Major League Cricket: Shahrukh Khan’s team Los Angeles Knight Riders has won the title of the current season of Major League Cricket. In the final match played in Auckland, this team defeated Washington Freedom on the last ball. He won the final match by 1 run. With this victory, Los Angeles Knight Riders have become the champions of Major League Cricket for the first time. During the title win of Los Angeles Knight Riders, three big records related to it were also seen destroyed.
Los Angeles Knight Riders scored 164 runs
Batting first, Los Angeles Knight Riders were all out after scoring 164 runs in 19.4 overs. From his side, Andre Fletcher scored the highest score of 47 runs while his opening partner Colin Munro scored 40 runs. Apart from these two, Matthew Trump played an inning of 39 runs. Apart from these three, it became difficult for the rest of the batsmen of Los Angeles Knight Riders to touch double figures.
Washington Freedom stuck in the last over
Washington Freedom had a target of 165 runs in 20 overs to win, chasing which they scored 151 runs for 6 wickets in 19 overs. In the last over, Washington Freedom had to score 14 runs to win and had 4 wickets left. Van Schalkwyk bowled the last over for Los Angeles Knight Riders. After hitting a six on the first ball, Washington Freedom’s hopes of victory increased further. But what happened after that changed the game.
14 runs defended, Washington Freedom lost on the last ball
Van Schalkwyk put Washington Freedom back on the back foot by taking two wickets in the next two balls. However, the excitement in the match went away as soon as a four was hit on the fourth ball. A single was made on the 5th ball and now 3 runs were left to win on the last ball. That means one boundary and the game of Los Angeles Knight Riders is over. But exactly the opposite happened. Van Schalkwyk gave only 1 run on the last ball. Washington Freedom’s batsmen tried to steal the second run so that they could take the match to the super over but were run out in that attempt.
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These 3 records were broken in the victory of Los Angeles Knight Riders
In this way, Los Angeles Knight Riders won the match by 1 run, which is a new record for their smallest win in terms of runs in MLC. Apart from this, 2 more records were seen being broken for Los Angeles Knight Riders. Jason Holder has now become the player with the highest number of catches for Los Angeles Knight Riders with 12 catches. In this matter he broke the record of Rovman Pavel. By surpassing Andre Russell, Van Schalkwyk has become the highest wicket-taker for Los Angeles Knight Riders with 31 wickets.
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