MLC 2025: Today, Texas Super Kings, captained by Faf du Plessis, defeated Alexander Raza’s Seattle Orchus by 51 runs in the match played in MLC (Major League Cricket 2025). Batting first, Texas scored 188 runs, in this match the captain had a chance to score a century. He was playing for 91 runs and the balls were also left, but suddenly he left the field. Fans were also very surprised by this decision, but why did they do it.

All the fans were waiting for the century of Faf du Plessis, he had reached close to it, he had crossed the 90 figure (91). Earlier, Seattle won the toss and decided to bowl first. After falling 2 wickets at 49, Duplessis (91) shared a 132 -run partnership with Shubham Ranjane (65), then returned to the pavilion without being out.

Retired out Faf du Plessis, but why?

Faf scored 91 runs off 52 balls, in this rapid innings he hit 4 sixes and 6 fours. He was batting well but the 40 -year -old Faf was a little bit tired, he thought about the team interest and decided to retired. It was not that he could not score a century, he had only 9 runs and 6 balls were left. He went out at the end of the 19th over.

He did this because he wanted the last over Donovan Ferreira to come to batsman, he could score more by hitting a big hit but he was dismissed for 3 runs in 3 balls.

However, to do what Faf du Plessis did, any player must have a big jigra. If he wanted, he could think about his century, with this he would do his name in many record list. He has already scored 2 centuries in Major League Cricket 2025, he is also the highest scoring batsman in the tournament.

Seattle piled on 137, Texas Super Kings won the match

No batsman of Seattle Orchus could play a big innings, the team’s wickets kept falling continuously and the entire team collapsed for 137 runs. Texas Super Kings won the match very comfortably by 51 runs. Adam Milne took a five wicket hall.

This is Texas’s 7th win in 10 matches under the captaincy of Faf Duplessis. It has 14 points. San Francisco Unicorn’s and Washington Freedom also have 14–14 points, but on the basis of net run, Texas Super Kings are above them.

Texas Super Kings captain Faf Duplessis hit a record century against MI New York on Monday, 30 June. He scored 103 runs in 53 balls at a strike rate of 194.34. In this explosive innings, he hit 9 sixes and 5 fours. Batting first, Texas scored a huge score of 223 runs. Faf also made a record in Major League cricket.

Duplessis’s record century

MI New York captain Nicholas Puran won the toss and decided to bowl first. But Texas Super Kings proved his decision wrong. After the first wicket fell for 3 runs, captain Faf Duplessis started batting in a rage, he scored 103 runs. Duplessis Major is the batsman to score the most century in cricket. This is his third century of this league.

Faf du Plesis Smashes Another Century He Started and Finished The Innings in Dominant Fashion pic.twitter.com/ldvp1lmisa

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Faf Duplessis will celebrate his 41st birthday on 13 July. Seeing this explosive innings at this age, everyone is appreciating him. This is his second century of this season, he scored a century in 2024. He has so far played 22 matches in Major League cricket, in which he has scored 783 runs.