2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Match 34 Pool B India Vs Ireland @Seddon Park Hamilton,NZ Tuesday March 10,2015

 

Designation of a Test cricket venue was bestowed upon Seddon Park 10 years ago in 1991 when New Zealand played Sri Lanka. Two matches of the 1992 Cricket World Cup were held at Seddon Park.

Non-Test playing Ireland have already hunted down two Full Members -- the West Indies and Zimbabwe -- in Pool B so far on their way to six points from four matches

Ireland are no strangers to upsetting big teams.They famously ousted Pakistan from the 2007 World Cup held in the West Indies on their way to the Super Eights where they beat Bangladesh and then defeated England in the 2011 tournament.

The last time India met Ireland was in Bangalore during the 2011 WC where the hosts comfortably beat their opponents by five wickets as Yuvraj Singh emerged as the star performer with a 'five-for' and a half-century.
March 06,2011 India Vs Ireland
Ireland 207/10 in 47.5 Overs
India 210/5 in 46 Overs
Match Result - India won by 5 wickets
Mom -Shikhar Dhawan for his 100 Runs -8th ODI Ton and 2nd Ton of this WC


Ireland won the toss and chose to bat first

India thrashed Ireland by 8 wickets to record their 9th consecutive win in the World Cup overall and 5th on the trot in the current edition to top pool B.

Ireland came into the match knowing that a point would see them qualify.

Despite an opening stand of 89 between William Porterfield and Paul Stirling and 75 from Niall O'Brien, their 259 total was never likely to be enough.

Ireland well, with Porterfield (67) and Stirling (42) using the pace of the opening bowlers well to amass an encouraging opening stand and suggest a competitive total over 300 was a possibility.
But India's switch to spin bowling halted their progress as Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravinda Jadeja and Suresh Raina frustrated the top order and claimed the important wickets of Ed Joyce (bowled by Raina) and Andy Balbirnie (caught by Mohammed Shami off Ashwin).
Niall O'Brien offered resistance and hit well but when he and brother Kevin both fell to Shami, Ireland's hopes of a decent score disappeared


So it proved as Shikhar Dhawan (100) and Rohit Sharma (64) helped India to a comfortable eight-wicket victory.
Shikhar Dhawan(96) and Rohit Sharma(64) added 174 for the 1st wicket

  

Virat Kohli 44* and Ajinkya Rahane 33* added an unbroken 70 for the third wicket to seal the win 

  
Shikhar Dhawan scored his 2nd Ton of this WC and 8th Ton in his ODI career -100 Runs(85 Balls with 11x4 and 6x5)

Shikhar Dhawan's ODI Tons
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	114	6	South Africa	Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom	SWALEC Stadium	2013	Won
2	102*	7	West Indies	London, England, United Kingdom	The Oval	2013	Won
3	116	17	Zimbabwe	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2013	Won
4	100	24	Australia	Nagpur, India	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	2013	Won
5	119	28	West Indies	Kanpur, India	Green Park Stadium	2013	Won
6	113	47	Sri Lanka	Cuttack, India	Barabati Stadium	2014	Won
7	137	55	South Africa	Melbourne, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2015	Won
8	100	58	Ireland	Hamilton, New Zealand	Seddon Park	2015	Won

India's fifth consecutive win was also the team's ninth in a row in World Cups with Dhoni as skipper, which helped him break Sourav Ganguly's record of 8 victories on the bounce. It also took Dhoni past former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd to No. 2 in the overall list of captains with most consecutive wins at World Cup

With nine straight World Cup wins under their belt, the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led India stand only second to Ricky Ponting's Australian side that registered 24 consecutive victories

 

M S Dhoni is also credited with most wins (12) by an Indian captain in World Cups. He has overtaken 1983 World Cup-winning skipper Kapil Dev (11), Mohammed Azharuddin (10) and Ganguly (9).

Scorecard
Ireland 260/10 in 49 Overs
India 260/2 in 36.5 Overs
Match Result - India won by 8 wickets