Saurabh Netravalkar. We haven't forgotten him. How can we forget him? In the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2024, Saurabh Netravalkar of Indian origin made more headlines with his performance than the USA team. This left-handed medium pacer was seen winning matches for America in the T20 World Cup 2024 on his own. And, now he is seen doing the same thing in Major League Cricket. Here he made his name recognized on the same pitch on which Faf du Plessis scored a stormy century.

Now the question is what did Saurabh Netravalkar do in Major League Cricket i.e. MLC 2024? So the match was between two teams playing in the American T20 League - Texas Super Kings and Washington Freedom. Due to the interference of rain, this match could not reach its conclusion. But, before that the clash between Faf du Plessis and Saurabh Netravalkar was seen entertaining the fans a lot.

Du Plessis first made a record with Conway

Texas Super Kings captain Faf du Plessis, who came to bat first in the match, opened the innings as usual. He first made the biggest partnership of 109 runs with Devon Conway. Biggest because this is the record of partnership for any wicket for Texas Super Kings. Conway was out after scoring 39 runs but Du Plessis' attack continued on the bowlers of Washington Freedom.

Du Plessis scored a century, Saurabh Netravalkar did a great job

Faf du Plessis scored 100 runs facing 58 balls. That is, he hit a century and thus became the player to score the highest individual score for Texas Super Kings in MLC. This explosive innings of Du Plessis included 12 fours and 5 sixes. Du Plessis could not go beyond 100 runs because Saurabh Netravalkar did not let this happen and showed him the way to the dugout by taking his wicket.

Saurabh Netravalkar proved his mettle

Washington Freedom tried 6 bowlers in the match against Texas Super Kings. But only one of them was Saurabh Netravalkar who was able to make an impact. He took 2 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs and was the most successful bowler of the team. Not only in terms of wickets but also in excellent economy. Netravalkar's economy was 8.25.

Thanks to Du Plessis' century, Texas Super Kings had scored 203 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Now, in front of the target of 204 runs, Washington Freedom also made a great start. They added 62 runs in the first 4 overs but after that the match stopped and never started again and the match remained inconclusive.