Watch: Pakistan-born American leg spinner Mohammad Mohsin picked two wickets off two balls, one of which involved pinning MI New York captain Kieron Pollard plumb in front first ball, to lead Texas Super Kings’ defence of 154.
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Batting first after winning the toss, Texas Super Kings had put up 154-7 at the Grand Prairie Stadium. Devon Conway led the way, scoring 74 off 55 balls, while Faf du Plessis was bowled off a high full toss by Kagiso Rabada for eight. Mitchell Santner chipped in with a crucial 13-ball knock of 27 towards the end.
New York lost opener Monank Patel for a duck but recovered quickly to set up a solid platform to launch towards the end. They brought down the target to 64 in 42 balls with seven wickets in hand.
Mohsin had bowled two overs by then, for 26 runs, 18 of which came in his second over – the 10th of the innings. Shayan Jahangir and Tim David were at the crease when he came on to bowl his third – the 14th of the innings.
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Jahangir failed to score off the first ball, and stepped out to hit the second. He ended up missing the ball and was stumped by a huge margin.
That wicket brought New York captain Pollard to the crease. Pollard has a weakness against balls targeted at the stumps by leg spinners. Mohsin played on that weakness, and caught him plumb in front of the very next ball, denting New York’s chances significantly.
He ended up giving just two runs in that over and gave eight more in his fourth to finish with figures of 2-36. Texas won by 17 runs, a major reason for which turned out to be Mohsin’s double-wicket over.
Watch Mohammad Mohsin take two in two, including pinning Pollard first ball to dent MI New York’s chances:
“OK GOOGLE-Y, GET ME TWO WICKETS!”🎙️
Mohammad Mohsin demonstrates the control of his SIGNATURE GOOGLY to get TWO massive wickets!♾ pic.twitter.com/K8N0RZF5NI
— Major League Cricket (@MLCricket) July 18, 2023
