Nicholas Pooran, MINY Captain: Yeah, from the ball, it was definitely a tough challenge. I think the boys did well. The bowlers gave their best and tried to get the batters out. We tried to stick it out for as long as we could, but the conditions were still challenging. We managed to get to something competitive. It was our first time playing here, but the boys did really well. It was a bit unfortunate, and it felt like later in the evening the ball came on a bit more and it became easier to bat at night, which is something we expected. I think, as we saw last night, credit to the boys. They came out with a lot of energy and fought hard. They trusted themselves, came in, bowled quickly, and gave us a chance to stay in the game. It's really good to see. The next week is going to be really important for the team. There's a bright future for us, and if this week goes really well, leaving LA with two wins from three games would be exceptional. We're really proud. We're just going to continue to build. The guys have been digging deep and fighting, but the best is yet to come.

San Francisco Unicorns made light work of the chase and had an easy day at the office. The win was set up by their bowlers, who kept the pressure on right from the start, pacers bowled sharply in the channel, and later on captain Matt Short led from the front, returning four crucial scalps. MINY simply didn't turn up with the bat, with no substantial contribution from anyone as all their big guns misfired. In reply, Sanjay Krishnamurthi batted exquisitely well, scoring 48 off 45, and his innings was laced with some spectacular shots. Short added a vital 20, but it was Krishnamurthi who kept his calm and ensured there was no hiccup towards the end in a straightforward chase. That concludes the Pomona leg. The bowlers will miss this venue for sure; it produced some riveting, edge-of-the-seat contests, most of them low-scoring crackers. We now move to Dallas, with the action set to resume on 8th July. For now, it's goodbye from me, Rvel Zahid, on behalf of our scoring team.

16.5
1
Tajinder Singh to Bartlett, 1 run, Over the wicket, good length and turning into his pads, tries to pull and gets something on it, beats short leg and the ball has enough legs to reach the rope. They have done it at a canter

Akshay: "Seems like MI accepted defeat very early. Nicky P, Anderson out of field. giving bowling to shakib just to get him in Rythm "

16.5
W
Tajinder Singh to Hassan Khan, 1 wide, OUT, Zips it quicker and veering in at leg-stump, loses his balance and beaten by the pace as well as he tries to flick it leg-side, backfoot is firmly planted as de Kock removes the bails in a jiffy, the foot did go up in the air momentarily as seen from the zoom in angle, third ump needs more time to see from side on and front on angle, foot was in the air when the bails came off so Hassan has to go, was in the air for a few moments and the timing of the stumping was spot on

Hassan Khan st †de Kock b Tajinder Singh 11 (31m 24b 0x4 0x6) SR: 45.83

16.4
0
Tajinder Singh to Hassan Khan, no run, Waited a touch on the backfoot and then slammed a cut to point, length and outside off
16.3
1
Tajinder Singh to Krishnamurthi, 1 run, Tries to finish the game, sounded good, length on middle, bends and whacks it with a lot of oomph but in the direction of the fielder
16.2
0
Tajinder Singh to Krishnamurthi, no run, Floated on leg-stump, leaves it and not given as a wide
16.1
4
Tajinder Singh to Krishnamurthi, FOUR, Plays late and precisely, a duff drag down towards leg-stump, puts the rubbish in the bin and now SFU are in touching distance from a huge win

END OF OVER:
16 | 5 Runs | SF: 98/4 (7 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 6.12, RRR: 1.75)

  • Sanjay Krishnamurthi43 (42b)
  • Hassan Khan11 (23b)
  • Shakib Al Hasan4-0-25-0
  • Rushil Ugarkar2-0-10-0
15.6
1
Shakib Al Hasan to Krishnamurthi, 1 run, Loads up for a smack but hasn't got all of it, shortish on off, crouches a little and then smashed the ball towards deep midwicket, collected by the fielder on one bounce, was looking for a glory stylish hit

SF 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1FH AllenLG Pretorius
2nd29MW ShortFH Allen
3rd19MW ShortSP Krishnamurthi
4th17AM HardieSP Krishnamurthi
5th38Hassan KhanSP Krishnamurthi
6th1XC BartlettSP Krishnamurthi