India and Ireland will square off in their opening ICC T20 World Cup 2024 match on Wednesday, June 5, at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. India have dominated the head-to-head record, winning all seven previous T20I encounters.
Under Rohit Sharma‘s captaincy, the Men in Blue will look to maintain their perfect record against Ireland and kick off their tournament campaign with a victory. Additionally, Rohit will have the opportunity to become India’s leading run-scorer in T20Is against their upcoming opponents during the Group A clash.
The right-handed batter has scored 149 runs in three T20I matches against Ireland so far. He needs just 3 more runs to surpass Deepak Hooda’s tally of 151 runs, which Hooda accumulated in two T20Is against Ireland in 2022.
Most runs scored in T20Is against Ireland by an Indian batter
| POSITION | PLAYER | MATCHES | RUNS | BEST SCORE | STRIKE RATE | AVERAGE | 100/50 | 4/6s |
| 1, | Deepak Hooda | 2 | 151 | 104 | 175.58 | 151.00 | 1/- | 15/8 |
| 2, | Rohit Sharma | 3 | 149 | 97 | 137.96 | 74.50 | -/2 | 12/6 |
| 3, | Sanju Samson | 3 | 118 | 77 | 171.01 | 59.00 | -/1 | 14/5 |
| 4, | Suresh Raina | 3 | 79 | 69 | 154.90 | 39.50 | -/1 | 7/3 |
| 5, | Ruturaj Gaikwad | 3 | 77 | 58 | 130.50 | 77.00 | -/1 | 7/2 |
Rohit Sharma has stacked up 3,974 runs in 151 T20I matches so far, is on the verge of becoming only the third cricketer in the world to reach the 4,000-run milestone in T20I’s. If he scores at least 26 runs, he will join Virat Kohli (4,037 runs) and Babar Azam (4,023 runs) in this exclusive club. Furthermore, if Rohit manages to score 37 runs, he will become the third player after Virat Kohli (1,141 runs) and Mahela Jayawardene (1,016 runs) to accumulate 1,000 runs in the T20 World Cup.
Rohit Sharma has smashed 597 sixes in 472 international matches for India across all formats. By hitting three more sixes against Ireland, he will become the first cricketer in the world to reach the milestone of 600 sixes in international cricket.
Rohit Sharma will play his 40th T20 World Cup match when India face Ireland in New York. With this appearance, Rohit will become the first cricketer to feature in all nine editions of the T20 World Cup so far. Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan is the only other player who has participated in all eight previous tournaments, and he too will feature for his country at this year’s event.
If India beat Ireland, Rohit Sharma will surpass MS Dhoni’s record of 41 wins as captain in T20 internationals, cementing his status as the most successful T20I skipper for India. Under Rohit’s leadership, the Men In Blue have won 41 of the 54 T20I matches played so far.