Washington Freedom are favourites backed by a strong head-to-head record against a resilient MI New York side.
Key Stats - MI in Poor Form
- MI New York has lost 3 of their last 5 matches.
- MI New York’s Trent Boult has taken 11 wickets in his last 6 T20 matches.
- MI New York’s Nicholas Pooran has scored 86, 19, 19, 20, and 16 in his last 5 matches.
- Washington Freedom has won 4 of the last 5 matches.
- Washington Freedom’s Steve Smith has scores of 46, 56, and 40* in his last 5 innings.
- Washington Freedom’s Andries Gous has scored 96, 9, and 37 in his last 3 innings.
- Washington Freedom’s Mitchell Owen took 8 wickets in his last 5 matches.
- Washington Freedom has won 4 of the last 5 meetings with MI New York.
Freedom Dominant
Washington Freedom lead 4-1 in their last five matches against MI New York.
MI New York Three Losses in last Five
MI New York lost to Washington Freedom by five wickets with nine balls remaining at Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas.
After losing early wickets, captain Nicholas Pooran anchored the team with a blistering 86 runs off 44 balls supported by Kunwarjeet Singh, who scored 26 off 20 deliveries.
Trent Boult has taken 11 wickets in his last six T20 matches and Nicholas Pooran has scored 86, 19, 19, 20, and 16 in his last five matches.
Washington Freedom Dominated MI NY in their last Match
Washington Freedom pulled off a five-wicket win over MI New York with nine balls to spare in their previous match in Dallas. Chasing a target of 188, the Freedom recovered from an early collapse to win comfortably.
The Freedom slipped to 13/2 in 2.2 overs, losing Mitchell Owen and Steve Smith early. A match-winning 116-run partnership off 68 balls between Rachin Ravindra (60 off 30 balls) and Andries Gous (96*) carried the Freedom over the line.
Steve Smith has scores of 46, 56, and 40* in his last five knocks and Andries Gous has scored 96, 9, and 37 in his last three innings.
Mitchell Owen took 3/19, 1/25, 2/30 and 2/19 in his last five matches and Ben Dwarshuis picked up a total of nine wickets across his last five T20 matches.
Predicted Lineups
MI New York (probable XI): Quinton de Kock, Monank Patel, Nicholas Pooran (c), Kunwarjeet Singh Ballagan, Kieron Pollard, Shakib Al Hasan, Romario Shepherd, Rushil Ugarkar, Trent Boult, Ehsan Adil, Nosthush Kenjige.
Washington Freedom (probable XI): Steve Smith (c), Rachin Ravindra, Andries Gous, Mark Chapman, Glenn Maxwell, Obus Pienaar, Marco Jansen, Ian Holland, Ben Dwarshuis, Lockie Ferguson, Saurabh Netravalkar.