Ireland shock India with landmark T20 victory as Sooryavanshi denied debut

[p]The 15-year-old batting prodigy forced his way into the squad for the white-ball tours of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ireland/GEmG3lXa/"]Ireland[/a] and England following several stunning displays in the 20 overs per side Indian Premier League.[/p][p]Sooryavanshi emerged as the leading run-scorer in this season's edition after amassing 776 runs for the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rajasthan-royals/S2MQPiFG/"]Rajasthan Royals[/a] - a tally which included one century and five fifties.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/fcOzl2uI/"]India[/a], however, decided that they could do without him in the first of two T20 internationals against Ireland at Stormont, only to fall well short of a target of 183 as they were [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/india-fcOzl2uI/ireland-GEmG3lXa/?mid=zsIwrcqH"]dismissed for 148 with seven balls to spare[/a].[/b][/p][embed guid="6ca9eb65-8310-41f2-a01e-b8315750f109" url="https://x.com/cricketireland/status/2070543164914483389" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sharma-abhishek/xxgJnSUg/"]Abhishek Sharma[/a] top-scored for the tourists with 49 at the top of the order but no other India batsman made more than [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dube-shivam/MyNF1MB0/"]Shivam Dube[/a]'s 25.[/p][p][b]Matt Hollard (3-28) and left-arm spinner Matthew Humphreys (3-38), who opened the bowling, did the bulk of the damage as Ireland's men enjoyed their first win over India in any format.[/b][/p][p]Earlier, Ireland captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tucker-lorcan/86KjvDMR/"]Lorcan Tucker[/a] led from the front with 50 and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/delany-gareth/ANfv7FVc/"]Gareth Delany[/a] made 49 in the hosts' total of 182-9 in their full 20 overs.[/p][p]The teams return to Stormont for the series finale on Sunday.[/p]