Former India batsman Unmukt Chand Major League Cricket (MLC) is running in excellent form in 2025 and also continued his form in the 12th match of the tournament where he gave Los Angeles Knight Riders his first win. Chand scored an unbeaten innings of 86 runs in 58 balls in the match against Seattle Orchus and tasted his team the first win.
In this match, Heinrich Klassen won the toss and decided to bat first. Seattle orchs were at 47/1 after the powerplay overs. Aaron Jones had to struggle to set up a boundary in the middle overs, but somehow the Team team managed to reach 81/1 on the halfway stage. After this Andre Russell broke the partnership by dismissing Warner. Warner scored 38 runs in 28 balls before being dismissed. Kyle Mayors were dismissed for 14 runs in 12 balls before the slog over. Klassen came to the crease but could not harm them and Russell dismissed them on a single-designated score.
In the 17th over, Jones missed a half -century and scored 44 runs in 36 balls. Shimron Hetmyer scored 19 runs in 12 balls. He became the third victim of Russell’s day. Alexander Raza remained unbeaten scoring 16 runs in 12 balls and Seattle Orchus scored 177/6 in the prescribed 20 overs. The run chase of Knight Riders, chasing the target, had a poor start. Alex Hales and Nitish Kumar were dismissed for just one run.
However, in the meantime Unmukt Chand hit a few fours and scored the score of Knight Riders to 45/2 after the powerplay overs. After this, Saif Badar, along with Chand, fiercely raised the orkus bowlers. In the 11th over, Unmukt Chand beat Protiaz Pesar Garald Koetzi fiercely. He hit two sixes and two fours in the over. The opener completed his half -century off 38 balls. At the same time, Badar also attacked to reduce the required run rate. In the 16th over, Badar completed his half -century by hitting Raza and in the same over, he was dismissed for 54 off 32 balls. After this, Chand ensured his team’s victory by scoring 86 runs off 58 balls. He also hit 10 fours and four sixes in his innings. Let us know that this was the fourth consecutive defeat of Seattle Orchus. They are at the bottom of the points table.
