News Update
Tezzbuzz|13-07-2024
Rachin Ravindra vs Imad Wasim: In the eighth match of Major League Cricket 2024, Washington Freedom defeated Seattle Orcas by 5 wickets. The heroes of Washington Freedom's victory in this match were the team's bowlers. Lockie Ferguson and Saurabh Netravalkar together created havoc in the opposition team. Ferguson took 4 wickets for just 26 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, Saurabh Netravalkar took 3 wickets for 18 runs in 3.4 overs.
Washington got a target of 125 runs to win, which they achieved by losing 5 wickets in 18.2 overs. In this match, star batsmen like Travis Head and Glen Maxwell did not perform well, but Rachin Ravindra left no stone unturned to loot the match with his batting. After Head was out in the first over, Ravindra took charge and looted 18 runs by taking Imad Wasim on remand in the third over of the innings.
In this over of Imad, Ravindra smashed a total of 18 runs including two sixes and 1 four and gave his team a stormy start in the powerplay. However, after a good start, Ravindra could not play a big innings and was dismissed by Nandre Berger after scoring 26 runs in 16 balls.
For Washington Freedom, apart from Rachin Ravindra (26), Lahiru Milantha (33) and Obas Pienaar (31) also played brilliant innings and led their team to victory in 18.2 overs. For Seattle Orcas, Nandre Berger was the most successful bowler who took 2 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs. Imad Wasim, Cameron Gannon and Harmeet Singh also took one wicket each. This is the second win of Washington Freedom in 3 matches in the tournament and they are at the top with 5 points. On the other hand, Seattle Orcas are at the last i.e. sixth position with one win and two losses in 3 matches.