Ireland vs India Odds: Two picks for today's T20I from Malahide
Our cricket specialist tipster Adam Roberts is red hot right now, having picked four winners in his last three previews. Here we have asked him to preview the 2nd T20 international between Ireland and India from The Village in Malahide and he's picked out two more bets for your perusal.
Ireland vs India Tips
A second string, but still extremely strong Indian side come into this second of two T20 internationals in good nick, having won the rain-reduced first match on Sunday. The match was reduced to a 12 over slogathon and despite Ireland setting a competitive 108 target, thanks in the main to a lovely unbeaten 64 from Harry Tector, India strolled to the victory in just 9.2 overs for the loss of just three wickets.
This is a really tough assignment for an Ireland team that is full of talent but perhaps lacking those few international class players that even this weakened Indian side clearly possess. Even without the likes of KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, who are all missing for the newly invigorated red-ball challenge of England at Edgbaston on Friday, they still boast a whole host of IPL talent and are captained by the hugely experienced Hardik Pandya.
Ireland have never beaten India in a T20 match and I can't see that changing here - the tourists are 1/10 to win again. However, I have still managed to locate a bit of value in this likely mismatch.
First up, we've gone for Indian opener Ishan Kishan to top run score for his side. Kishan had a are failure on Sunday but still managed to smash 26 off just 11 balls. The 23-year-old left hander plays for the Mumbai Indians in the IPL and was the 2nd most expensive Indian in the auction. Kishan has been hugely impressive when representing his country in T20's - he averages 34.73 with a strike rate of almost 135. His partner Rutaraj Gaikwad has a niggle which should see him move down to the middle order and the star of the first T20, Deepak Hooda, will likely be replaced by debutant Rahul Tripathi, putting even more responsiblity on Kishan at the top of the order.
It's one I think he will relish and I like the boosted 3/1 on offer at Paddy Power for him to top score for India.
My second pick is for the North West Warriors and former Sussex bowler Craig Young to be the top bowler again for the Irish. The 32-year-old veteran was the only man to trouble the Indians in the first T20I, taking the back-to-back wickets of Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav in his first over and he finished with an analysis of 2-18. He may well be given the new ball here as reward and will look to add to his impressive resume for Cricket Ireland.
He averages 24.60 in T20I's and 25 in ODI's as well as 22.87 in first class cricket and is a constant wicket taker at this level. bet365 have boosted Young to a market-leading 9/2 when he is as short as 3/1 elsewhere. I'll be having a nibble at those odds and hope to continue our hot streak on the outskirts of Dublin.
Enjoy the cricket and good luck with the selections if following.
