Irish cricket team against Afghanistan in India in 2016–17

The Ireland cricket team toured India during March 2017 to play five One Day Internationals (ODIs), three Twenty20 International (T20Is) and an ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Afghanistan.

[6] Afghanistan also won the ICC Intercontinental Cup match, by an innings and 172 runs.

[12] Boyd Rankin was ruled out of Ireland's T20I matches with a back injury.

He was not fit to play in the ODI series, as he was still recovering from a lower back injury, with Tim Murtagh added to the squad as cover.

[13] Rankin was later ruled out of the ODI series, with Peter Chase named as cover for him.