The Ireland cricket team toured India during March 2017 to play five One Day Internationals (ODIs), three Twenty20 International (T20Is) and an ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Afghanistan.[1][2][3] All the matches were played at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida, in the state of Uttar Pradesh.[4] Afghanistan won the T20I series 3–0[5] and the ODI series 3–2.[6] Afghanistan also won the ICC Intercontinental Cup match, by an innings and 172 runs.[7]
| Irish cricket team against Afghanistan in India in 2016–17 | |||
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| Afghanistan | Ireland | ||
| Dates | 8 – 31 March 2017 | ||
| Captains | Asghar Stanikzai | William Porterfield | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Afghanistan won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
| Most runs | Rahmat Shah (262) | Paul Stirling (341) | |
| Most wickets | Rashid Khan (16) | Kevin O'Brien (7) | |
| Player of the series | Paul Stirling (Ire) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Afghanistan won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Mohammad Nabi (124) | Stuart Thompson (104) | |
| Most wickets | Rashid Khan (9) | Kevin O'Brien (5) | |
| Player of the series | Rashid Khan (Afg) | ||
Squads
| T20Is | ODIs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan[8] |  Ireland[9] | Afghanistan[10] | Ireland[11] |
Ireland's Josh Little pulled out of the tour because of education commitments. Peter Chase was named as his replacement.[12] Boyd Rankin was ruled out of Ireland's T20I matches with a back injury. He was not fit to play in the ODI series, as he was still recovering from a lower back injury, with Tim Murtagh added to the squad as cover.[13] Rankin was later ruled out of the ODI series, with Peter Chase named as cover for him.[14]
T20I series
1st T20I
8 March 2017 Scorecard |
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Afghanistan recorded the most consecutive victories in T20Is (9).[15]
2nd T20I
10 March 2017 Scorecard |
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain stopped play after 6.1 overs of Ireland's innings, with Ireland set a revised target of 111 to win in 11 overs.
- Barry McCarthy (Ire) made his T20I debut.
- Rashid Khan (Afg) took his first five-wicket haul in a T20I, and became the first player to take one in two overs.[16]
3rd T20I
12 March 2017 Scorecard |
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Nabi scored the fastest fifty by an Afghan player in a T20I (21 balls).[17]
- Mohammad Nabi also hit the most sixes in a T20I innings by an Afghan Player (9) and made the highest score by a batsman batting at number 6 or lower in a T20I.[17]
- This was the highest total by Afghanistan in a T20I.[17]
- Barry McCarthy's (Ire) bowling figures were the most expensive bowling figures in a T20I.[17]
- William Porterfield passed 1,000 runs in T20Is and became the first player for Ireland to do so.[18]
- This was the highest total by Ireland in the second innings of a T20I.[19]
- This was Afghanistan's 11th straight win in T20Is, the longest winning streak by any team in T20Is.[17]
ODI series
1st ODI
15 March 2017 Scorecard |
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Nitin Menon (Ind) both stood in their first ODI match as umpires.
2nd ODI
17 March 2017 Scorecard |
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) stood in his first ODI as an umpire.
- Asghar Stanikzai (Afg) scored his first century in an ODI and was the first hundred by an Afghanistan captain in ODIs.[20]
- Afghanistan made their highest total in an ODI.[20]
- Paul Stirling (Ire) took his first five wicket haul in an ODI and recorded the best bowling figure by a bowler for Ireland in ODIs.[20]
- Rashid Khan (Afg) took his first five wicket haul in an ODI and recorded the best bowling figure by a bowler for Afghanistan in ODIs.[20]
- This was the first time in an ODI that two different bowlers each took six wickets in a match.[20]
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
24 March 2017 Scorecard |
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Najeeb Tarakai (Afg) made his ODI debut.