Former IPL chairman and founder Lalit Modi gave his opinion on the influence of cricket in America. He revealed in a conversation with former Australian cricketer Michael Clarke that when he called Chris Gayle about this league, what was his answer. He also claimed that without players like Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, this league will not be successful in the next 50 years.

The ICC tried to make cricket popular in America by organizing some matches of T20 World Cup 2024. Apart from India’s big matches, the number of fans here was less. The United States of America Cricket Association started Major League Cricket (MLC) in the episode of making cricket a success in America, although this league did not see the kind of craze that the association expected.

What happened to Lalit Modi with Chris Gayle?

Lalit Modi revealed that he had called Chris Gayle during the previous edition of MLC, when the West Indies explosive batsman had told that there is no craze of fans in it.

He said, “After the Major League cricket is over, I called my friend Chris Gayle. I told him that I saw you in Texas, how is the atmosphere there? Gayle told me that brother, it is completely ‘dead’. There is no one in the stadium. There was no one in the stadium. Not going to happen. “

League will not be successful without players like Virat Kohli, Dhoni

The former IPL chairman believes that the audience will come to watch a cricket match in America only when Virat Kohli is playing a big player like MS Dhoni, otherwise it will not spend any money to watch the small player.

He said, “I am a businessman who is sitting in Los Angeles in San Francisco, USA. I will go to see someone named Virat Singh playing against Dushyant Singh or Lalit Singh, I will never hear about him. I will spend a lot of hard work to see Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Michael Clarke, Brett Lee.”

MI New York defeated San Francisco Unicorn by 2 wickets in the Major League Cricket Eliminator match with Trent Bolt’s understanding. Nicholas Puran captained MI has won the challenger and reached the journey of San Francisco.

Chasing a small target of 131 runs, Monank Patel and Quinton Dickock gave MI New York a good start, but after that MI went backwards with captain Matt Short and Hasan Khan’s deadly bowling. Nicholas Puran (1), Michael Bracewell (18), Kiron Pollard (5) failed, after which the small target also felt like a mountain.

Trent Bolt became player of the match

Hasan Khan took 2 wickets in the 17th over, after which Trent Bolt came to bat at number nine. In the last 3 overs, MI needed 24 runs to win, but only 2 wickets were left. Nastush Kenzigige continued the game with Bolt. Both scored 5 runs in the 18th over.

In the 19th over, Trent Bolt gave relief to MI by hitting 2 sixes off 2 balls of Hasan Khan, while Hasan had taken 4 wickets earlier. To win in the final over, only 4 runs were needed, which MI New York won the Eliminator match in 3 balls.

Trent Bolt Player of the Match was elected, scoring an unbeaten 22 in 13 balls. Earlier, he also took 2 wickets in his 4 overs spell. San Francisco Unicorn’s is out, while MI has taken a step further towards the final.

Trent boult is knowledge for being a hero with the ball, but tonight, he was a shining star with the bat and tonight’s stake player of the match!@StakeInd x @Stakenewsindia pic.twitter.com/oyz4xfa2ac

– Cognizant Major League Cricket (@MlCrick) July 10, 2025

When will the Major League cricket challenger match be held?

The Challenger match of Major League will be held on Saturday, July 12. The Texas Super Kings will clash with MI New York. Let us know that the qualifier match was washed away due to rain, after which Washington Sundar, who was number one in the points table, got the final ticket.

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.

MLC 2025: This year has happened several times in the IPL, when the team retired the batsman out and sent another batsman to the crease. The team takes such a step when the batsman at the crease is struggling to score runs. The team thinks that the batsman should be sent to another batsman, who scored fast. One such incident was seen in America’s Major League cricket, but here the batsman who had scored a century. The team sent another batsman in place of the player who scored a century. What happened after this, made only the joke of the team.

Team called century Andre Andre Fletcher returned

Los Angeles Knight Riders were competing with Washington Freedom on Friday. In this match, Knight Riders’ opener Andre Fletcher scored a brilliant century. Fletcher was playing 104 runs in 60 balls till the end of the 18th over. After this, the team decided to retired him back. In his place, the team sent the batsman Rowman Powell to the crease.

Knight Riders’ plan did not work

After retiring Fletcher, the team sent Rowman Powell to the crease. But his decision proved to be completely wrong. Powell was dismissed on the very first ball of the 19th over. Powell returned to the pavilion by making golden duck. This plan of Knight Riders did not work at all.

Lakr Retired andre Fletcher on 104*, Sent Rovman Powell Who Golden Duck on Next Ball

Now, Had this decision worked it would’ve looked smart. The idea itself wasn’t bad thought ..

But powerpic.twitter.com/ztpnv9fje5

– Swapnil Vats (@IAMSWAPNILVATS) June 27, 2025

Fletcher’s century could not win the team

Fletcher’s brilliant century innings also could not win the Knight Riders team. Thanks to Fletcher’s innings, Knight Riders set a big target of 214 runs in front of Washington Freedom. Washington achieved this target on the last ball in a thrilling match. For the Washington team, Mitchell Oven scored 43, Glenn Maxwell 42 and Glen Philips scored an unbeaten 33 runs.

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Major League Cricket 2025: The thrill of Major League cricket is increasing day by day. Last Thursday, the match of Los Angeles Knight Riders and Washington Freedom was played, in which both teams scored 427 runs in total. The collision lasted till the last ball, in which Washington’s team registered a thrilling win by 5 wickets on the last ball. The team of Kolkata Knight Riders Franchisee got a golden opportunity to take wickets on the last ball, but there was a lot of ruckus when the catch was missed, due to which the team of Washington Freedom registered a thrilling victory on the last ball.

In this match, the team of Los Angeles Knight Riders scored 213 runs while playing first. Let us know that the ownership of the LAKR team is with the IPL franchise KKR. Well, in this match, Andre Fletcher’s 104 -run stormy century innings reached Knight Riders 213. In response, by the 19th over, Washington Freedom’s team scored 207 runs at the loss of 5 wickets.

7 runs were needed in the last over

Washington Freedom needed 7 runs in the last over, Glenn Philips had set 32 ​​runs and Obas Pianar was playing 18 runs. In the last over, Andre Russell was bowling, whose first ball was wide and the first official ball was four. On the other hand, the third ball was dot, thus Washington’s team needed only 2 runs in 3 balls. The fourth ball was also a dot, while on the fifth ball, Pienar took a run.

Wanted 1 run on the last ball

Andre Russell was bowling, in front, Glenn Philips and Washington team had to score only one run. Philips hit the shot, but missed an easy catch from captain Jason Holder standing on the mid-on position, which was surprised by the people present in the field and the players and support staff sitting in Lakr’s dugout. Had the holder caught the catch, the match could have gone to the super over.

Let us tell you that in this match, Glenn Maxwell scored a stormy innings of 42 off 23 balls for Washington Freedom, while Mitchell Owen scored 43 off 16 balls.

You can’t ask for a better ending tied at the over’s end, the fate of this game hung in the balance on just one ball! pic.twitter.com/4nwigzfh8x

– Cognizant Major League Cricket (@MlCrick) June 27, 2025

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MLC 2025: Major League cricket has not started even a week, but here the batsmen are robbing the mahfil from one to one stormy innings. In the very first match of the season, Finn Alan played a historic innings of 151 runs. Now in the match of San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders played on 14 June, the batsmen also created panic, in which Unicorn’s COL won by 32 runs. It was amazing when Fin Alan, who hit 151 runs, also left behind a batsman of Delhi Capitals.

30 sixes and 29 fours …

San Francisco Unicorn’s captained by Corey Anderson scored a huge score of 219 runs while playing earlier. Finn Alan once again played a stormy innings, but this time he was dismissed on the score of 52. On the other hand, Jake Fraser McGark scored 88 runs while beating the bowlers fiercely.

The team of Los Angeles Knight Riders, chasing a target of 220 runs, was all out on the score of 187. If seen in the entire match, there were 18 sixes and 14 fours from Unicorn. On the other hand, the batsmen of Knight Riders together hit 12 sixes and 15 fours. In this way, the entire match hit 30 skyscraper sixes and 29 fours. 406 runs were scored in the entire match, out of which 296 runs came from fours and sixes.

Delhi Capital player overtakes Finn Alan

Finn Alan scored 151 runs in 51 balls in his first match of MLC 2025. This time he was able to score 52 runs in 27 balls against Los Angeles Knight Riders. Jake Fraser McFark, who played for Delhi Capitals in IPL in terms of runs, overtook him. McGark scored 88 runs in 38 balls, in which 2 fours and 11 sixes came out of his bat. Let us tell you that Unicorn’s is seated at the top in the points table after winning both their matches.

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Finn Allen 34 Balls Century: The third edition of Major League cricket has started from today. In the very first match, New Zealand batsman Finn Alan played a record innings of 151 runs. Alan, who was playing for San Francisco Unicorn in the league, scored his century in 34 balls. Unicorn’s defeated Washington Freedom by 123 runs in the first match.

In the first match of Major League cricket 2025, Washington Freedom captain Glenn Maxwell won the toss and decided to bowl first. His team got the first success on the score of 28, but after that Finn Alan beat the bowlers a lot.

Finn Alan scored a century in 34 balls

Alan completed his century in 34 balls, even after this, his fierce innings did not stop. Alan was dismissed on the first ball of the 18th over, but before that he had fiercely raised all the bowlers. He scored 151 runs in just 51 balls. In this historic innings, he hit 19 sixes and 5 fours.

Apart from him, Sanjay Krishnamurthy scored 36 and Hasan Khan scored 38 runs. Batting first, San Francisco Unicorn’s scored 369 runs losing 5 wickets.

Glenn Maxwell’s team piled on 146

After battling his poor form in IPL 2025, Glenn Maxwell was also flopped in the first match of Major League cricket, he was out lbw out of Haris Rauf by scoring 5 runs. However, the Freedom team started well. Mitchell Owen (39) and Rachin Ravindra (42) scored 80 runs in 5.2 overs for the first wicket, but no batsman went after that. Jack Edwards was dismissed by scoring 21, Glenn Philips could not even open an account.

Androus Gus 2, Obas Peener 2 runs out. The entire team of Washington Freedom collapsed for 146 runs in 13.1 overs. Unicorn’s won the match by 123 runs.

Major League cricket next match

The second match of MLC 2025 will be played between Mi New York and Texas Super Kings on 14 June tomorrow. According to Indian time, this match will start at 6:30 am. The captaincy of MI is in the hands of Nicholas Puran, while Super Kings captain Faf Duplessis.

West Indies explosive batsman Nicholas Puran surprised everyone by announcing his retirement. He is only 29 years old. Fans were also trolling them that they left international cricket at such a young age by keeping league cricket priority. Now the next day of his retirement, he has been given a big responsibility by the MI New York team, he has appointed him his new captain.

Nicholas Puran played for the same franchise in 2023 and 2024. In 2023, he scored 388 runs in 8 matches, so the next season he scored 180 runs in 7 matches. In both the season, he has played 1 century and 3 half -century innings.

Nicholas Puran replaces Kiron Pollard

Nicholas Puran has become the new captain of Mi New York team in Major League cricket, before Kiron Pollard of his country was the captain of this franchise. Pollard has also played for Mumbai Indians. MI New York is also a Mumbai -owned team, which is owned by Reliance Industries.

Nicholas Puran plays in many big T20 leagues around the world. He is playing for the Indian Premier League in the last 3 seasons. This season (2025) was a lot of his bat, although his team could not make a place in the playoffs. Puran scored 524 runs in 14 innings played in IPL 2025, in which he played 5 half -century innings.

Fans were surprised by the international retirement of Nicholas Puran

Puran informed through a post on social media that he is taking retirement from all the formats of international cricket, this was a shocking news because he is just 29 years old. Whereas at such an age, many cricketers make their debut.

After this, there was a debate on social media too, many people said that they left the West Indies team, giving attention to the money, from where they get much less money than the league. Talking about IPL 2025, he was retained by the franchise for Rs 21 crore.