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Trent Bolt was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for his brilliant all -round performance. He scored an unbeaten 22 off 13 balls and also took 2 wickets in 4 overs in bowling.
Delhi: Major League Cricket (MLC) MI New York defeated San Francisco Unicorn by 2 wickets thanks to Trent Bolt’s all -round performance in the 2025 eliminator match. With this victory, the MI New York team, captained by Nicholas Puran, has now entered the challenger match, while the journey of San Francisco ended here.
Chase of a target of 131 runs
Monank Patel and Quinton de Kock chased the target to give MI a solid start, but in the middle overs, captain Matt Short and Hasan Khan’s tight bowling put the team in trouble. Experienced batsmen like Nicholas Puran (1), Michael Bracewell (18) and Kieron Pollard (5) failed to score runs, causing a small target to look heavy at one time.
Bolt overturned the match
In the 17th over, Hasan Khan took MI New York in crisis with two important wickets. After this, Trent Bolt came out to bat at number nine. In the last three overs, MI needed 24 runs to win and the team had only two wickets left.
Bolt ran 5 runs in the 18th over, showing restraint with Nastush Kenzigige. After this, in the 19th over, Bolt changed the attitude of the match by hitting two consecutive sixes off Hasan Khan’s two balls. In the final over, the team needed only 4 runs to win, which MI achieved in 3 balls.
Trent Bolt Ben ‘Player of the Match’
New Zealand’s Trent Bolt was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for his brilliant all -round performance. He scored an unbeaten 22 off 13 balls and also took 2 wickets in 4 overs in bowling.
MI and Texas will clash in challenger match
Now the team of MI New York will take on Texas Super Kings in the Challenger match on July 12. At the same time, the qualifier match was canceled due to rain, due to which the Washington team, which topped the points table, has got admission in the final directly.
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