India warmed up for their tour of England with a routine 76-run victory over Ireland in Dublin in their 100th Twenty20 international match.
Virat Kohli's men were given the perfect preparation for more onerous tasks later on in their tour when they made the most of warm conditions to post 5-208 off their 20 overs in the first of the two-match series.
Ireland, who are ranked 14 places below India, were never really in the hunt after losing a wicket in the second over before finishing on 9-132.
Indian opener Rohit Sharma top scored with 97, batting through to the final over before being bowled trying to go for the big hit that would have brought up his century.
India, who left out Dinesh Karthik for Suresh Raina and played two spinners, only lost their first wicket in the 16th over when Shikhar Dhawan departed for 74 after putting on 160 with Rohit.
Three Indian wickets fell in a thrilling final over - including Kohli for only his second T20 international duck - although they still managed to end their innings with a six.
Peter Chase was Ireland's most successful bowler with 4-35.
Ireland struggled to overcome the early loss of the belligerent Paul Sterling (1) and although James Shannon struck some heavy blows in his 60, there was never much chance of them repeating some of their previous limited-over successes which have seen them beat Pakistan and England over 50 overs.
Slow left-armer Kuldeep Yadav was India's most successful bowler with 4-21 from his four overs. Spin partner Yuzvendra Chahal also weighed in with three wickets.
India play Ireland again at the same venue on Friday before heading to England for three T20s, three ODIs and five Test matches.
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