Texas Super Kings crushed Seattle Orcas by 51 runs, qualified for playoffs

MLC 2025: Texas Super Kings are in first place in the points table by winning seven out of 10 matches. The team has already qualified for the playoffs.

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 01:03 PM (IST)
Texas Super Kings crushed Seattle Orcas by 51 runs, qualified for playoffs
Texas Super Kings crushed Seattle Orcas by 51 runs, qualified for playoffs

Texas Super Kings won the 28th match of Major League Cricket-2025 (MLC). The match was played in Florida, in which Seattle Orcas suffered a crushing defeat by 51 runs. Texas Super Kings have topped the points table by winning seven games out of 10. The team is already through to the playoffs. On the other hand, Seattle Orcas have lost seven out of 10 games. The team still has a chance to move into the next round.

Aside from Texas Super Kings, San Francisco has reached Unicorn's and Washington Freedom Playoffs. Las Angeles Knight Riders are out of the race at the same time. As Texas Super Kings batted first after losing the toss in the game, they lost four wickets while scoring 188 runs. Two wickets were lost by the team for a total of 49. From here, captain Faf du Plessis shared a 137 -run partnership for the third wicket with Shubham Ranjane.

Faf du Plessis scored 91 runs in 52 balls with the help of four sixes and six fours. He returned to the pavilion after retiring hurt, while Ranjane remained unbeaten on 65 runs in 41 balls. Three sixes and four fours were seen during his innings. For the opposition team, Jasdeep Singh and Cameron Gainon took one wicket each.

In response, Seattle Orcas was reduced to 137 runs in 18.4 overs. Opener Kyle Mayors scored 35 runs in 28 balls for this team, while Shimron Hetmyer scored 26 runs. Apart from these, captain Sikander Raza scored 23 runs.

Adam Milne bowled 3.4 overs for Texas Super Kings, taking five wickets for 23 runs. At the same time, Noor Ahmed and Akil Hussain hunted two each. Marcus Stoinis took one wicket.

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