TOP STORIES

MLC 2025, Challenger - Texas Super Kings vs MI New York: All you need to know, head to head, playing XI

Friday, 11-Jul-2025â—Ź4 days ago
News

Texas Super Kings and MI New York will be facing off in the high-stakes battle of the ongoing Major League Cricket on Saturday at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas. MI New York qualified for the Challenger after blowing away San Francisco Unicorns in the Eliminator. Their openers Monank Patel and Quinton De Kock, who gave the side a blazing start in their chase of 132, slammed 33 runs each to help the side go over the line in 19.3 overs. 

Texas Super Kings are also in fine form, banking on the red-hot form of Faf du Plessis, Shubham Ranjane and Marcus Stoinis. Faf du Plessis remains the highest run-scorer in the tournament with 409 runs. Meanwhile, MI New York also possess some of the biggest hitters of the game in Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard and Michael Bracewell, as they are well capable of swinging the game in MI’s favour. The winner of this contest will qualify for the final where Washington Freedom are already sitting. 

Head-to-head

Matches - 5

NR - 1

Texas Super Kings won - 4

MI New York won - 0 

MI New York likely XI: Monank Patel, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Michael Bracewell, Kieron Pollard, Tajinder Dhillon, Heath Richards, Tristan Luus, Trent Boult, Noshthush Kenjige, Rushil Ugarkar

Texas Super Kings likely XI: Faf du Plessis, Smit Patel, Sai Teja Mukkammala, Marcus Stoinis, Shubham Ranjane, Donovan Ferreira, Calvin Savage, Akeal Hosein, Noor Ahmad, Zia ul Haq, Adam Milne

 

 

 

 

Tags

More News

News

England name squad for 4th Test, bring in Liam Dawson

16 hrs ago

England have announced their squad for the fourth Test match against India, with spin-bowling all-rounder Liam Dawson making his comeback to the Test after eight years. Dawson has been included in the squad as a replacement for Shoaib Bashir, who has been ruled out of the series due to injury. Dawson has played six Tests and taken seven wi...


News

Olympics 2028: Schedule for cricket games revealed

17 hrs ago

Cricket’s much-anticipated return to the Olympics will materialise at the LA 2028 games as the schedule for the matches has been revealed. Matches are set to be played from July 12 to July 29 at Fairgrounds Stadium in Pomona – about 50 km from Los Angeles. Six men’s and women’s teams will be competing in the tournament, with a total of 1...


News

“It's quite heartbreaking”: West Indies skipper Roston chase after team's heavy loss to Australia

19 hrs ago

Australia sealed a memorable 176-run win against West Indies in the third Test, folding the hosts for 27 in their chase of 204 to complete a 3-0 series whitewash. Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland took six and three wickets, respectively, to skittle West Indies for the second-lowest score in the history of Test c...


News

“A lot of rehab, a lot of training”: Jofra Archer on his Test return

20 hrs ago

England’s returning fast bowler Jofra Archer made his long-awaited return to Test cricket with a bang, playing a greater role in England’s phenomenal 22-run win against India in the third Test at Lord’s on Monday. The victory gave England an upper hand in the series, moving 2-1 up in the series with two Tests to play. Archer, who was away from...


News

SL vs BAN 3rd T20I: All you need to know, head to head, playing XI

22 hrs ago

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are once again set to meet in the third and final T20I on Wednesday at R. Premadasa Cricket Stadium, with the series currently tied at 1-1. Bangladesh bounced back strongly in the series with a decisive 83-run victory in the second game to level the series 1-1. Litton Das and Shamim Hossain