In the 20th match of Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025, Seattle Orchus defeated Los Angeles Knight Riders by 5 wickets to win the second consecutive win and also hopes to move forward. Once again, his middle order batsman Shimron Hetmyer played an important role in the orkus victory and played an unbeaten 64 -run innings in 26 balls.
In a high-scoring match at the Grand Preary Stadium in Dallas, Shimron Hetmyer once again raised the senses of the opposition team with a sensational half-century. He completed the half -century off only 18 balls and got his name registered in the recordbook. His innings also included 4 fours and 6 sixes. He was awarded the second consecutive player of the match award for his innings.
Chasing a huge target of 203 runs, Shimron Hetmyer overturned the match. He completed his half -century off only 18 balls, making it the second fastest half -century in MLC history, which comes after 16 balls from Nicholas Puran in 2023. With this, Hetmyer surpassed Faf du Plessis, who finished second in 2024 by scoring a half -century in 19 balls.
Shimron Hetmyer takes stake player of the match for the second night in a row‼ ️@StakeInd x @Stakenewsindia pic.twitter.com/j4l7df9bu9
– Cognizant Major League Cricket (@MlCrick) June 29, 2025
Talking about this match, Knight Riders batting first scored 202 runs losing 4 wickets in the prescribed 20 overs and putting a difficult challenge in front of the orkus. The Team’s team was at 127/4 in the 13th over at one time but Hetmyer’s stormy batting completely changed the attitude of the match and their team achieved the target in 19.5 overs with one ball remaining.
