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 won the title of Major League 2025 of America by defeating Washington Freedom on Monday. This is the third trophy of this year of Mi franchise. Earlier, in the beginning of the year, MI Cape Town won the T20 League title of South Africa. After this, in March, MI Women’s won the Women’s Premier League title. This is the overall 13th trophy of MI.

MI won the title in the last over

MI New York won the Major League cricket title for the second time by defeating Washington Freedom by five runs in a thrilling match till the last over. Washington needed 12 runs in the last over. Two dangerous batsmen Glenn Maxwell and Glenn Philips were present at the crease. But he was able to score only 6 runs on the bowling of young fast bowler Rushil Ugarkar. Ugarkar also proclaimed Maxwell’s wicket.

MI scored 180 runs in 20 overs while batting first. For MI, Quinton Dickock scored 77 runs in 46 balls with the help of 6 fours and four sixes. The Washington team started chasing the target. He lost two wickets in the first over. But after this Rachin Ravindra and Jack Edwards took over the innings and added 84 runs for the third wicket. Rachin scored 70 runs. At the same time, Edwards scored an innings of 33 runs. Philips scored an unbeaten 48 runs. But he failed to win the team.

MI won the third of this year, overall 13th trophy

MI franchise has won the third trophy of this year. Earlier, Mi Cape Town won the T20 League of South Africa at the beginning of the year. At the same time, the MI Women’s team won the title in the Women’s Premier League. This was MI’s 13th Trophy.

Mumbai Indians have won the most trophy for MI in IPL. He has won five trophy. After this, Mumbai Indians have also won two titles in the Champions League. In the Women’s Premier League, MI’s Women’s team has won the title twice. At the same time, in Major League cricket, now MI New York has done two trophies. Apart from this, MI Emirats has won the title of ILT20 of Dubai once. At the same time, South Africa’s SA has won the title once in the T20 League.

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MI New York captain Nicholas Puran gave the last over in the hands of Rushil Ugarkar. Explosive batsmen like Glenn Maxwell and Glenn Philips were in front, only 12 runs were needed in the final over. In this last over, MI won the Major League 2025 title by defeating Washington Freedom by 5 runs in this last over.

Last over of Major League cricket final

Washington Freedom scored 169/4 after 19 overs. Glenn Maxwell 14 and Glenn Philips were unbeaten on 47 runs, the match was completely in the hands of Washington. MI New York captain Nicholas Puran gave the last over in the hands of Rushil Ugarkar.

• 19.1- Glenn Maxwell took 1 run.
• 19.2- Glenn Philips took 1 run.
• 19.3- No run.
• 19.4- Wickets- Glenn Maxwell caught out.
• 19.5- No run.
• 19.6- Obas Peener hit a four.

Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Philips innings useless

Washington Freedom had a target of 181 runs to win. Rachin Ravindra played a brilliant innings of 70 runs in 41 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 8 fours. Glenn Philips finally played an unbeaten innings of 48 runs, but he could not win. In this innings played in 34 balls, Philips hit 5 sixes,

Major League Cricket has come for the final time of 2025, Washington Freedom and MI New York will be face to face to become champions. The final is on Sunday, July 13 but according to Indian time, the match will start on Monday 14 July. Know what will be the timing of the match in India and where you can watch the live match.

Major League Cricket 2025 started with 6 teams. After the league stage, Washington Freedom, Texas Super Kings, San Francisco Unicorn and MI New York made it to the playoffs after the league stage. When the qualifier was canceled due to rain, Washington, who was present at the first number, got a direct final ticket.

In the eliminator match, MI New York defeated San Francisco Unicorn and made it to the challenger and then defeated Texas Super Kings to become the second finalist team.

One will be the second title

This is the third edition of Major League cricket. The first edition of 2023 was won by MI New York. The previous version (2024) champion was Washington Freedom. That is, either of the two teams will win the final, it will be their second MLC title.

Major League cricket 2025 finals will start?

The final match of MLC 2025 between Washington Freedom and MI New York is on Sunday, July 13, but it will be held on July 14 as per Indian time. The final match in India will start from 5:30 am on Monday, the toss will take place half an hour ago.

MLC Final 2025 live streaming will be on which app?

The live streaming of the Major League cricket final match will be on the Geographstar app and website in India. The live broadcast of the match will not be on any channel.

And then there was two

Sure to be a showdown of epic proportions, the @Wshfreedom will take on @Minycricket in a rip-waiting battle for the championship title.

Tickets are sold fast. Grab Yours Before They’re Gone.https://t.co/npj3rgnddh pic.twitter.com/d6TBB7DVRB

– Cognizant Major League Cricket (@MlCrick) July 12, 2025

Washington Freedom’s Potential Playing 11

Mitchell Owen, Rachin Rabindra, Andries Gaus (wicket -keeper), Glenn Maxwell (Captain), Glenn Philips, Mukhtar Ahmed, Obas Pinner, Jack Edwards, Ian Holland, Lockey Ferguson, Saurabh Netraalkar.

Mi New York’s Potential Playing 11

Quinton Dickock (wicket -keeper), Monank Patel, Michael Bracewell, Nicholas Puran (Captain), Kieron Pollard, Tajinder Singh, Kunwarjit Singh, Nastush Kanzigy, Rushil Ugkar, Triston Luce, Trent Bolt.

CSK’s team is going to have a tough competition between Texas Super Kings and Mi New York to make it to the final of Major League cricket. Both teams will face each other face to face in the challenger. The luck of the Super Kings was bad. The first qualifier was washed away due to rain. Due to the second position in the points table, he will now have to face Mi in the challenger to make it to the finals. At the same time, MI defeated San Francisco Unicorn in the eliminator match and made it to the challenger match.

When and where will be played, the challenger match between the two teams

The challenger match between Super Kings and MI will be played from Indian time tomorrow i.e. July 12, 5:30 am. The competition between the two teams will be held at the Grand Sri Stadium in Dallas, USA.

MI has not been able to beat Super Kings in this season

The MI team has not defeated Super Kings even once this season. There have been two matches between the two teams this season. In the first match, Super Kings defeated MI for 3 runs in a close match. At the same time, in the second match, Super Kings defeated MI by a big margin of 39 runs. This season will think of defeating Mi for the third consecutive time this season in the Super Kings Challenger match. At the same time, the MI team will forget the previous two defeats and see the Super Kings in the challenger and make it to the finals.

Winning team will take on Washington Freedom in the final

Whatever Challenger will win among the Super Kings and Mi teams. In the final, he will face this season table topper Washington Freedom. Washington received a gift to top the table in Uglyfire-1. The qualifier-1 match between Washington and Super Kings-1 was canceled due to rain. After which the Washington team got a place in the finals directly due to being at number one on the table.

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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.

Major League Cricket has got the first finalist of 2025. Washington Freedom, captained by Glenn Maxwell, has made it to the finals. He was competing with Texas Super Kings in Udlyfire-1, but not a single ball game could be played due to rain, only tossed.

This is the third edition of Major League cricket, which started on June 2 and the title will be on 13 July. A total of 6 teams took part in it, out of which 4 teams made it to the playoffs and 2 teams were out. Now the playoffs are being played against the first match (qualifier-1) today between Washington Freedom and Texas Super Kings. But the match was canceled due to rain.

What is the format of Major League Cricket 2025 Playoff?

It is like IPL. The top 4 teams have made it to the playoffs. The top 2 teams of the points table clash in qualifier-1, the winning team goes directly to the finals and the losing team has to play the challenger match. There is an eliminator match between the third and fourth team, the losing team is out and the winning team has to play in the challenger to go to the final. The team winning the challenger becomes the second finalist.

Why did Washington Freedom get the final ticket?

The qualifier-1 was canceled due to rain, only the toss was done, which was won by Washington and decided to bowl first. In the event of the cancellation of the match, the team gets the benefit, which is up in the points table. Here Washington Freedom benefited from this, which was in the first place in the points table. He won 8 out of 10 matches, while Texas, who was second, won 7 out of 10 matches. So Washington Freedom became the first finalist.

Major League Cricket 2025 teams reaching playoffs

1. Washington Freedom
2. Texas super kings
3. San francisco unicorns
4. Mi New York

Today will be eliminator

Today will be an eliminator match between San Francisco Unicorn and MI New York, which will play with Texas Super Kings in the winning team Challenger on 11 July. The losing team will be out. The final match of Major League Cricket 2025 will be between the Washington Freedom and Challenger winning team on 13 July.

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.

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

– Cognizant Major League Cricket (@MlCrick) June 30, 2025

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.