lowest team total in a completed innings in 74 against Australia at Melbourne on  01 Feb 2018. This total is  one of three team totals  less than 100 runs  in a completed innings by India in T20 internationals. Other two are – 92 against South Africa at Cuttack on 05 Oct 2015 and 79 against New Zealand at Nagpur  on 15 Mar 16

V Kohli  has amassed 1983 runs in T20Is and is the top run getter in T20Is. He is also one of the  five  Indian batsmen who  have an aggregate of 1000 plus  runs. Others are – RG Sharma {1628}, MS Dhoni {1444}, SK Raina {1398} and Yuvraj Singh {1177}

V Kohli has an aggregate of 1983  runs prior the T20I against Ireland  on 27 Jun 18. He needs 17 more runs for his 2000 runs. If he gets it, he would  then become the third batsman in the history of 20Is to total 2000 plus runs. Others are – MJ Guptill {2271} and BB McCullum {2140}.

There are 74 occasions of Indian batsmen scoring fifties in T20Is which contains four centuries. The centuries are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Mins	BF	4s	6s	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RG Sharma	118	61	43	12	10	1	v Sri Lanka	Indore	22 Dec 2017
2	KL Rahul	110*	84	51	12	5	2	v West Indies	Lauderhill	27 Aug 2016
3	RG Sharma	106	79	66	12	5	1	v South Africa	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015
4	SK Raina	101	85	60	9	5	1	v South Africa	Gros Islet	02 May 2010

V Kohli has scored 18 fifties which is a record  for most fifties by a batsman in the history of T20 Internationals. It is  also a record  for  most half centuries  by a batsman in T20Is

RG Sharma is one of the seven batsmen to score two or more centuries in T20Is. Others are – C Munro {03}, CH Gayle {02}, MJ Guptil {02}, E Lewis {02}, BB McCulllum {02} and GJ Maxwell {02}. He is the only Indian batsman to achieve the feat of scoring two centuries in T20Is.

R Ashwin has an aggregate of 52 wickets in T20Is and is the only Indian bowler who has captured 50 plus wickets in T20Is. He is one of the 23 bowlers who have captured 50 plus wickets in T20 Internationals.

There are 147 occasions  of bowlers capturing four or more  wickets in T20Is. Indian bowlers have performed the  feat  on 13 occasions. YS Chahel has captured four plus wickets on three occasions, while R Ashwin has captured four plus wickets on two occasions.

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	R Ashwin	3.2	0	11	4	2	v Australia	Dhaka	30 Mar 2014
2	R Ashwin	4.0	1	8	4	1	v Sri Lanka	Visakhapatnam	14 Feb 2016
1	YS Chahal	4.0	0	25	6	2	v England	Bengaluru	01 Feb 2017
2	YS Chahal	4.0	0	23	4	2	v Sri Lanka	Cuttack	20 Dec 2017
3	YS Chahal	4.0	0	52	4	2	v Sri Lanka	Indore	22 Dec 2017

YS Chahal’s 6 for 25 against England at Bengaluru on 01 Feb 17 is the best bowling effort by an Indian bowler in T20Is. He is also the only Indian bowler to capture four plus wickets on three occasions in T20Is. He is also one of the ten bowlers who have captured four plus wickets  on three  or  more  occasions  in the history of T20Is.

YS Chahal is the second bowler to  capture six wickets in an innings in T20Is after BAW Mendis of Sri Lanka. His effort of 6 for 25 against England at Bengaluru on 01 Feb 17 provides the third occasion of a bowler capturing six wickets in an innings. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	BAW Mendis	4.0	2	08	6	2	Srl	Zim	Hambantota	18 Sep 2012
2	BAW Mendis	4.0	1	16	6	2	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	08 Aug 2011
3	YS Chahal	4.0	0	25	6	2	Ind	Eng	Bengaluru	01 Feb 2017

MS Dhoni of India is one of the five batsmen who have an aggregate of 1000 plus runs in T20Is. He has an aggregate of 1444 runs which is the highest aggregate by an Indian batsman

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	Mohammad Shahzad	Afg	62	62	3	1888	118*	32.00	1	12	3	212	70
2	MS Dhoni	Ind	89	78	39	1444	56	37.02	0	2	1	101	46
3	KC Sangakkara	Srl	56	53	9	1382	78	31.40	0	8	2	139	20
4	BB McCullum	NZl	42	42	6	1352	123	37.55	1	9	1	124	58
5	Mushfiqur Rahim	Ban	67	59	11	1042	72*	21.70	0	4	3	90	28

MS Dhoni will become the third batsman in the history of T20Is to appear in 90 plus games. Tomorrow’s game against Ireland will be his 90^th game. Others to appear in 90 plus T20Is are – Shahid Afridi {99} and Shoaib Malik {98}

MS Dhoni will become the first wicket keeper batsman in the history of T20Is to appear in 90 plus games. Tomorrow’s game against Ireland will be his 90^th game as wicket keeper batsman

RG Sharma has played 79 games prior to the game against Ireland tomorrow. Tomorrow’s game will be his 80^th game. He will become the second Indian batsman to appear in 80 plus T20Is after MS Dhoni. RG Sharma will become the eighth cricketer to appear in 80 plus T20Is. Others are – Shahid Afridi {99}, Shoaib Malik {98}, MS Dhoni {89}, Umar Akmal {82}, Mohammad  Hafeez {81}, LRPL Taylor {81} and TM Dilshan {80}

As many as 121 three figure partnerships have been posted by batsmen of various teams in T20Is. Indian batsmen have posted 12 three figure partnerships. All such occasions are tabulated below in the descending order of runs.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KL Rahul, RG Sharma	1	165	1	v Sri Lanka	Indore	22 Dec 2017
2	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	158	1	v New Zealand	Delhi	01 Nov 2017
3	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	138	1	v South Africa	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015
4	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	1	136	1	v England	Durban	19 Sep 2007
5	V Kohli, SK Raina	3	134	1	v Australia	Adelaide	26 Jan 2016
6	V Kohli, MK Pandey	3	119	2	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	06 Sep 2017
7	MS Dhoni, KL Rahul	4	107	2	v West Indies	Lauderhill	27 Aug 2016
8	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	106	2	v West Indies	Dhaka	23 Mar 2014
9	Mandeep Singh, KL Rahul	1	103*	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	20 Jun 2016
10	MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh	5	102*	2	v Australia	Rajkot	10 Oct 2013
11	SK Raina, RG Sharma	2	102	1	v Bangladesh	Colombo (RPS)	14 Mar 2018
12	V Kohli, RG Sharma	2	100	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	28 Mar 2014

Indian basmen have posted two partnerships of 150 plus runs in T20Is. Such partnerships are listed below. It is  interesting  to note that these two partnerships are for the opening wicket.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KL Rahul, RG Sharma	1	165	1	v Sri Lanka	Indore	22 Dec 2017
2	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	158	1	v New Zealand	Delhi	01 Nov 2017

The 165 runs partnership between KL Rahul and RG Sharma against Sri  Lanka at Indore  is the best partnership posted by Indian batsmen in T20Is.

It also represents the 46^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in T20Is. It also represents the fourth occasion of batsmen posting 150 plus runs for the first wicket in T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Guptill, KS Williamson	1	171*	2	NZl	Pak	Hamilton	17 Jan 2016
2	LE Bosman, GC Smith	1	170	1	RSA	Eng	Centurion	15 Nov 2009
3	KL Rahul, RG Sharma	1	165	1	Ind	Srl	Indore	22 Dec 2017
4	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	158	1	Ind	NZl	Delhi	01 Nov 2017

SK Raina with 40 catches to his credit  holds the  record  for most catches by an Indian fieldsman. He is  one of the four fieldsmen who have pouched 40 plus catches in T20Is. Others are – AB de Villiers {44}, LRPL Taylor {44} and DA Warner {41}

MS Dhoni of India holds the record for most dismissals by a wicket keeper in T20Is. He  is one  of the five wicket keepers who have  effected 50 plus  dismissals in T20Is. Others are – Kamran Akmal {60}, Mohammad Shahzad {54}, D Ramdin {53} and Mushfiqur Rahim {52}

MS Dhoni  has pouched 49 catches prior to the game against Ireland tomorrow. He  needs one more catch for his 50 catches. If he pouches one catch, he  would then become the first ever wicket keeper in the history of T20Is to pouch 50 catches.

MS Dhoni has effected 29 stumping dismissals prior to the game against Ireland tomorrow. He needs one more stumping dismissal for 30 stumping dismissals. If he effects it, he would then become the second wicket keeper in the history of T20Is to effect 30 plus stumping dismissals. Kamran Akmal of Pakistan has effected 32 stumping dismissals.