MLC 2025: Kieron Pollad, Nicholas Pooran Steer Mi to face Washington Freedom in New York Finals. Cricket news

MI New York on Friday secured the Major League Cricket in the 2025 final with a seven-wicket win over Texas Super Kings in the qualifier 2 match, led by Kiyaron Pollard and Nicolas Gauran’s outstanding performance. Mi NY completed a remarkable change after losing six of their first seven matches in this season, pursuing TSK’s total 166/5 total.After the match, MI New York captain Nicholas Nicholas Gorn said, “We are not sure how we reached the finals, but we are now in the final.”Texas Super Kings, batting first, started carefully with Smt Patel and Faf du Plessis at the crease. While Smit managed some boundaries in the inaugural over, Du Plessis launched his attack in the fourth over against Triston Luce.

Super Kings faced early failures as Luus and Rushil Ugarkar destroyed their top orders, reducing them to 43 by the end of the powerplay. Du Plessis 25 survived the catch dropped by Pollard and scored 59 runs.Marcus Stoinis struggled to accelerate the scoring rate and eventually fell into Ugarkar in the 11th over. Akil Hosin and Donovan Ferrera gave the innings a late speed, particularly severe on Pollard with Hosin, killing him for three sixes.MI New York’s chase began with an early shock when Quinton de Kock Zia Ul fell into Haq. Michael Bracewell’s dismissal after Noor Ahmed’s powerplay challenged further discovery.Monak Patel, who was dropped twice – at 11 and 37 – Super Kings paid with an important 49 -run innings. The speed of the game was dramatically transferred after Pollard and Gorn chased.Pollard started the attack by killing Noor for one six and later scored 22 runs dominating Zia ul Haq’s over, on five balls. With a need of 50 runs in the beginning of the 17th over, Gorn joined the Hitting Spree with a border and six against Adam Milne.Both of them sealed the victory, scoring 19 runs from Stoinis to end at 192/3. Gorn remained unbeaten on 52, while Pollard’s explosive innings proved to be decisive in the result.The win on Sunday sets MI New York for a final performance with defending champion Washington Freedom. Pollard was named Player of the Match for his match winning performance.The win marks the second appearance of MI New York in the MLC final in three years, showing their ability to perform early weather struggles and perform when the most important.Brief Score: Texas Super Kings 166/5 in 20 overs , MI New York lost to 172/3 in 19 overs , By 7 wickets.