Belfast, June 26 -- The Captain Shreyas Iyer era kicked off on a disappointing note for world champions India as they lost to Ireland by 34 runs in the first T20I of the two-match series at Belfast on Friday, marking their first-ever defeat to the side across any format.

Ireland was put to bat first by India and was guided to 182/9 by Tucker (50 in 36 balls, with five fours and two sixes) and Gareth Delany (49 in 32 balls, with three fours and three sixes). India started off well, reaching the 50-run mark in just the fourth over, with Abhishek Sharma (50 in 20 balls, with seven fours and two sixes) impressing. However, impressive bowling from Matthew Hollard (3/28), Matthew Humphreys (3/38) and Jai Moondra (2/26) totally unravelled India...