India-born Moondra realises dream in Ireland win over world champions

More than 4,000 fans poured into Stormont on Friday hoping to witness a slice of cricket history under the Belfast sun. In the end, that's exactly what they got. But it wasn't the "I was there" moment they had anticipated. The build-up to Ireland and India's opening T20 was dominated by the possibility of the world champions handing a record-breaking debut to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. At 15 years and 91 days old, he appeared set to become India's youngest international after an impossible-to-miss ascension to the national squad following his stunning exploits in the Indian Premier League. But the batting sensation's surprise absence from the line-up ultimately proved a footnote on a day that belonged to Ireland as the hosts sealed a memorable 34-run win . Despite missing six players through injury, Ireland produced a gutsy bowling display to claim a first senior international win over the tourists in all competitions - and add to a list of famous scalps that includes Pakistan and England at the 2007 and 2011 World Cups. One of the key actors in Ireland's stirring display was India-born pacer Jai Moondra, who took 2-26 on an eye-catching international debut that included removing Sanju Samson with his first delivery. …