IND vs IRE Highlights, 2nd T20I 2026: India's streak ends; Ireland seal historic 2-0 sweep with thrilling last-ball win

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: That was a poster in the Belfast stand and Moondra strikes immediately again, getting rid of the other opener. Abhishek Sharma is the batter this time. Batter pulls the shot ball, but gets a huge top edge as Hollard, at third man, takes a 360-degree turn to complete a difficult catch. Golden duck it is for the leftie as well.

India 1/2 in 1 over vs Ireland (154/8)

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: Players are on the field. Samson takes strike. Can he put on a big score tonight with Sooryavanshi breathing down his neck?

OUT? Ireland appeal for lbw. On-field umpire agrees. India take a review and replay does not side to the batter. GOLDEN DUCK!

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: Harry Tector wants to go big on the fourth ball, a shorter one from Prince after an array of yorkers, but Ishan Kishan takes a wonder diving catch. Prince ends the over with his third wicket in debut. It was a slower one that gets the better of Liam McCarthy.

Ireland finish with 154/8 in 20 overs

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: A fifty on his 100th T20I game. But Harry also survived an lbw scare on the second ball of the over. Ball tracking showed the angled-in yorker was missing the leg-stump.

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: Just four minutes of rain interruption and play resumes in Belfast. Ireland lose Dockrell for 19 runs in the 19th over, with Arshdeep picking up his second wicket.

Ireland 149/6 in 19 overs vs India

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: Rain has interrupted the game in Belfast. Ireland 132/5 in 171. overs vs India. Seems like a momentary suspension in the game.

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: WHAAT A COMEBACK! Dube picks two-in-two. This nips back and hits the top of the off stump and Gareth Delany goes back for a golden duck.

Ireland 113/5 in 14.5 overs vs India

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: Dube is in for his second over, and he gets punished for a massive, massive SIX. Fuller delivery and Calitz sends it sailing over the cow corner for a maximum. This 4th-wicket stand is frustrating India now. But it finally gets broken as Dube gets Calitz. Goes hunting for another six, this time on the on side, but he holes this one out to Tilak Varma. The 65-run stand is broken.

Ireland 113/4 in 14.4 overs vs India

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: Calitz flat-bats the shorter delivery from Harshit through mid-off for a boundary and Ireland have gone past the 100-run mark. Ireland have scored 49 runs in the last four overs. And that is a good comeback from the home team that managed 14 runs in the four overs preceding that,

Ireland 105/3 in 14 overs vs India

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: Tector and Calitz have forged a 49-run stand in 33 balls as Ireland near the 100-run mark. It's a good rebuild for the home team.

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026:Going up against Shedge, Calitz hits a four - Ireland's first boundary in 31 balls - before hitting a six. Off the free hit that followed after the no ball, Tector smashed a six. Arshdeep did make an effort in the deep, but the ball burst through his hands and landed beyond the rope. 22 runs off the over.

Ireland 80/3 in 11 overs

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: After Prince, captain brings in Shedge, a fast-bowling all-rounder. India have another Hardik Pandya prospect to nurture here. Just three runs in his first over.

Ireland 53/3 in 9 overs vs India

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: Good length ball. Angled slightly in. Lorcan Tucker looks to play the pull shot, but edges and gets dismissed as Ishan takes it comfortably behind. Maiden T20I wicket for Prince Yadav.

Ireland 48/3 in 7.3 overs vs India

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: It's time for the debutant. He gets punished on the second ball as Tucker shuffles down the track to flick the 141ks delivery square on the leg-side for a four.

At the end of the powerplay, Ireland are 44/2 vs India.

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: At 26 years and 204 days, Harry is the third youngest player to 100 T20Is, after Pakistan's Shadab Khan (25y 239d) and Shaheen Afridi (25y 310d).

So far, he made a good start to the match, getting a four against Arshdeep Singh in the fifth over.

Meanwhile, the commentators cited that A few drops of rain are falling, but as of now, the match is good to continue.

Ireland 38/2 in 5 overs vs India

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: Adair survived a scare on the first ball of the third over, getting a four off a top-edge after Harshit's fielding error. However, the drop does not prove costly as he gets dismissed on the next ball. Leg-side delivery, and one with the extra bounce as the batter shuffled across to play it on the off side, but it took the thick toe end and went straight towards Tilak Varma at extra cover.

Ireland 26/2 in 3 overs vs India

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: Harshit Rana picks up the first wicket in the match as he dismisses Tim Tector. The batter gets a four on the previous ball against a leg-side delivery, but the next ball, good length, towards Abhishek Sharma at mid-wicket.

Ireland 17/1 in 2 overs vs India

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: Adair starts strong for Ireland, smashing consecutive sixes on the final two balls of the opening over against Arshdeep.

Ireland 13/0 in 1 over

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: Live action begins in Belfast. The players are on the field. Can India bounce back and level the series?

Irish opener Tim Tector takes strike. Ross Adair is on the other end. Arshdeep Singh begins for India.

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: First it is India. Ireland follow next.

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: "We were happy batting first. We want to get a good read on the pitch as quickly as possible. The way we shut them down in the first game was great," said Lorcan Tucker. Ireland remained unchanged.

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: Here is the Playing XI for the two teams -

Ireland (Playing XI): Tim Tector, Ross Adair, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker(w/c), Benjamin Calitz, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Liam McCarthy, Matthew Humphreys, Jai Moondra, Matthew Hollard

India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: "We’ve got two changes. Suryansh Shedge and Prince Yadav come in. Both are making the debut. So these are the two changes we’ve made," he said after winning the toss.

Why Shedge, top-scored for India A last month in a tied one-day game against Sri Lanka A, and has played under Iyer in the IPL? "He’s a powerful, destructive batter. Yes, he’s a sensational youngster who has been scoring runs in the domestic cricket and also in the IPL. He’s got tremendous amount of experience in the youth cricket. So definitely he’s performed in the A tours. So he’s getting, he’s reaping the benefits," the India captain said.

On speaking about Prince, he said he is not going to put much pressure on the LSG bowler. "Definitely it’s his first game, so I don’t want to put him under that much pressure. It’s important that he comes out here and experiences and gain the experience out of what is there to offer. And he must have seen the match, how we played in the previous game. So definitely he’s smart enough to adapt to it," he added.

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: Sanjay Manjrekar, expert on Sony Sports, is not happy with the decision to hand the debut caps to Prince and Suryansh. He outlined that India had a middle-order batting issue and hence the second game was where they could have moved Ishan or Samson down the order and get Sooryavanshi in.

IND vs IRE LIVE Score, 2nd T20I 2026: India win the toss again, and Shreyas Iyer has opted to bowl.