Cricket Ireland (CI) hopes that India 's men will tour for a white-ball series next summer on their way to England.

India will travel to England for five T20Is and three ODIs from July 1-19 next year, and ESPNcricinfo understands that CI officials have held discussions with their BCCI counterparts over a potential visit before that tour begins. India's men have toured Ireland three times for short T20I series in the past seven years (in 2018, 2022 and 2023) and attracted strong crowds at Malahide on the outskirts of Dublin.

Paul Stirling, Ireland's captain, said on Tuesday that he was "disappointed" that his side had played so little home international cricket this summer, and described them as "underprepared" to face England in their ongoing T20I series. Brian MacNeice, CI's cha

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