Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Until next time, take care and keep enjoying this beautiful sport. This is Rvel Zahid, signing off on behalf of Binoy George.

MI's batting was audacious and power-packed, the bowling was spot on and they executed their plans superbly. Nicholas Pooran was at his belligerent best and in no-mercy mood today. He launched an assault on Freedom bowlers and was striking the ball effortlessly in his 62-run blitzkrieg. USA's captain Monank Patel was smashing the ball all around the park with ease in his enterprising 44-run knock and didn't allow them a sniff in the powerplay while Pollard played second fiddle to Pooran with a handy contribution of 21 off 10. As a result of this thumping win, MI New York have now climbed to the third spot with a healthy net run rate of 1.319 and seem to be peaking at the right time. The big guns came to the party today and at no stage Washington Freedom bowlers threatened to cause problems to the dynamic batting line-up.

Nicholas Pooran, Player of the Match: I am really happy that I could contribute today. It was two-paced (surface). They were bowling wicket to wicket. Once we got a good powerplay it made things easier. The platform was set and I knew my role...took on the match-ups for me.

Moises Henriques: Back-to-back games are always difficult. We are professionals and gave our best. We scrapped our way to 160, 30 runs more than yesterday. Wicket was still keeping quite low. It was tough to come back after the powerplay. Akeal and obviously our wicketkeeper, and we lost Glenn out there in the field. I feel these little things didn't quite go our way. we are still in the finals and have got a few days off, that should be good for us. We will look at match ups for the (playoffs).

Kieron Pollard: One thing I press upon is that we can do nothing about the surface but we can focus on our attitude. I think sometimes we speak too much about pitch and we can get into negative frame of mind. We haven't played much here, we took a chance and sometimes a decision backfires but today it worked. I felt we gave 15 extra runs. Kudos to the guys. We had a good conversation on how we want to play, especially against the left-arm seamer. They came out with intent which was fantastic. The running between wickets was important and they totally got it right, Pooran finishing it off was fantastic.

15.3
4
Henriques to Pooran, FOUR, Fortuitous but they all count! Fraction short and angling across off, goes hard at it, gets a thick outside edge that dribbles away to third man boundary and that will do nicely for MI New York who have registered an emphatic win over Washington Freedom
15.2
6
Henriques to Pooran, SIX, Follows it up with another six! Pace off the ball on a length around middle, plants his front leg and it's a humungous hit over square leg. 102 meters smack right out of the meat of the bat
15.1
6
Henriques to Pooran, SIX, Length and width on offer, he creams it aerially over cover for a beautiful six. Elegantly done and what a way to get to his fifty! A gem of an innings!

END OF OVER:
15 | 13 Runs | MI NY: 145/2 (16 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 9.66, RRR: 3.20)

  • Nicholas Pooran46 (30b)
  • Kieron Pollard21 (10b)
  • Saurabh Netravalkar3-0-45-0
  • Marco Jansen3-0-29-0
14.6
1
Netravalkar to Pooran, 1 run, Attempted yorker on the pads, languidly bunted down to long-on
14.5
1
Netravalkar to Pollard, 1 run, Tucks it away into the leg side for a run
14.4
4
Netravalkar to Pollard, FOUR, Leans back and cracks a pull past square leg for another boundary. That's his favorite area
14.3
6
Netravalkar to Pollard, SIX, Round the wicket, shorter length and angled into the body, clears his front leg and carts it over square leg for a mighty long six. Absolutely woofed that!
14.2
1
Netravalkar to Pooran, 1 run, Takes the pace off the ball, a touch short and wide, lashes it down to long-off
14.1
0
Netravalkar to Pooran, no run, Over the wicket. Well disguised short delivery outside off, rolled his fingers and beats his late cut

END OF OVER:
14 | 13 Runs | MI NY: 132/2 (29 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 9.42, RRR: 4.83)

  • Nicholas Pooran44 (27b)
  • Kieron Pollard10 (7b)
  • Marco Jansen3-0-29-0
  • Anrich Nortje3-0-13-0
13.6
1
Jansen to Pooran, 1 run, Shorter length slanting across off, pace off the ball and he chops it away past point for a run
13.5
6
Jansen to Pooran, SIX, Long hop on middle, goes back, swivels and swats it over deep fine for a brilliant six. He has looked in red-hot-form today, hits this delivery with a lot swag and style
13.4
4
Jansen to Pooran, FOUR, Round the wicket, good length and slanting across off, width on offer and he rasps it through cover for a blistering boundary. Nonchalant stuff!
13.3
1
Jansen to Pollard, 1 run, Steps to the leg side, yanking his front foot out of the way and mousses it down to deep square
13.2
0
Jansen to Pollard, no run, Over the wicket, good throat ball on attacking line, blocked towards the bowler off the backfoot
13.1
1
Jansen to Pooran, 1 run, Shortness his length a touch and angles it across off, spanked off the backfoot to sweeper

END OF OVER:
13 | 1 Run | MI NY: 119/2 (42 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 9.15, RRR: 6.00)

  • Kieron Pollard9 (5b)
  • Nicholas Pooran32 (23b)
  • Anrich Nortje3-0-13-0
  • Dane Piedt2-0-14-1
12.6
0
Nortje to Pollard, no run, Rams a pinpoint yorker on off stump line and Pollard jams his bat down to defend
12.5
0
Nortje to Pollard, no run, Over the wicket, bends his back and digs in short outside off, too far away from his reach and kept rising off the deck
12.4
1
Nortje to Pooran, 1 run, Fraction short and plugging away outside off, didn't bounce much as he forces it away to the right of mid-on
12.3
0
Nortje to Pooran, no run, Good length and targeting the knee roll, right behind line again and punches it through the line towards Nortje

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New York 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st67Shayan JahangirMD Patel
2nd41N PooranShayan Jahangir
3rd53KA PollardN Pooran