In Major League Cricket 2026, South Africa’s young batsman Luhan-Dre Pretorius played a explosive century. He plays for the San Francisco Unicorns. In the 23rd match of the tournament, his team faced MI New York. In this match played in Dallas, MI New York batted first and scored 143 runs. In reply, San Francisco Unicorns won the match by 9 wickets in the 16th over itself.

Pretorius won with a century

Luhan-Dre Pretorius, who came to open, batted till the end and led the team to victory. The team needed one run to win, while two runs were left for his century. In such a situation, he completed his century by hitting a four off the ball of Rushil Ugarkar and also led the team to victory. This left-handed batsman scored unbeaten 102 runs in 52 balls. His innings included 10 fours and 5 sixes. This is his first century in T20 cricket. Trent Boult proved to be the most expensive bowler for MI New York. He spent 41 runs in 3 overs.

Luhan-Dre Pretorius is currently playing in all three formats for South Africa. He is also a part of Rajasthan Royals in IPL. San Francisco Unicorns’ second opening batsman Finn Allen scored 20 runs in 17 balls. Captain Matthew Short returned unbeaten after scoring 19 runs on 25 balls.

MI New York batsmen were flops

MI New York team, captained by Nicholas Pooran, could score only 143 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. On behalf of the team, opening batsman Ryan Rickelton scored 35 runs in 21 balls. Quinton de Kock and Monank Patel returned to the pavilion during the powerplay itself.

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Captain Nicholas Pooran scored 19 runs in 25 balls, while Kieron Pollard scored 16 runs from his bat. In the lower order, Sunny Patel made an important contribution in taking the team to 143 runs by scoring 32 runs in 23 balls. For San Francisco Unicorns, captain Matthew Short took 3 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs. Haris Rauf and Aaron Hardy took 2-2 wickets.

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