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Chennai Super Kings opener Devon Conway and Gujarat Titans batsman David Miller combined to guide Texas Super Kings to a massive 69-run win over Los Angeles Knight Riders in the opening match of the Major League Cricket tournament at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Thursday. CSK and GT were earlier finalists of IPL 2023, with MS Dhoni’s Chennai team winning a record-equalling fifth title.
CSK’s associate franchise Texas Super Kings have now got off to a winning start. Devon Conway got the Texas Super Kings off to a flying start with three fours in the first over, however, Lockie Ferguson dismissed skipper Faf du Plessis on the first ball of the second over. The Knight Riders bowlers continued to shine as Ali Khan dismissed Lahiru Milantha for 17 off 14 balls in the sixth over.
But after this, two experienced campaigners, Conway and David Miller changed the momentum of the match through a partnership of 77 runs in just 49 balls. Conway took the lead against fast bowler Corny Dry and hit him for two fours in the seventh over, before Miller also hit Dry for two fours in the ninth over. Miller scored maximum runs in the tenth, eleventh and thirteenth overs to take the Super Kings to 113/2 in 13 overs.
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— Texas Super Kings (@TexasSuperKings) 14 July 2023
The Texas franchise continued to lose wickets at regular intervals after Adam Zampa fell victim to Conway’s brilliant 37-ball 55 in the fourteenth over. However, Mitchell Santner and Dwayne Bravo hit four sixes each in the last few overs to help the Super Kings post a formidable 181/6 in their 20 overs.
Texas Super Kings registered a 69-run win over Los Angeles Knight Riders in the first match thanks to a brilliant 4/8 from all-rounder Mohammad Mohsin. The Super Kings scored 181/6 in 20 overs and then bundled out the Knight Riders for 112 runs in just 14 overs.
The Knight Riders found it difficult to get their innings going from the start as fast bowler Rusty Theron dismissed Martin Guptill and Riley Rossouw in the very first over. Calvin Savage and Gerald Coetzee supported Theron’s effort by sending Nitish Kumar and Unmukt Chand to the pavilion in quick succession. Knight Riders were 20/4 in the fourth over.
West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell gave the Knight Riders a glimmer of hope by hitting Coetzee for a six and two fours in the fourth over, however, they kept losing partners at the other end. Captain Sunil Narine and Russell put the Knight Riders in a good position at 103/5 at the end of the eleventh over, however, Mohsin took two wickets in the twelfth over to bring the Super Kings back into the game.
Dwayne Bravo put the final nail in the coffin when he dismissed Russell for 55 off 34 balls in the thirteenth over with the Knight Riders 73 runs away from the target. Mohsin sealed the match by taking the wickets of Adam Zampa and Lockie Ferguson in the very next over.
Brief Score: Texas Super Kings 181/6 (David Miller 61, Devon Conway 55, Lockie Ferguson 2/23) bt Los Angeles Knight Riders 112 by 69 runs in 14 overs (Andre Russell 55, Jaskaran Malhotra 22, Mohd Mohsin 4/8)
