In the 16th match of Major League Cricket 2024, San Francisco Unicorns defeated MI New York by 3 runs and qualified for the playoffs. At the same time, with the defeat in this match, MI New York led by Kieron Pollard is on the verge of being eliminated from the tournament. In this match, after winning the toss, the Unicorns team decided to bat first.

Batting first, the Unicorns team could only score 148 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. However, at one time it seemed difficult for the Unicorns to reach the 100 mark as they lost their first 5 wickets at a score of just 33 and this was a time when it seemed that the match could slip out of the hands of the Unicorns but then Hassan Khan and captain Corey Anderson handled the innings and took the score beyond 100.

Hassan scored 44 runs in 35 balls before getting out while captain Corey Anderson remained unbeaten after scoring 59 runs in 37 balls. Due to the innings of these two, Unicorns put a respectable score of 148 runs on the scoreboard. On the other hand, Nosthus Kenjige and Trent Boult took 2-2 wickets in bowling for MI.

After this, MI, who came out to chase the target, also had a bad start and opener Ruben Clinton was dismissed in the second over without opening the account. However, after this, opener Dewald Brevis and Nicholas Pooran put their team ahead in the match by making a quick partnership of 77 runs for the second wicket. As long as these two were playing, it seemed that MI would win this match easily, but after the dismissal of Brevis (56), the MI team faltered and by the 20th over, they could score only 145 runs after losing 7 wickets. Apart from Brevis, Pooran also played a slow innings of 26 runs in 30 balls. Unicorns won this match by 3 runs and also became the second team to qualify for the playoffs, while Kieron Pollard's team is on the verge of being eliminated from the tournament with this defeat.