India vs Ireland, Live Score ICC Women's World T20: Smriti Mandhana Departs, India Lose First Wicket vs Ireland

Harmanpreet Kaur-led India are on a roll after convincingly defeating New Zealand and Pakistan in the first two Group B encounters of the ICC Women's World T20. On Thursday, they face Ireland with a view of the semi-final berth. Ireland have lost both their opening games, the first against Australia by nine wickets, and then a 38-run defeat against Pakistan in the second. It has been a combined team effort for the women in blue in the opening two matches so far. While skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and the young Jemimah Rodrigues batted out the White Ferns comprehensively in the first match, the second game witnessed a composed knock from veteran Mithali Raj that helped India outshine Pakistan. 

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'Live Updates Between India vs Ireland ICC Women's T20 World Cup, straight from Providence Stadium, Guyana

21:32 IST: Boundary! Mithali Raj opens the face of the bat and hits the short delivery from Laura Delany towards the fence. India 94/1 after 13 overs. 

21:29 IST: Dropped! Mithali Raj survives again, this time on 39 runs. 

21:28 IST: Five byes, Lucy OReilly misses everything as the ball goes past Mary Waldron to find the fence. India 87/1 after 12 overs. 

21:18 IST: WICKET! Smriti Mandhana was looking to go over the top, missed the delivery from Kim Garth completely as it rattles the stumps. India 67 for 1 after 10 overs. Jemmimah Rodrigues is the new batter in. 

21:16 IST: Boundary! Slower ball from Kim Garth, Mithali Raj knows there is no one there at the boundary, just makes a deft touch to find the fence. 

21:10 IST: Boundary! Mithali Raj opens the face of the bat, guides the ball to the vacant area. India 56 for no loss after 8 overs. 

21:05 IST: SIX! Smriti Mandhana walks down the ground to hit her first maximum of the match, India reach the 50 run mark in the seventh over. 

21:01 IST: Boundary! Beautiful cover drive from Mithali Raj, finds the gap as well. India 38 for no loos after 5.5 overs. 

20:59 IST: Boundary! A juicy full-toss from Lara Maritz to Smriti Mandhana, she does full justice to hit the ball to the fence towards deep mid-wicket. 

20:57 IST: SIX! Mithali Raj smashes the first maximum of the match, she middled the delivery from Richardson. India 27/0 after 5 overs. 

20:54 IST: Boundary! Smriti Mandhana steps up to hit Richardson for a boundary, a beautiful lofted shot from the Indian opener to get her third boundary in the match. 

20:48 IST: Dropped! Mithali Raj dropped on 3 by Lara Maritz at square leg, India 13/0 after 3 overs. Bowling change for Ireland, Kim Garth to bowl the fourth over. She will be looking for the breakthrough here. 

20:43 IST: Boundary! Smriti Mandhana nudges the ball behind point to find the fence, she used the width provided by OReilly well there. 

20:40 IST: Boundary! Poor delivery from Richardson, Smriti Mandhana picks it well to score the first four of the match. India 6/0 after 1 over. Pacer Lucy OReilly to bowl from the other end. 

20:34 IST: Indian openers Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj walk out in the centre, off-spinner Eimear Richardson to begin the proceedings for Ireland. Big for Team India, it they win, they are through to the semi-final. It will also be for the first time after 2010, if India can manage to do that.

20:28 IST: Both the teams have arrived in the centre, we head for the national anthem. 

20:20 IST: Playing XI: India Women: Mithali Raj, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Veda Krishnamurthy, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Deepti Sharma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Radha Yadav, Mansi Joshi, Poonam Yadav

Ireland Women: Clare Shillington, Gaby Lewis, Isobel Joyce, Laura Delany (c), Shauna Kavanagh, Kim Garth, Eimear Richardson, Mary Waldron (wk), Lara Maritz, Lucy OReilly, Celeste Raack

20:15 IST: Ireland skipper Laura Delany win the toss, opts to bowl. 

20:05 IST: Both India and Ireland have arrived in the stadium. We will be heading for the toss within a few minutes from now.

India and Ireland arrived at Providence Stadium under gloomy skies, but the good news is that the covers are now off and we should be ready for the scheduled start of play at 11:00am local #WT20 #INDvIRE pic.twitter.com/fipwq6DKIW

— ICC World Twenty20 (@WorldT20) November 15, 2018

20:00 IST: Update: Rain has stopped, the skies have cleared, a prompt start is expected. 

19:40 IST: Check out what Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur had to say as we head closer to the all important clash.

"I like to hit big shots."

We certainly saw that in her innings against New Zealand!

She hit an awesome century in the first game of the tournament, and now Harmanpreet Kaur is ready to attack the rest of the competition. #WT20 | #WatchThis pic.twitter.com/cOpplUgX5d

— ICC World Twenty20 (@WorldT20) November 15, 2018

19:28 IST: It's drizzling at the Providence Stadium in Guyana. Not good signs early on!

Not a great start to the day! #BackingGreen #WT20 pic.twitter.com/52Z8mOhfZ8

— Ireland Women's Cricket Team (@IrishWomensCric) November 15, 2018

 18:00 IST: Hello and welcome to the live commentary from the ICC Women's World T20 Group Stage match between India and Ireland. 

Going into Thursday's match, India will be desperately hoping for their opening batter Smriti Mandhana to come up with a big score. After failing in the opener, Mandhana got off to a decent start in the second tie, but eventually failed to capitalise on it. While Harmanpreet and Mithali are expected to form the backbone of the Indian innings, the team management will be hoping to give enough match time to the likes of the other batswomen in Veda Krishnamurthy, stumper Taniya Bhatia and Dayalan Hemalatha before the tournament enters its business end.

Coming to India's bowling in the opening two games, it has been the spinners -- Hemalatha and Poonam Yadav -- ruling the roost in both the games. The spin duo of Hemalatha and Poonam shared six and four wickets between them in the two matches.

Squads:

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj, Jemimah Rodrigues, Veda Krishnamurthy, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Anuja Patil, Ekta Bisht, Dayalan Hemalatha, Mansi Joshi, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy.

Ireland: Laura Delany (capt), Kim Garth, Cecelia Joyce, Isobel Joyce, Shauna Kavanagh, Amy Kenealy, Gaby Lewis, Lara Maritz, Ciara Metcalfe, Lucy O'Reilly, Celeste Raack, Eimear Richardson, Clare Shillington, Rebecca Stokell, Mary Waldron.