Texas Super Kings Score Big to Beat Washington Freedom

In Match 23 of the 2025 Major League Cricket, Texas Super Kings defeated Washington Freedom by 43 runs at the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill. Rain delayed the start, so the game was cut down to just 5 overs per side, with a 2-over powerplay.

Washington Freedom won the toss and chose to bowl first. But Texas Super Kings took full advantage of the short game and take advantage to win the game. They scored an impressive 87 runs for 2 wickets in 5 overs. Shubham Ranjane was the star, hitting 39 runs from 14 balls. Donovan Ferreira smashed 37 runs off only 9 balls, while Daryl Mitchell added 6 runs. Washington’s Saurabh Netravalkar took 1 wicket but gave away 30 runs in his 2 overs.

Chasing 88 runs was too much for Washington Freedom. They ended at 44 runs for 4 wickets in their 5 overs. Glenn Phillips tried hard with 18 runs from 11 balls. Rachin Ravindra made 10 runs off 4 balls, and Mitchell Owen scored 7 off 6. Texas Super Kings’ bowlers did a great job.

Nandre Burger took 2 wickets for 12 runs in 1 over. Noor Ahmad picked up 1 wicket for 14 runs, and Akeal Hosein took 1 wicket for 18 runs in his 2 overs. Texas Super Kings played better in all departments and walked away with a clear and important win.

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Twitter reactions after TSK wins 23th match of MLC 2025

TSK after 3 overs - 34/1
TSK after 5 overs - 87/2

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53 runs scored in just 2 overs in this rain-affected five overs per side match in #MLC2025 pic.twitter.com/AqZMMGg0T7

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) July 3, 2025

Rachin Failed and TSK Won 😛👌 What a Day To Be Alive 💛 pic.twitter.com/jqDZ8ZIn8X

— Junaid Khan (@JunaidKhanation) July 3, 2025

TSK WON THE MATCH BY 43 RUNS 💛

DONOVAN FERREIRA SCORED 37*(9) pic.twitter.com/07d8jXSrfl

— Abhinav MSDian™ (@Abhinav_hariom) July 3, 2025

The only way TSK could have won WF & it happened 🥹 pic.twitter.com/NzDfJzkSyY

— Jacob Martin (@Leg_shift_D) July 3, 2025

TSK won against Top 2 team 🥵🥵🥳#MLC2025 #TSKvWF pic.twitter.com/9oyALIDTm1

— Vibhavan (@Vibhavan07) July 3, 2025

TSK winning and qualified MINY not doing good what a day to celebrate pic.twitter.com/LUpHHFxO49

— Roxxstarrr.. (@Weirdo___777___) July 3, 2025

We won the match, but whose strategy was it to send this Motta up the order ahead of Ferreira and Savage in a 5-over match? #TSK #TSKvWF #MLC pic.twitter.com/gYiFTxrUIZ

— Madhan (@mersalmadhan06) July 3, 2025

A cameo at its best. 9 balls, 5 sixes, strike rate above 400; enough to destroy opponent team bowlers and their hope to make a comeback in the match. Donovan Ferreira, Texas Super Kings (TSK) star batter, chose to go berserk against Washington Freedom (WAF) in a 5-over match.

In game 23 of MLC 2025, only 5 overs allotted for the TSK vs. WAF match were filled with high-end entertainment for the crowd from the beginning. Texas Super Kings was in full control from the initial stage of the contest; Ferreira took it to another level. He faced 9 deliveries and delivered an unbeaten 37-run knock, powered by five 6s. In the process, Washington Freedom all-rounder Mitchell Owen proved the most expensive bowler of the night.

In his two overs, Owen leaked 39 runs in total. His teammate, Jack Edwards, produced a 17.00 economy rate in his one over bowling. Donovan Ferreira was well backed by his Super Kings comrade Shubham Ranjane. Ranjane took only 14 balls to bag an unbeaten 39-run innings. With the help of these two batters, the team from Texas put 87/2 on the scoreboard in 5-over limit. Glenn Maxwell led Washington and found nothing to match with their opponent. WAF within the 5-over quota 44 and lost 4 scalps. Maxwell showed pure disappointment after the match.

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A 106m six to depict the innings 

During the post-match presentation he said, "If we were able to change the team, we probably would have. TSK had two world-class spinners in their XI, while we had two all-rounders."

The hero of the match, Donovan Ferreira, said that it's never nice to take a player off, but luckily for them, it paid off. Closes by saying that the 106m hit looked bigger. 

Watch the 106m six here

DONOVAN FERREIRA MADNESS IN THE FINAL OVER - 6,6,6,2,2,6 🥶 pic.twitter.com/6OvgMAD368

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 3, 2025