Bowlers take TSK to top of the MLC 2026 table

Donovan Ferreira bowled a wicket-maiden and finished with 3-14 as Texas Super Kings bowlers powered their team to the top of the table with a commanding win over MI New York. Ferreira remained unbeaten on 18 to see the team through.

All six bowlers used by Faf du Plessis returned at least one wicket. MI New York were hamstrung early, losing Monank Patel, Ryan Rickelton and Tajinder Dhillon inside the Powerplay. Adam Milne took out Monank and Rickelton, while Dhillon fell to Hardus Viljoen after hitting the bowler for two sixes and a four. MI NY reached 50 in six overs but for the loss of three wickets.

A middle-order collapse saw Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard and Corey Anderson fall in quick succession, leaving MI NY at 64/7 in the 12th over. Lower-order stands revived them slightly: Sunny Patel and Corbin Bosch added 34 for the eighth wicket, then Patel combined with Trent Boult for a 19-run partnership for the ninth. Boult swung for the fences in the death overs, hitting a six and two fours in a 12-ball 18. The lower order managed 43 in the last five overs to push the team to 127/9.

That proved insufficient. Boult and Bosch started with two tidy overs but du Plessis got going against the New Zealand pacer in the third over with a six and a four. Rushil Ugarkar dismissed him in the fourth over, but TSK didn't lose further ground in the Powerplay, reaching 39/1.

Saiteja Mukkamalla hit a six off Sunny in the seventh over, but his stand with Rilee Rossouw wasn't rushed. They slowly took the team past six an over and were separated in the 10th over when Dhillon dismissed Mukkamalla. TSK moved along at the asking rate until Ferreira, Milind Kumar and Wiaan Mulder pushed the team past the finish line. Dhillon dismissed Milind (22 off 17) while Ugarkar took out Rossouw (18 off 23) and finished with 2-16.

TSK needed 29 off the last four overs when Boult returned. Ferreira welcomed him with a six then tonked one against Bosch. Ten runs off Boult and 11 off Bosch left TSK needing eight from the last two overs. Mulder finished it with a six against Anderson in the 19th over.

Brief Scores: MI New York 127/9 in 20 overs (Sunny Patel 26, Corbin Bosch 24, Trent Boult 18; Donovan Ferreira 3-14, Adam Milne 2-22) lost to Texas Super Kings 132/4 in 19 overs (Saiteja Mukkamalla 38; Rushil Ugarkar 2-16) by 6 wickets