Hosts come up four runs short chasing 226 for victory
Needing 17 from final over, Ireland end on 221-5
Stirling hits 18-ball 40, Balbirnie 60 from 37
Hooda makes 104 from 57 balls for India
India won the first game by seven wickets
India win second T20 by four runs & series 2-0
They'll be a few Irish cricketers scratching their heads tonight, wondering what could have been in Dublin today.
A performance though that will spur encouragement ahead of a busy summer for Graham Ford's side.
New Zealand are the next side to grace the greens of Malahide next month.
We'll have a report of today's match to follow shortly but for now, it's goodbye!
Ire 221-5 (20 overs)
Umran, despite a no-ball, bowls excellent line and length to ensure Ireland just fail to reach their target.
Adair needed a six for victory from the final ball but missed out as Ireland fall agonisingly short of a first win over India.
The record 176-run partnership between Samson and Hooda proved crucial as India win the series 2-0.
Ireland are making it a nervy ending for the great Sourav 'Dada' Ganguly.
The former captain and current president of the Indian cricket board is in town for this one.
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Need 17 from six balls
Adair likes it on the leg side and he pulls Harshal for six - Ireland need 17 from the last over.
Can they do it?
Ire 191-5 (18 overs)
Good over from Bhuvneshwar - takes a wicket and concedes seven runs
Ireland need 31 runs from 12 balls
189-5
Tector attempts a big hit off Bhuvneshwar but it falls short and is caught by Hooda - he is dimmised for 39.
Ire 188-4 (17 overs)
Dockrell hits Harshal for two sixes and Ireland now need 38 runs from 18 balls.
Ire 174-4 (16 overs)
Tector smashes two boundaries Bhuvneshwar and it's getting tense in Malahide.
Ireland need 52 off 24 balls
Ire 164-4 (15 overs)
Dockrell thumps two boundaries and it's still on for Ireland.
Ireland need 62 off 30 balls
Ire 147-2
Samson spills it on the run and Tector survives.
Ire 147-4 (14 overs)
Tector is the main man for Ireland and he sends a blistering drive to the boundary.
Ireland 79 runs off 36 balls
Ire 142-4
Umran takes his first wicket as Tucker skies it into the hands of sustitute fielder Chahal.
Ire 135-3 (13 overs)
Two boundaries from Tector off Bisnoi gets Ireland back on track.
Ireland need 91 runs off 42 balls
Ire 124-3 (12 overs)
The fizz has gone from Ireland's batting at the minute and they need to pick it up to get near the 226 target.
Ire 119-2
Not a good review from India - Harshal believed he had Tector caught behind, or alternatively lbw, but neither were close and he survives.
117-3
Oh no! Big setback for Ireland as Balbirnie is caught by Bishnoi as he cut a wide Harshal delivery.
The skipper is gone for 60 from 37 balls and including seven maximums.
Ire 107-2 (10 overs)
After a slow start Balbirnie has raced to a half-century and put Ireland in with a shout of a first win over India.
Image source, InphoAndrew Balbirnie celebrates his half-century
Ireland v India
Image source, InphoRavi Bishnoi celebrates taking the wicket of Paul Stirling
Ire 100-2 (9 overs)
Balbirnie is the maximum man today as he slaps another short ball from Umran to long leg for his sixth six. He follows it up with a four and Ireland are very much still in this.
Ire 86-2 (8 overs)
Balbirnie will be a relieved man after that Bisnoi over but he's still there with Tector and this pair are key to Ireland's hopes to pulling off a shock.