‘I have five girlfriends in my bag but only 1 in real life’: Manish Pandey discloses love for his bats
Manish also revealed his own set of superstitions which he follows.
Manish also revealed his own set of superstitions which he follows.
Mukesh picked up four wickets in five overs and consequently left the Karnataka tail just too much to do. All of this within the first hour of the day's play and there simply had to be just one winner from there- Bengal.
It will be an interesting battle between the Bengal pacers and the likes of Rahul, Karun Nair, Manish Pandey and 19-year-old Devdutt Padikkal.
Shreyas Iyer and Shivam Dube failed to accelerate as well as they would have liked but a good little cameo from Manish Pandey in the last few balls somehow propelled India to above 160.
An excellent fifty from Manish Pandey powered India to 165 for 8 in 20 overs. Pandey scored runs 50 runs off 36 balls. His blitzkrieg included 3 fours.
Although Virat Kohli was earlier reported to be rested for the limited-overs segment of the tour, a full-strength squad was picked with only a few regular players rested.
The second T20I, between India and Ireland, will be played on Friday.
Both AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali scored the fifties.
Kumble's 5/5 in IPL 2009 against Rajasthan Royals is the best bowling figure by any Indian player in IPL.
India lost to Sri Lanka in the tournament opener but came back strongly to beat both Bangladesh and the hosts consecutively.
