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.

In Major League cricket on Tuesday, Shimron Hetmyer once again played a stormy innings, he beat the bowlers fiercely and rained sixes fours. Ever since his bat has been thundering, his team is also winning the match continuously, while in the beginning this team was losing continuously. On Tuesday, the West Indies explosive batsman scored an unbeaten 78 against San Francisco Unicorn.

Seattle Orkas had to score 169 runs to win, after falling 5 wickets for 89 runs, San Francisco Unicorn started looking strong for victory, but then Shimron Hetmyer’s storm came. He scored an unbeaten 78 runs in 37 balls at a strike rate of more than 210 and once again won the match to his team. This is his third consecutive half -century in Major League cricket. Seattle won this match by 4 wickets.

Hetmyer has been not out of the last 3 innings

Shimron Hetmyer’s bat was not going on in the beginning, he scored a total of 70 runs in the first three matches (21, 19, 30), although his strike rate was amazing even in these innings. In his fourth match of Major League cricket, he scored an unbeaten innings of 97 runs, in this shocking innings played in 40 balls, he hit 9 sixes and 5 fours.

After this, he scored 64 not out in 26 balls against Los Angeles, in which he hit 6 sixes and 4 fours. In the last 3 innings, he has scored a total of 239 runs and has hit 22 sixes and 13 fours in it. Nobody has been able to dismiss them from three innings.

Shimron Hetmyer performs in Major League Cricket 2025

1. Vs MI New York: 21 runs in 9 balls, 2 sixes, 2 fours
2. Los Angeles Knight Riders: 19 runs in 12 balls, 1 six, 1 four
3. San Francisco Unicorn’s: 30 runs in 16 balls, 1 six, 3 fours
4. MI New York: 97* runs in 40 balls, 9 sixes, 5 fours
5. Los Angeles Knight Riders: 64* runs, 6 sixes, 4 fours in 26 balls
6. San Francisco Unicorn’s: 37 balls 78* runs, 7 sixes, 4 fours

Major League Cricket Number Table

After the match on Tuesday, Seattle is at number four in the Orcas points table, he lost the initial 5 matches but since Hetmyer’s bat is going on, the last three matches have been won. The team has 6 points. The defeat on Tuesday was San Francisco Unicorn’s second defeat of this season, although it remains at number 1. San Francisco has 12 points with 6 wins in 8 matches.

The second number is Washington Freedom, who has won 6 out of 7 matches and also has 12 points. At number three is Texas Super Kings, he has 10 points. Mi New York at number five and Los Angeles Knight Riders at number six.