In Match 25 of the Major League Cricket season 2025, the San Francisco Unicorns won against Texas Super Kings by just 1 run in a thrilling finish with cool mindset and calm nature. Texas Super Kings won the toss and chose to bowl first. San Francisco’s captain Matthew Short played a calm and steady innings under pressure.

Batting first, San Francisco scored 148 for 6 in 20 overs. Matthew Short made a solid 80 runs from 63 balls. Hassan Khan added a quick 40 from 25 balls. Texas bowlers bowled well to keep the score down, with Marcus Stoinis took 3 wickets conceding 32 runs. Akeal Hosein (1/18) and Nandre Burger (1/28) were also very economical.

Chasing 149, Texas Super Kings fought hard but finished at 147 for 7 in 20 overs just 1 run short. Donovan Ferreira scored a fast 39 from 20 balls. Saiteja Mukkamalla (34 from 29) and Shubham Ranjane (28 from 27) also tried to keep the chase alive. But San Francisco bowlers took important wickets at the right time. Romario Shepherd and Brody Couch both took 2 wickets each for 26 runs, while Karima Gore bowled tightly with 1 for 25 to help seal the win in the last over.

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Twitter reactions after SFU wins 25th match of MLC 2025

✅ Another last ball thriller in the MLC - SFU win by 1 run!

📺 Watch live and exclusive on https://t.co/ktQmbfqs7H#MLC | #SFUvTSK pic.twitter.com/k7SnCA1gkw

— Willow TV US (@willowtv) July 5, 2025

On one side, TSK came in with just four bowlers and a part-timer bowling four overs, while Ranjane and Savage remained one-dimensional.
On the other side, SFU managed to defend 148 despite their main bowler Haris Rauf getting injured & going out of action after bowling a over!

— Jacob Martin (@Leg_shift_D) July 4, 2025

TSK bottling this game !!!

WAF or SFU will be the winner of this MLC

— Kunal Bishwal 🇦🇷 (@KunalBishwal07) July 4, 2025

TSK bottled an easy run chase & top 2 position 😭😭

Yes it was a game bw two best teams but that's where you show character man, should've chased this easily... pic.twitter.com/iYXVNO6Vrg

— Navneet 🚩 (@MSDian067) July 5, 2025

Match day 💛 #TSKvsSFU

Finally After 8th Matches TSK won toss 😭😭😭🥹

Choose Bowl 1st 🤞#WhistleForSuperKings pic.twitter.com/CeclOVBEld

— 𝑵𝑲𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒓🦚 (@Nkumaaaran) July 4, 2025

MLC is cooking 🔥

TSK lost today & WAF cooking for top 2, TSK will finish in top 2 only if they beat SO & also MINY beats WAF & if that happens MI will qualify eliminating SO 🥵🔥#MLC #MLC2025 pic.twitter.com/wsOCHaC4yb

— Navneet 🚩 (@MSDian067) July 5, 2025