Kireran Pollard played a brilliant innings. (Photo-screenshot/x)
West Indies veteran Kiren Pollard, who played for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL), won his team in 22 balls and brought them to the finals. During this, he batted at the strike rate of 213 and beat the bowlers a lot. He hit 3 sixes and 4 fours during his innings. Another West Indies player Nicholas Puran supported Pollard during this period. He played a brilliant half -century innings. On the basis of the brilliant performance of these two players, Mi New York has made it to the final of Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025, where it will compete with Washington Freedom.
Mi won in qualifier-2
MLC 2025 qualifier -2 match was played between Mi New York and Texas Super Kings. In this match, New York defeated Texas by 7 wickets to make it to the finals. Batting first, Texas Super Kings scored 166 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Mi New York won the match with seven wickets with captain Nicholas Puran and Kairan Pollard’s brilliant batting. Pollard scored an unbeaten 47 runs in 22 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 4 fours.
Kieron pollard was an absolute menace with the bat tonight, offering a game-curling performance that propelled @Minycricket To Victory, as well as the impending championship final. 🏆 His Efforts Earned Him The title of Stake Player of the Match.@StakeInd x @Stakenewsindia pic.twitter.com/nmqcgz193h
– Cognizant Major League Cricket (@MlCrick) July 12, 2025
Apart from this, team captain Nicholas Puran scored an unbeaten 52 runs in 36 balls with the help of 4 fours and three sixes. Opener Monak Patel scored 49 runs in 39 balls. Pollard was adjudged Player of the Match for his brilliant innings. Pollard has played 11 matches in MLC 2025 so far. In this, he has scored 317 runs at an average of 45.28. This includes two half -centuries. Apart from this, he has also taken 6 wickets. His brilliant performance in Qualifier-2 made Texas captain Faf Duplesey’s innings useless.
Duplessi’s innings was useless
Batting first in Qualifier-2, Texas Super Kings got started and opener Samit Patel was dismissed for only 9 runs. At one time, 5 wickets of Texas fell for only 85 runs. After this, Akil Hussain and Devon Ferreira took over the team and took them to a respectable score.
Akil Hussain scored an unbeaten 55 runs in 32 balls with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes. Ferreira scored 32 runs in 20 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, captain Faf Duplesey scored the highest 59 runs in 42 balls with the help of 7 fours and 1 six. For New York, Triston Luce took three wickets for 35 runs in 4 overs. Rushil Ugarkar sent two players to the pavilion for 31 runs in 4 overs.
