Opener Paul Stirling is the captain of Ireland in the T20 World Cup. Ireland have selected squads for three T20 events simultaneously – the series against Pakistan, the triangular with Scotland and Netherlands and the World Cup 2024. The same 14 players in all three, while fast bowler Josh Little was added to the World Cup team – since he was playing IPL, he was directly included in the World Cup team and considered playing IPL as his preparation for the World Cup.

The team has experienced players like Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie and George Dockrell. The batting has been strengthened by Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ross Adair and Curtis Campher. The team is in Group A along with India, Pakistan, USA and Canada. Ireland have played in all T20 World Cups since 2009 and made it to the second round in the inaugural season and are set to repeat the same in 2022.

Strongest aspect of the team: Josh Little is claiming to make the team better with new tricks and skills learned from the IPL season – bowling 4-45 in his first match of the season against RCB in IPL 2024. Last year, he had left the IPL midway for the series against Bangladesh so that he could qualify for the World Cup, but this time he was allowed to stay till the last match of the Titans.

Paul Stirling's experience – Became the white ball captain last year, will play his 8th consecutive T20 World Cup. Has played in 21 of Ireland's last 25 T20 World Cup matches and is one of the top scorers in T20 Internationals.

Team weakness: Three such players were selected in the team who were not in the team 18 months ago – Ross Adair (aggressive batsman and elder brother of seamer Mark), Neil Rock (backup wicketkeeper-batsman) and Ben White (legspinner). Because of this, the likes of Stephen Doheny, Fionn Hand, Connor Olfert and Simi Singh missed out on selection.

These players will be kept an eye on: Little Josh's name is on the top – took 4 wickets in the first match in IPL this season. Has taken 149 wickets in 124 T20s and the economy rate is less than 8.

How will the performance be: Paul Sterling intends for the team to play even better than in 2022 – when it reached the Super 12 by defeating West Indies and Scotland in the first round and also defeated eventual champions England in the second round. The team is getting amazing practice ahead of the event – ​​7 matches in 15 days. Said- The intention is to win as many of these matches as possible and the amazing thing is that the Irish team created history in Dublin and played at full strength and defeated Pakistan in the first T20 International on 10th May. This time the intention is to make their place in the Super 8, although India and Pakistan are also in their group and it is not easy but the result of the match on 10th May is a clear indication that anything can happen in cricket. However, the British betting market is giving a price of 200/1.

Team: Paul Stirling (captain), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Neil Rock, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young.

Group match schedule and Indian match time

June 05, 2024, Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York – 8.00 PM vs India
June 07, 2024, Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York – 8.00 PM vs Canada
June 14, 2024, Central Broward Park & ​​Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida – 8.00 PM vs USA
June 16, 2024, Central Broward Park & ​​Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill, Florida – 8.00 PM vs Pakistan

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