Jason Holder left easy catch. (Photo-screenshot/x)
Major League Cricket (MLC) In the 17th match of 2025, Shah Rukh Khan’s team Los Angeles Knight Riders (Lakr) suffered a fifth defeat due to a mistake by West Indies veteran all -rounder Jason Holder. In this exciting match, Washington Freedom (WSF) needed a run on a ball against Lakr. On the last ball, Glenn Philips played a shot in the air, which the holder could not catch and the ball was scattered by his hands, he tried to take a catch again, but did not get success and due to this, Lakr had to face defeat by 5 wickets. In this last over of Andre Russell, the match became quite exciting.
What happened in the last over?
In the 17th match of MLC, Los Angeles Knight Riders batted first and scored a huge score of 213 for 4 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Washington Freedom achieved it by losing five wickets on the last ball. WSF needed 7 runs in 6 balls to win in the last over. Glenn Philips and Obas Pionar were present at the crease.
Andre Russell brought the last over from Lakr. Russell threw the first ball wide. On its next ball, Pienar hit a four. After this Russell threw three consecutive dot balls to Pienar. On the fifth ball, Pienar took a run. Now there was a run on a ball and Glenn Philips was on strike.
Ball was scattered by holder’s hands
Russell bowled the last ball full. At this, Philips hit the ball in the hands of Jason Holder standing on the midon, but the ball was hit by the hands of the holder. After this, the holder tried for the second time, but he did not succeed. As soon as the ball slipped from the hands of the holder, the batsmen stole a run, causing a memorable victory for Washington Freedom. After his team’s defeat, Russell disappointed and lay down on the ground. Its video is going viral on social media.
You can’t ask for a better ending‼ ️ tied at the over’s end, the fate of this game hung in the balance on just one ball! pic.twitter.com/4nwigzfh8x
– Cognizant Major League Cricket (@MlCrick) June 27, 2025
Knight Riders’ fifth defeat
In this match, Jason holder also proved to be very expensive in bowling and looted 50 runs in 4 overs. Although he got one wicket, but the team did not get any benefit from it. This is the fifth defeat of Knight Riders in 6 matches this season. He is present at number five in the points table. This is Washington Freedom’s 5th win in 6 matches and it is at number two in the points table.
