Russell’s team had to face defeat in the match.
MLC 2024, San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders: There is no match for the power hitting of West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell in T20 cricket. And Russell’s power hitting was seen in the second season of the ongoing Major League Cricket.
Let us tell you that the fourth match of the ongoing tournament was played on 8th July between San Francisco Unicorns and Los Angeles Knight Riders. In this match played at Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Andre Russell played a great shot against Haris Rauf, which went straight out of the stadium towards the leg side.
As soon as Russell played this shot, the video of his shot started going viral on social media very fast. In the match, Russell remained unbeaten by scoring 40* runs in 25 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes, but his team had to face defeat in the match.
Watch the video of this amazing shot by Andre Russell
Andre Russell Vs Haris Rauf:
2023 – 108M six.
2024 – 107M six. pic.twitter.com/p5t9PIbX3t— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 8, 2024
On the other hand, if we give you information about the match, then Los Angeles Knight Riders had to face defeat by 6 wickets. Batting first, the Riders scored 165 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Russell was the top scorer for the team by scoring 40 runs, while Shakib Al Hasan scored 35 runs and Jason Roy scored 26 runs. Talking about the bowling of Unicorns, Brady Couch and Haris Rauf got 2-2 wickets, Abrar Ahmed and Liam Plunkett took 1-1 wickets.
After this, when San Francisco Unicorns came out to chase the target of 166 runs given by Los Angeles Knight Riders, they achieved this target in 15.2 overs at the loss of 4 wickets. Finn Allen played a brilliant innings of 63 runs in 37 balls for Unicorns, for which he was given the Player of the Match award.