Riding on half-centuries from captain Faf du Plessis and Devon Conway, Texas Super Kings defeated MI New York by 9 wickets in the Major League Cricket 2024 (MLC) eliminator match played at Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Thursday (July 25). With this defeat, the New York team is out of the tournament. At the same time, the Super Kings team has reached the challenger match. Where it will face the losing team in the qualifier match between Washington Freedom and San Francisco Unicorns.

After being invited to bat first, MI New York scored 163 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. In which Rashid Khan played a stormy innings of 55 runs with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes in 30 balls. Apart from this, Monak Patel scored 48 runs in 41 balls.

For Super Kings, Mark Stoinis and Aaron Hardy took 2 wickets each, while Dwayne Bravo, Zia Ul Gak and Noor Ahmed took 1 wicket each.

Chasing the target, Super Kings had a great start and the Du Plessis-Conway pair added 101 runs for the first wicket in 12.3 overs. Du Plessis, who was the top scorer, scored 72 runs in 47 balls, hitting six fours and three sixes. Conway, on the other hand, made a comeback after a slow start and scored an unbeaten 51 runs in 43 balls.

Aaron Hardy showed a brilliant all-round performance and played a stormy innings of 40 runs in 22 balls batting at number 3. Due to which Super Kings won with 9 balls remaining.

Nostush Kenjige took the only wicket for New York.