India beat Ireland by 8 wickets

World cup match

India, with their all-round performance, cruised to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Ireland in the Pool B match of ICC World Cup at Seddon Park in New Zealand Tuesday.

This was the fifth consecutive win for the Team India in the World Cup thanks to Mohammed Shami, R Ashwin and S Dhawan.

While chasing Ireland set 260-run target, India scored 260-run losing only two wickets in 36.5-over.

Shikhar Dhawan scored his second hundred (100-run) in the tournament off 85-ball while RG Sharma amassed 64. Kohli and Rahane scored 44 and 33-run respectively.

SR Thompson was the only Irish bowler to who succeeded to take wickets. He took two wickets sparing 45-run.

Earlier in the day, Ireland captain Porterfield won the toss and elected to bat first in the all important match.
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