India vs Ireland: Hosts win second ODI to secure series win in Rajkot

Cricket Ireland said “full support” would be given to Maguire, who was not selected for Sunday’s game despite being allowed to continue bowling in international cricket pending Test results.

Ireland struggled to contain the Indian batsmen with captain Smriti Mandhana (73) and Pratika Rawal (67) putting on 156 for the opening partnership and the hosts won the toss.

Rodrigues and Deol then combined for a 183-run stand as India posted a daunting target.

The tourists lost skipper Gaby Lewis for 12 before her opening partner Sarah Forbes (38) and Coulter Reilly took Ireland to 87-1.

After Forbes fell, Coulter Reilly and Laura Delany (37) put on 83 for the fourth wicket, but Ireland were well behind the required run-rate.

They could only manage 254-7 from their 50 overs with Deepti Sharma taking 3-37 while Orla Prendergast was the pick of the Irish bowlers with 2-75.

“The pitch played a part in it – it’s a nice batting wicket, but I don’t think we bowled well enough in the first 10-15 overs,” Ireland captain Lewis said.

“Coming into the series, all we asked for was progress. That’s what we did from game one to game two. We scored more runs in this game and hopefully we can do it in the last one fight and sneak a win.”

The teams meet at the Niranjan Shah Stadium again on Wednesday for the third and final ODI.