India will face off against Ireland in the 8th match of the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2024 on June 5 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.
Both teams will be playing their first at the T20 World Cup 2024, co-hosted by USA and West Indies, which will feature a record 20 teams in the tournament.
Here, we take a look at the pitch report for the game at Nassau County Stadium, its average first innings score, record of previous matches at the venue.
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India vs. Ireland pitch report: Nassau County International Cricket Stadium
A drop-in pitch will be used at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York for the match between India and Ireland.
The pitch for the last match, between South Africa and Sri Lanka, was a tricky and low-scoring wicket to bat on, due to the inconsistent bounce and spongy nature of the wicket.
While the batters struggled, the fast bowlers were able to adapt to the conditions quickly and extracted plenty of assistance from the grass on the wicket, as the pacers went on to pick nine wickets in the match.
However, a different pitch was used for the warm-up game between India and Bangladesh, which saw a score of over 180 runs in the first innings, but pacers played a key role on this surface as well. There are four pitches available to be used at the New York stadium.
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What is the average first innings score at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium?
Only one T20I game has been played at the Nassau County Stadium and the first innings score from that match was 77.
What is the run-rate at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium?
The run-rate at the Nassau County Stadium is 4.45 runs per over.
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How has India performed at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium?
Team India has not played a T20I game at Nassau County Stadium yet.
However, they took part in a warm-up match against Bangladesh at this venue ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024.
India beat Bangladesh by 60 runs in the warm-up game after the Men in Blue put up a score of 182/5 in their 20 overs and then restricted them to just 122/9.
Rishabh Pant (53 off 32 retd. out) and Hardik Pandya (40* off 23) starred with the bat while the pacers Arshdeep Singh (2/13) and Shivam Dube (2/12) picked up 2 wickets.