India v Ireland World Cup Match Prediction & Betting Tips

Bookies have gone mad with the odds. 1.14 (14p) for India is just ridiculous and broad day light robbery. India are good but not that good to deserve an odds of 1.08.

Anyways this is a big opportunity for us to make loads of money from bookies stupid mistake. Lay India heavily @ 1.08 right now at Betfair (Click here to open account and get £25 FREE). You can dump money on lay all the way from 1.14 to 1.01 and wait for the match to unfold.

India's odds is 100% guaranteed to go up, back when it goes up and make money on both sides.

Heads up, fixed odds bookies are offering 1.08 (8p) for India and on BF it's 1.14 so don't move right now. Wait for BF odds to come down to match fixed odds bookies. It should come down to around 1.09 or 1.10.

इंडिया पर लगावा दिल खोल के। इंडिया के विकेट गिरी सुरु में त भाव ऊपर आई ३०-४० तक। गोरा अगर पाहिले बैटिंग करी त इंतज़ार करा और जैसे ही कोई गोरा धुआंधार खेले सुरु करत हो त इंडिया के भाव ऊपर आई फिर लगावा इंडिया पर। इंडिया चेस कर ले जाइ चाहे जेतना भी टारगेट हो। गोरा न चेस कर पायी ३०० से ऊपर क स्कोर।

लम्बी में ३०० पर लगावा अगर इंडिया पाहिले बैटिंग करत है. गोरा के लम्बी होइ २७५ से उपर। रोहित शर्मा के चमके के आसार ह।

Munna bhai suggest some trading strategy for this match. Should I lay India or back Ireland or wait and then make move when odds are good?

After 135 days, India have finally moved out of Australia. They are in New Zealand now; Auckland being the venue for the group game against the Irish. India will be happy to move out of Australia despite their recent run of success. The odds are that they will play the knockouts in Australia but it won’t hurt to get a hit in the Kiwi Nation. India will look to knock off a couple of wins in New Zealand so they could top their Group and setup a potential knockout with Bangladesh.

Ireland on the other hand must win one off their two remaining games to advance to the Quarter finals. They have played close to their best and have shaken the group as much as they could but a good work out against India should hold them in good stead come the game against Pakistan.

Head to Head

India have only met Ireland on two occasions prior to this. They beat Ireland at Belfast back in 2007 & also in Bangalore or Bengaluru as it is now known during the 2011 World Cup.

At this Ground

India have played 8 One Day International games at Hamilton and have won just 2 of them. They will be hoping to improve that come the game against Irish.

Ireland on the other hand are yet to play at this particular venue.

Tournament Records

India’s bowling has been excellent this tournament; a huge surprise for most of us looking at them since the Australian summer down under. Ramification of this lies in the fact that Ravindra Jadeja at an economy rate of 4.51 is the most expensive bowler of the Indians. This really is some stat. No other team in the competition has an attack where all its bowlers have conceded less than 5 runs an over. It should be interesting to see if that could be a record at the end of the World Cup.

Ireland have been quite the opposite. Opposition batsmen have really pinned their ears back and flexed their muscles over the Irish. Despite their impressive showing this World Cup, their seamers in Kevin O’Brien & Max Sorensen have the worst economy rate for bowlers who have bowled more than 10 overs. The former has an economy rate in the high 9s and Sorensen settles at 8.33.

If none of this changes tomorrow, Ireland could get a hammering.

Current Form

India have been red hot after a sedate 4 months. To have turned it around they did calls for bells & whistles. Ireland have been blowing hot and cold this World Cup where they started off strongly and could have gone on to close a couple of other games along the way too. But perhaps the pressure of the occasion got to them and understandably so. The Irish have always been a bunch who have punched above their weight & India can expect no different come game time.

India (4/5 games won)* - India have won all their games this World Cup.
Ireland (3/5 games won)

Pitch & Conditions

The Weather is expected to be overcast. This should have the bowlers swing the ball. I would be tempted to play B Kumar if I was Dhoni but he put all those speculations to rest when he said the bench strength can continue to warm the benches. Pitches in New Zealand always have some spice in the wicket to offer the quickies as we have seen earlier in the tournament from the likes of Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Mitchell Starc showed. That was in Auckland though.

Boundaries like most grounds in New Zealand are really small & if Ireland play well it could get be a run feast. ‘If’ being the operative word.

Players to watch out for

Ed Joyce is key to Ireland’s chances. He has been prolific this tournament and has managed to lift his game at the right moments. Ireland will be hoping he could spur up another telling performance in tomorrow’s encounter.

Rohit Sharma showed flashes of form in the last game after an injury lay off in the Tri Series leading up to the World Cup. India will be hoping for him to strike some form as they move into the business end of the tournament.

Ravindra Jadeja was given some stick publicly by MS Dhoni after his performance with bat in hand against the West Indies. He will be looking to correct that come Hamilton.

Prediction

A. India should cruise through but on recent showing it won’t be wrong to expect Ireland to put up a decent fight. Personally though, I really believe India will take down the Irish quite easily.

B. Ravi Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja should show their class and strangle the Irish middle order that have shone against seam thus far in this World Cup. They have not really been put to test against good quality spin bowling.

C. India should win in a canter.

Ireland have set India a very respectable target here. 260 is not going to be easy. India will have to play well. They definitely do not want the embarrassment of losing to an associate team. The pressure of that could make India make a few mistakes, they really will have to be very careful.

Ireland has a useful bowling attack but their short on depth.

Interesting stat that this is only the first time that India have bundled out teams in their last 5 matches consecutively. Truly a stunning achievement. No one would have thought that was possible earlier in the summer.

Ireland is only one of few teams in the history of the game where the no. 10 & 11 batsmen average above 20 with a H/S of over 50 runs.

Should a fun chase.