So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj as I wrap up the coverage of this MLC fixture. A note of thanks to our scorer, Bishal Mandal as well. Do stay tuned to our coverage with a lot more cricketing action coming up later today.
Nicholas Pooran (MI New York Captain):"It was tough to come in and play back-to-back games. Credit to the boys. We knew we had to win today. Obviously, started from yesterday. We didn't give up yesterday and that is important in T20 cricket. We need to be consistent in T20. Getting the opportunity to bowl first today and Boulty showed his experience. The rest of the guys also followed up. For some reason, that first game always hunts us. We as a team we pride ourselves to get us. Kudos to the team for sticking around in tough times. We know who we play for. We need to wake up, do what is required and perform. Happy father's day to all the fathers!"
Corbin Bosch (Most Valuable Player of the Match):"It was fantastic getting the first win of the day. We were a bit rusty yesterday. Nice to do well from a bowling perspective especially after the carnage yesterday. We executed better today when compared to yesterday. We were just a little bit sharper than yesterday."
Corbin Bosch gets the 'Most Valuable Player of the Match' award.
Trent Boult bags the 'Play of the Day' award.
Quinton de Kock gets the 'Power Hitter of the Match' award.
Time for the post-match Presentation!
Donovan Ferreira (Texas Super Kings Captain):"Yeah, we were a bit short but still had the belief that we could hit the lengths with the ball. Just didn't come off. It gets easier during the night, unfortunately we didn't have enough. It is a completely different venue, it is about assessing the conditions there and hitting the ground running.'
09:25 AM IST, 10:55 PM Local Time: A pretty dominant performance from start to finish for MI New York as they register the first win of the season. Nicholas Pooran finished with an unbeaten 68* (46) to help MI New York complete an eight-wicket victory with 14 balls to spare.
Chasing 159 for victory, the MINY opening duo of Quinton de Kock and Monank Patel got the team off to a fine start. Monank also had a reprieve when he was on 9 with Amshi de Silva dropping him at backward point off Adam Milne's bowling. de Kock and Monank put on 49 for the opening wicket before Amshi de Silva bowled the former with his very first delivery in the final over of the Powerplay.
Post the Powerplay, the scoring rate came down a touch with MI New York going through a period of 24 balls without a boundary. The dry run was broken in the 12th over as Nicholas Pooran took 16 runs off de Silva's bowling. In the next over, Hardus Viljoen did dismiss Monank with an in-swinging yorker to give some semblance of a hope to the Super Kings. The Super Kings' captain, Donovan Ferreira brought Akeal Hosein back into the attack for the 15th over and it turned out to be a long one with five wides as he tried to keep the ball away from Pooran and Kieron Pollard's arc.
The equation came down to 18 off 18 balls when Pooran started the over with a maximum. Meanwhile, Viljoen was removed from the attack after he bowled a second delivery over the waist. Pooran didn't let Wiaan Mulder get away with the remainder of the over as he cut loose and finished the game with 68* (46) to help MINY get their first win of the season.
Earlier in the match, Trent Boult set-up the match with two early wickets as he removed Smit Patel and Rilee Rossouw. Corbin Bosch made it three scalps in the Powerplay for MI New York as he got the better of Saiteja Mukkamalla in the sixth over as well. Milind Kumar and Shubham Ranjane stabilised the innings for the Super Kings with a 65-run stand before it was broken by Romario Shepherd as the former holed out to long-off. The Super Kings' skipper for the day, Ferreira also didn't add much to the score as Corbin Bosch dismissed him with a short delivery.
Ranjane still kept the Super Kings in the innings with a flurry of boundaries before he found the safe hands of Ryan Rickelton off Rushil Ugarkar to fall for 49. The Super Kings' innings derailed after that with Corbin Bosch and Trent Boult taking two and one wicket respectively. Boult was the one who finished off the innings too as he ran-out Amshi de Silva with the Super Kings posting 158/10 off 19.2 overs.