Ireland vs India, T20: 5 player battles to look out for

#4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar vs Paul Stirling

The right arm seam bowler was rested for the one-off Test against Afghanistan and should be relatively fresh after a strenuous IPL. He will lead the Indian bowling attack and like always would be expected to pick up wickets early with the new ball and then come back later with the older ball to choke runs.

However, he will be up against a flamboyant Paul Stirling, who is one of Ireland's marquee players in this format. A batsman who never minds going for the slogs from ball one, Stirling holds the key to Irish chances in the series.

He has to watch out for the seam and swing which Bhuvneshwar gets and India need to prise him out early if they do not want to chase leather for the rest of the match.