Match Details
Date: July 18, 2023
Time : 6:00 AM IST
Venue : Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie
Live Ball-By-Ball Commentary : SportsTiger
Preview
The Grand Prairie Stadium is going to host the seventh match of the Major League Cricket (MLC) between Texas Super Kings and MI New York. The hosts TSK have already won their first game of the tournament in a convincing fashion against LAKR. Meanwhile, their upcoming opponents MINY didn’t have the best of starts in the league, losing their inaugural contest against SFU. Both these teams are on the opposite ends of the MLC points table, but they have the quality of players, both American and overseas, to upstage one another in Grand Prairie on July 18.
Also Read: MLC 2023 Live Scores
Pitch Report
The Grand Prairie Stadium is providing pitches for the batters to make hay in the MLC 2023. In the first four matches of the league, the teams batting first have been able to put together impressive scores on the board. The average first innings score at this venue in the initial stages is 179, something which both TSK and MINY would be looking to target in their upcoming matchup.
Team Analysis
Texas Super Kings:
Texas Super Kings have a highly impressive opening pairing of the captain Faf du Plessis and Devon Conway, who would be looking to put up big partnerships as the MLC goes along. The likes of David Miller and Mitchell Santner have already shown their mettle in the first hit of the tournament against the Los Angeles Knight Riders. As far as the bowling department goes, the wrist spinner Mohammad Mohsin has been a revelation for TSK in their first outing, who is getting support from the experienced bowlers like Dwayne Bravo and Rusty Theron.
SportsTiger Playing XI of TSK
Devon Conway (wk) Faf du Plessis (c), Lahiru Milantha, David Miller, Milind Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Calvin Savage, Gerald Coetzee, Mohammad Mohsin, Rusty Theron
MI New York:
MI New York batting lineup boasts incredible power hitting depth from the top of the order to the lower order. Dewald Brevis, Nicholas Pooran, captain Kieron Pollard, and Tim David have displayed incredible range hitting against San Francisco Unicorns to kick-start the MLC campaign. In the bowling department, Kagiso Rabada and Trent Boult are picking up wickets for MINY, but they need support from the rest of the bowlers to have a better chance of competing in the upcoming matches.
SportsTiger Playing XI of MINY
Dewald Brevis, Steven Taylor, Monank Patel, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Kieron Pollard (c), Hammad Azam, Tim David, Sarabjit Ladda, Ehsan Adil, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult
Match Prediction
Conclusion
The Texas Super Kings are going to play the MI New York at their home stadium in Grand Prairie, which will give them a definite advantage in this all-important matchup. But, TSK need to be on their game from the first ball to win against a very resilient MINY side.
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