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Faf Du Plessis scored another half-century in the Eliminator (MLC Eliminator) match against defending champions Mumbai Indians New York (MI New York) on 25 July.
Texas Super Kings captain Faf du Plessis continues his tremendous form in Major League Cricket 2024. Faf Du Plessis scored another half-century in the Eliminator match against defending champions Mumbai Indians New York (MI New York) on 25 July. As a result, Texas Super Kings won by 9 wickets against MI New York.
Rashid Khan played a brilliant innings for Mumbai Indians New York
Rashid Khan (55 off 30 balls, 4 fours, 4 sixes) played a brilliant half-century for Mumbai Indians New York (MI New York), who batted first in the match, and scored 163 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
Along with Rashid, only Menank Patel (48) and Shayan Jahangir (26) performed brilliantly in the Mumbai Indians New York innings. Among the Texas Super Kings bowlers, Marcus Stoinis and Aaron Hardy took 2-2 wickets. Whereas, Zia-ul-Haq, Noor Ahmed and Bravo got one wicket each.
Captain Faf du Plessis again played a fiery innings
After this, Texas Super Kings came out to chase this target. Openers Du Plessis (72) and Devon Conway (51 not out off 43 balls; 3 fours, six) showed their strength and the team registered a thumping win for the loss of one wicket in 18.3 overs.
Aaron Hardy, who performed excellently with the ball, also performed excellently with the bat, he scored an unbeaten 40 runs in 22 balls which included 3 fours, 2 sixes. Du Plessis played an innings of 72 runs with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes in 47 balls, which proved to be decisive in the team’s victory.
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– 72 (47) with 6 fours and 3 sixes in the Eliminator against MI New York in the MLC. The captain at the age of 40 keeps getting better.pic.twitter.com/GrURm0QS7U
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 25, 2024
With the win in this match, the Super Kings have qualified for the Challenger match. Washington Freedom and San Francisco Unicorns will compete in the qualifier match on July 26. The Super Kings will play the Challenger match against the team that loses this match. The winner of the qualifier and the winner of the challenger game will be decided in the final on July 28.
Du Plessis’ score in MLC 2024 (7 innings with a strike rate of 168.16)
- 14(14 balls)
- 100(58 balls)
- 34(17 balls)
- 61(38 balls)
- 55(32 balls)
- 39(17 balls)
- 72(47 balls)
