MLC 2025 Eliminator: MI New York edge past San Francisco Unicorns in a close match

In a do-or-die clash, MI New York won the toss and chose to bowl first against the San Francisco Unicorns. The Unicorns didn’t get off to a great start and kept losing wickets regularly. Only Xavier Bartlett showed some fight, smashing a quick 44 off 24 balls. Cooper Connolly (23 off 19) and Brody Couch (19 off 18) gave some support, but the rest of the batting didn’t click.

MI New York’s bowlers were disciplined throughout the innings. Rushil Ugarkar stood out with an excellent spell of 3 for 19 in just over three overs. Trent Boult and Nosthush Kenjige chipped in with two wickets each as San Francisco were bowled out for just 131 in 19.1 overs. The chase wasn’t easy for MI either. Quinton de Kock gave a strong start with 33 from 24 balls, and Monank Patel added another 33 off 32, openers gave their start. But things got tense in the middle when they lost quick wickets and the game suddenly opened up.

San Francisco’s Hassan Khan bowled beautifully, taking 4 wickets for 30 runs. Matthew Short also kept things tight, picking up 3 for 22. But just when things looked tough for MI, Trent Boult stepped up once again this time with the bat hitting a valuable 22 off 13 balls to take his team home.

MI New York finished at 132 for 8 in 19.3 overs and won the match by 2 wickets in the very crucial game. With this thrilling win, MI New York moved into the Challenger and kept their hopes alive in the tournament. Sadly for San Francisco Unicorns, their season ended here, despite a strong run in the league stage.

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Twitter reactions after MINY wins Eliminator match of MLC 2025

Lmao MINY cooked SFU 😭🤣🤣🤣

So far the best team of tournament got bundled out by a tema that won only 3 games out of 10 😭😭#MLC2025 #MLC pic.twitter.com/37umFgCDbA

— Navneet 🚩 (@MSDian067) July 10, 2025

4 wickets inside the PP
MINY unleashed their prime form in Knock Outs#MLC2025 #MLC pic.twitter.com/y2rjTww8vL

— Mumbai Indians FC (@MIPaltanFamily) July 10, 2025

MINY infact Trent Boult pulled off a absolute stunner.

MI NY survive absolute collapse and heading to Qualifier 2.#MLC2025 pic.twitter.com/OxQZMeIPY8

— SRG (@TweetbySRG) July 10, 2025

✅ MINY win in a thriller and qualify for the challenger!

📺 Watch live and exclusive on https://t.co/BzgRU9yN35#SFUvMINY | #MajorLeagueCricket|#MLC pic.twitter.com/cemVXDSJHs

— Willow TV US (@willowtv) July 10, 2025

MINY was 8 wicket gone and they need 21 off 12 still won , Boult won for MINY he smashed 2 six to hasan khan and MINY won in eliminator 💔 pic.twitter.com/fsiE7UaF66

— Satyajit (@duary_satyajit) July 10, 2025

Wow, Trent Boult! First time MINY beat a higher placed team in the season and the first win against Unicorns across three editions. And what a time to do it - the Eliminator. Sad way for Unicorns to exit after winning their first six games. #MLC2025

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) July 10, 2025

What a match. MINY win with just three balls to go. I thought 131 would have been caught easily but it was a fight to the end. https://t.co/X4b4geyadQ

— x- Maxx Grisz (@dagriszlybear) July 10, 2025