Canada vs Ireland LIVE Score, T20 World Cup 2024 Group A match in New York

Canada vs Ireland preview, T20 World Cup 2024: Canada and Ireland will aim to get their first win of the 2024 T20 World Cup when they lock horns against each other in New York on Friday. While Canada suffered seven-wicket defeat to co-hosts United States of America on the opening day of the tournament, Ireland lost by eight wickets to India after they suffered a batting collapse in what has been a controversial pitch at the Nassau County International Stadium.

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Both the games in New York — the Sri Lanka-South Africa one and the India-Ireland contest, have produced low scores, and it remains to be seen how the pitch will play out on Friday. The pitch has offered uneven pace and bounce, making it difficult for batters to bat on.

One instance of that was when Rohit Sharma was hit on the right arm while batting against Ireland, and had to go off the field after scoring his half-century.

This match adds context to the T20 World Cup in the sense that USA are group leaders with four points after their stunning win over Pakistan in Super Over on Thursday. Having said that, the group is wide open irrespective of whatever Friday’s result will be.

In their first match against USA, opener Navneet Dhaliwal scored 61 whereas Nicholas Kirton scored 51. Wicket-keeper-batter Shreyas Movva (32*) also performed with the bat, and Canada will be hoping for yet another collective batting performance.

For Ireland, apart from a 14-ball 26 from Gareth Delaney, there was nothing much positive to takeaway from the India game and would hope to step up in all departments.

Squads:

Canada: Saad Bin Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Dilon Heyliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Harsh Thaker, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Rayyankhan Pathan, Shreyas Movva. (Reserves: Tajinder Singh, Aaditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu, Parveen Kumar)

Ireland: Paul Stirling (c), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Neil Rock (wk), Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Ben White and Craig Young.