Ireland defeated India by a slender 1-run margin in the second T20I to register a historic 2-0 victory in the two-match series here on Sunday.

It was Ireland’s first-ever series win over India in any format. They had beaten the reigning T20 world champions by 34 runs in the first match a couple of days back.

Ireland laboured to a 154 for eight in 20 overs, but India could only reach 153 for nine in 20 overs despite Prince Yadav striking a last-ball six.

Vice-captain Tilak Varma top-scored for the tourists with a 55 off 46 balls.

Jai Moondra and Matt Hollard took three wickets each for Ireland.

Brief scores: Ireland 154 for 8 in 20 overs (Harry Tector 53, Ben Calitz 37; Arshdeep Singh 2/35, Harshit Rana 1/17, Prince Yadav 3/22, Shivam Dube 2/25) beat India: 153/9 in 20 overs (Tilak Varma 55, Jai Moondra 3/32, Matt Hollard 3/26).