The India Men’s cricket team returns to Ireland three years after their last visit and will play two T20 Internationals against Ireland Men at Stormont in Belfast on 26 and 28 June 2026.
The two sides have met on eight occasions previously in T20 Internationals, with India winning all eight – the last encounter being at the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in New York. The teams last played at Stormont in 2007 – an ODI which India won by 9 wickets.
The Irish squad is missing up to five frontline players – Mark Adair, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Jordan Neill and Paul Stirlnig – due to injury and have called up two uncapped players for the first time – Matthew Hollard and Jai Moondra.
Lorcan Tucker has this week been named the new permanent captain of the Ireland Men’s T20I squad and he will face an India Men’s said which also has a new captain, Shreyas Iyer.
India Men have brought out a strong T20 squad, which includes the as-yet uncapped 15-year old batting sensation, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
THE RECENT RECORDS
- The Ireland Men’s T20I squad is currently ranked 12th in the ICC Men’s T20 Team Rankings list – the team has played nine T20Is in 2026, winning five and losing four. The Men in Green were last in T20I action in February at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka and India.
- The India Men’s T20I squad is currently ranked 1st in the ICC Men’s T20 Team Rankings list – the team has played 14 T20Is in 2026, winning 12 and losing two. The Asian side were last in T20I action at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka and India, beating New Zealand in the Final to lift the trophy. However, the national squad may not have played for three months, but the Indian Premier League has been held in the interim between 28 March and 31 May with all the national squad players involved.
IRELAND MEN’S SQUAD
The squad is::
- Lorcan Tucker (c)
- Ross Adair
- Ben Calitz
- Gareth Delany
- George Dockrell
- Stephen Doheny
- Matthew Humphreys
- Gavin Hoey
- Matthew Hollard
- Liam McCarthy
- Jai Moondra
- Harry Tector
- Tim Tector
- Reuben Wilson
Selection notes:
- Six players were not available for selection as they are recovering from injury:
- Josh Little (stress fracture)
- Mark Adair (rectus muscle tear)
- Paul Stirling (torn calf muscle)
- Curtis Campher (hand fracture)
- Barry McCarthy (complete ACL tear)
- Jordan Neill (shoulder and foot injury)
- Matthew Hollard and Jai Moondra have received their first call-ups to the senior Ireland Men’s squad:.
- Reuben Wilson is uncapped in T20I cricket – he made his Test debut last month against New Zealand.
INDIA MEN’S SQUAD
The squad is:
- Shreyas Iyer (c)
- Abhishek Sharma
- Sanju Samson
- Ishan Kishan
- Shivam Dube
- Tilak Varma
- Nitish Kumar Reddy
- Axar Patel
- Washington Sundar
- Varun Chakaravarthy
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Prasidh Krishna
- Harshit Rana
- Arshdeep Singh
- Prince Yadav
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
FIXTURES
- 26 June 2026: Ireland Men v India Men – 1st T20I (Stormont; starts 1.30pm)
- 28 June 2026: Ireland Men v India Men – 2nd T20I (Stormont; starts 1.30pm)
HOW TO WATCH, FOLLOW OR ATTEND
Watch:
- In Ireland / UK, TNT Sports will show the matches
- Rest of the world:
- Willow /Cricbuzz (North America, South East Asia, Middle East, North Africa, and Continental Europe)
- Sony (India)
- Supersport (Sub-Saharan Africa)
- Sky NZ (New Zealand)
- Tapmad (Pakistan)
Follow:
- You can see all the match scores via www.cricketireland.ie
