Ireland won the second T20 by one run over India, who did not hand a debut to teen sensation Sooryavanshi.
Published On 28 Jun 2026
Ireland have secured a landmark series win over T20 world champions India in Belfast with a tense one-run victory after the tourists again denied teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi a debut.
Harry Tector marked his 100th T20 international appearance with a fine fifty as Ireland recovered from a slow start to post 154-8 at Stormont.
India-born Jai Moondra — who struck with his first ball in international cricket on Friday — had Sanju Samson lbw off the first ball of India’s chase.
He also dismissed Abhishek Sharma in the same over before soon removing India captain Shreyas Iyer.
India regrouped after a rain delay, with Tilak Varma making 55 and Harshit Rana 21 late on, but that wasn’t enough as they finished on 153-9.
India’s 15-year-old batting prodigy Sooryavanshi forced his way into the squad for the white-ball tours of Ireland and England following several stunning displays in the 20-overs-per-side Indian Premier League.
Sooryavanshi emerged as the leading run-scorer in this season’s edition after amassing 776 runs for the Rajasthan Royals — a tally which included one century and five fifties.
But as had been the case in the first of the two-match series on Friday — when Ireland won by 34 runs for their first international men’s win over India in any format — the rising star was left out.
Sooryavanshi’s next chance to make an international debut will come in Wednesday’s first T20 against England at Chester-le-Street, the headquarters of county side Durham.
