MLC 2024: Top run-getters and wicket-takers after Texas Super Kings vs Los Angeles Knight Riders (Updated) ft. Nicholas Pooran & Rashid Khan

MI New York (MINY) and Seattle Orcas (SEO) squared off in the inaugural Major League Cricket (MLC) 2024 match on Friday, July 5. The Texas Super Kings (TSK) and Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) locked horns next.

MI New York opted to field first and bowled Orcas out for just 108 in 19.1 overs. Shubham Ranjane was the top scorer for the Orcas with 35 (31). Harmeet Singh (20) and Aaron Jones (12) made handy contributions while the rest, including Heinrich Klaasen, were dismissed for single-digit scores.

Trent Boult and Rashid Khan led New York's bowling department with three wickets each while skipper Kieron Pollard took two wickets. Anrich Nortje and Ehsan Adil picked up one scalp each.

In reply, MI chased the target in 14.2 overs with six wickets in hand. Nicholas Pooran led the scoring with an unbeaten 62 off 37. Cameron Gannon took a couple of wickets for Seattle while Nandre Burger and Zaman Khan claimed one apiece.

Los Angeles Knight Riders, meanwhile, batted first in the second game and posted a subpar total of 162 for seven wickets. They lost their openers Jason Roy and skipper Sunil Narine inside the powerplay. However, Unmukt Chand scored 68 off 45, with Nitish Kumar’s 26 off 17 and Corne Dry’s quick cameo of 12 (4) being the other major contributions.

In reply, Devon Conway scored a half-century off 39 balls and gave Texas Super Kings a perfect start. However, he wasn’t fully backed by the rest of the batting lineup as they fell short of the target by 12 runs. Ali Khan led the Knight Riders' bowling unit with a four-fer while Spencer Johnson took two wickets. Shakib Al Hasan and Narine picked up one scalp each.

On that note, let’s take a look at the top run-getters and wicket-takers after the Rayalseema Kings victory:

Major League Cricket 2024 Most Runs List

No.	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1	UBT Chand (LAKR)	1	1	0	68	68	68	45	151.11	0	1	6	3
2	N Pooran (MI NY)	1	1	1	62	62*	0	37	167.56	0	1	7	2
3	DP Conway (TSK)	1	1	0	53	53	53	39	135.89	0	1	4	2
4	SS Ranjane (SEA)	1	1	0	35	35	35	31	112.9	0	0	2	2
5	CP Savage (TSK)	1	1	1	29	29*	0	18	161.11	0	0	2	1
6	NR Kumar (LAKR)	1	1	0	26	26	26	17	152.94	0	0	1	2
7	Harmeet Singh (SEA)	1	1	0	20	20	20	14	142.85	0	0	2	1
8	Shakib Al Hasan (LAKR)	1	1	0	18	18	18	13	138.46	0	0	3	0
9	J Tromp (TSK)	1	1	0	18	18	18	14	128.57	0	0	2	0
10	F du Plessis (TSK)	1	1	0	14	14	14	14	100	0	0	2	0

Unmukt Chand smashed a 68-run knock at a strike rate of 151.11 and claimed the top spot in the run-scoring charts.

Following closely in second spot is Nicholas Pooran, who scored an unbeaten 62 off 39 balls with the help ofseven fours and two sixes.

Ranked third, Devon Conway of Texas Super Kings hit a half-century against LAKR. He scored 53 off 39 balls in a knock studded with six boundaries.

Major League Cricket 2024 Most Wickets List

No.	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	Ali Khan (LAKR)	1	1	24	4	0	33	4	4/33	8.25	8.25	6	1	0
2	Rashid Khan (MI NY)	1	1	24	4	0	22	3	3/22	7.33	5.5	8	0	0
3	TA Boult (MI NY)	1	1	24	4	0	25	3	3/25	8.33	6.25	8	0	0
4	KA Pollard (MI NY)	1	1	13	2.1	0	11	2	2/11	5.5	5.07	6.5	0	0
5	Zia-ul-Haq (TSK)	1	1	18	3	0	16	2	2/16	8	5.33	9	0	0
6	SH Johnson (LAKR)	1	1	24	4	0	18	2	2/18	9	4.5	12	0	0
7	AM Hardie (TSK)	1	1	18	3	0	26	2	2/26	13	8.66	9	0	0
8	MP Stoinis (TSK)	1	1	18	3	0	37	2	2/37	18.5	12.33	9	0	0
9	CJ Gannon (SEA)	1	1	18	3	0	40	2	2/40	20	13.33	9	0	0
10	Ehsan Adil (MI NY)	1	1	24	4	0	16	1	1/16	16	4	24	0	0

Ali Khan of Los Angeles Knight Riders secured a four-wicket haul and tops the wicket-taking charts.

Rashid Khan and Trent Boult of MI New York claimed three wickets each and occupied the second and third spots, respectively.

Kieron Pollard, Zia-ul-Haq, and Spencer Johnson picked up two wickets each and are in the next three positions, respectively.

Edited by Samya Majumdar