What Match 34 of the ICC 2015 World Cup, between India and Ireland When Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 06:30 IST| 01:00 GMT Where Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand The teams India With four wins from as many matches, India have cruised into the quarter finals. The next goal will be to finish at the top of their pool. MS Dhoni has preferred to stick to his front-line XI in all the matches so far. Now that they have entered the next stage of the tournament, the captain might want to have a look at the bench strength. One option could be to bring in Stuart Binny. The seam all-rounder could be a handful in the swinging conditions in New Zealand. He could replace Ravindra Jadeja, whose performance with the bat has left much to desire, as pointed out by Dhoni after the West Indies game. Against West Indies, came a rare flutter in India’s top-six, as chasing 183, the captain had to come to the team’s rescue. The batsmen will look to put that aberration behind them against Ireland. Ireland The Irish have, by far, been the best among all Associate nations this World Cup with three wins from four games. They are very much in contention for making the next stage and they will have to believe they can compete against the best teams in the tournament. A good show against India will give Ireland tons of confidence going into their last game in the group stage, against Pakistan. Batting is the team’s strength, as depicted by their two 300-plus scores – one in a match-winning effort against West Indies. If they can put up a similar spirited display against the in-form Indian bowling attack, they will have taken a huge step forward as a cricket team. Key players India After the 150 against Afghanistan in the warm-up, Rohit Sharma has been lacking runs. He did score an unbeaten 57 against the UAE but apart from that the Indian opener has failed to spend time in the middle. The low-pressure game against Ireland is Rohit’s best chance to get his groove back, and he will know that. Time in the middle and possibly a big score will bode well for him and India going into the big games. Ireland Ed Joyce has led the Ireland batting surge from the front with scores of 84, 37 and 112 in the tournament so far. He is crucial to their cause of putting up a formidable total against India. Joyce leading the charge with the others batting around him will be a perfect scenario for the Irish. Stats Average first innings score at Hamilton (overall): 231 Average first innings score at Hamilton (since 2010): 270 Average second innings score at Hamilton (overall): 209 Average second innings score at Hamilton (since 2010): 248 Result summary at Hamilton:

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Last meeting between both sides: March 6, 2011 at Bangalore. Ireland 207 (47.5 overs), India 210/5 (46 overs). India won by 5 wickets. Form guide (most recent listed first): India: W, W, W, W, L Ireland: W, L, W, W, NR Pace vs Spin at Hamilton (Who has been more effective) since 2010

Trivia India have dismissed opponents in all the four matches in the tournament. One more such occurrence and it will be India’s longest streak of dismissing the opponents in World Cup. India have conceded only 68 boundaries in the tournament (60 fours and eight sixes) – least among all sides. Squads India: MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Stuart Binny, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Mohit Sharma. Ireland: William Porterfield (capt), Andy Balbirnie, Peter Chase, Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Ed Joyce, Andy McBrine, John Moonie, Kevin O’Brien, Niall O’Brien, Max Sorensen, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson, Gary Wilson, Craig Young, Tim Murtagh.