India sizzle in Malahide heat as Ireland suffer heavy defeat

Rohit Sharma inspired India to a 76-run thrashing of Ireland in the first of two Twenty20 internationals in Dublin.

Rohit crunched 97 off 61 deliveries and shared a mammoth 160-run opening stand with Shikhar Dhawan (74 off 45 balls) to lift the tourists to an imposing 208 for five after they had been put in to bat.

It was a total that proved well beyond Ireland, who were undone by the spin of Kuldeep Yadav (four for 21) and Yuzvendra Chahal (three for 38) as they subsided to 132 for nine.