Hardik Pandya, who led the Indian cricket team, won a four-round match with Ireland on Tuesday, despite playing a huge 225 runs at the second T20I at The Village in Dublin. The Irish butchers scored the borders and were almost in pursuit overall and needed 17 runs from the end to get a big overtime.

India captain Hardik Pandya explained the reason for giving young speedster Umran Malik the responsibility of bowling the last crucial over of the match. "I was trying to keep all the pressure out of my equation. I wanted to be in the present and I backed Umran. He has pace, with his pace it's always going to be tough to get 18 runs. They played some amazing shots, they batted very well, credit to them and credit to our bowlers for holding their nerves," Pandya said in the post-match presentation.

The 28-year-old captain also talked about playing in Ireland and received a lot of support from Indian fans. Pandya was grateful to the fans and said that their favorite players were Dinesh Karthik and Sanju Samson because they sounded for their cheers.

"The crowd, their favourite boys were Dinesh and Sanju. Great experience to experience this side of the world. A lot of support comes for us, we try to entertain them and hope we did that. Thanks to everyone who supported us," said the India captain.

"As a child, it's always a dream to play for your country. Leading and getting the first win was special, now winning the series is special as well. Happy for Deepak and Umran," he added.

Speaking of the match, the best beats of Captain Andrew Balbirnie (60), Paul Stirling (40) and Harry Tector (39) failed when India picked up Ireland's game in the final victory, and the thriller with the final ball won by four runs.

Earlier, Deepak hit Hood 104 and Samson scored 77, while India placed a total of 225/7.

In it, India won the series 2: 0. Ireland will even go with a lot of positive points, because it was until the last ball in the match and India gave a lifelong fear with their batting.