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India Likely XI against Ireland 2nd T20: The second and final T20 match will be played between India and Ireland in Belfast on Sunday (28 June). After a shameful defeat of 34 runs in the first match, Team India captained by Shreyas Iyer is on the verge of losing the series. In this do or die match, Vaibhav Suryavanshi may get a chance to debut, who can be included in the playing eleven in place of Washington Sundar. At the same time, bowler Prince Yadav can be given a chance in place of Prasidh Krishna, who has proved to be very expensive.
The second and final T20 match of the series will be played between India and Ireland (IND vs IRE 2nd T20) at the Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast. After losing the first match of the series, it is a ‘do or die’ match for Team India captained by Shreyas Iyer. If the Indian team fails to win this match, then it will have to face the huge embarrassment of losing the T20 series against a team like Ireland. At present, Ireland is leading 1-0 in this two-match series. The biggest question now is whether head coach Gautam Gambhir will give debut to Vaibhav Suryavanshi in the second T20 or this young opener will make his debut on the England tour.
In the opening match of the series, the Indian team had to face a crushing and shocking defeat of 34 runs. Batting first, Ireland had set a strong target of 183 runs for India to win. While chasing this big target, Indian batting fell apart like a house of cards. Experienced and star batsmen like Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Verma and captain Shreyas Iyer himself completely failed to score runs, which wrote the script of Team India’s defeat.
At present, the most talked about person in Indian cricket circles is 15-year-old young left-handed batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi from Bihar. He was not given a chance in the playing eleven in the first match of the series, due to which many fans and experts were surprised. But after the flop performance of the top order in the first match, now there is a strong possibility that Vaibhav Suryavanshi will be handed the cap to debut in international cricket in the second and decisive T20 match.
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If the team management decides to include Vaibhav Suryavanshi in the team, then the biggest question will be in whose place will he play. Vaibhav is basically an upper-order batsman and India’s top order is already full of star players. The team has world number one T20 batsman Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, who was the ‘Player of the Tournament’ in the 2026 T20 World Cup, and aggressive wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan. In such a situation, it will not be easy to seat anyone out.
If the Indian team management does not want to drop any of Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson or Ishan Kishan, then they have another option to include Vaibhav. The team can replace spin all-rounder Washington Sundar with Vaibhav Suryavanshi in the playing eleven. With this change, India’s batting will become more aggressive and deeper, which the team needs most at this time.
Washington Sundar’s performance in the first T20 match was very disappointing, due to which he is in danger of being dropped from the team. In the first match, the captain did not show much confidence in him and he bowled only one over, in which he gave away 19 runs. After this, when India was chasing the target of 183 runs, Sundar was promoted to number 6, but he could score only 9 runs in 12 balls.
If Vaibhav Suryavanshi comes into the team in place of Washington Sundar, then there will be a big change in India’s batting order. In such a situation, the new pair of Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma can start the innings. After this, Sanju Samson can come to bat at number 3 and Ishan Kishan can come to bat at number 4. Whereas the responsibility of middle order and lower-middle order will be on the shoulders of captain Shreyas Iyer (number 5), Tilak Verma (number 6), Shivam Dubey (number 7) and Akshar Patel (number 8).
Not only the batting, but the Indian team management is also in a mood to make major changes in the bowling attack. In the first match, fast bowler Prasidh Krishna had bowled very shamefully. He gave away 57 runs in his quota of 4 overs without taking any wicket, which gave Ireland a chance to make a big score. After his expensive spell, it is almost certain that he will be shown the way out of the playing eleven in the second match.
Fast bowler Prince Yadav can be included in Team India in place of Prasidh Krishna. Prince Yadav played two One Day International matches against Afghanistan earlier this month, where he impressed with his performance. On the other hand, Mumbai all-rounder Suryansh Shedge and leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi are also part of the Indian T20 team on this tour, but the chances of both of them getting a chance in this very important and decisive match of the series seem very low.
The possible playing eleven of the Indian team, which will take the field with the intention of leveling the series, could be something like this:
Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Prince Yadav.
