MLC 2026: Texas Super Kings defeated San Francisco Unicorns by 22 runs, Amashi de Silva’s lethal bowling and direct hit turned the match.

In the exciting season of Major League Cricket (MLC 2026), ‘Texas Super Kings’ (TSK) have defeated ‘San Francisco Unicorns’ (SFU) by 22 runs on the basis of their tough and disciplined bowling. In the 8th match of this tournament played at the Oakland Coliseum, Texas Super Kings, batting first, scored a challenging score of 161 runs. In reply, the team of San Francisco Unicorns, chasing the target of 162 runs, could not stand in front of the deadly bowling of Texas and was completely reduced to just 139 runs in 17.4 overs. With this explosive win, Texas Super Kings have registered their second big win in the season. Amashi de Silva’s storm: 4 wickets and a surprising run out In this match against San Francisco Unicorns, 24-year-old young fast bowler Amashi de Silva emerged as the biggest and brightest hero of the victory of Texas Super Kings. Chasing the target of 162 runs, the San Francisco team started aggressively, but the Texas bowlers kept the pressure on them by taking wickets at regular intervals. Especially within the powerplay (first 6 overs), the Unicorns lost their three main wickets. Amashi de Silva gave the first blow to San Francisco by dismissing dangerous batsman Finn Allen in the very first over of his quota. After this, in the fifth over of the innings, he once again showed the power of his fiery balls and by taking two more wickets in the same over, he completely broke the back of the top order of the Unicorns. De Silva took 4 important wickets for a total of 28 runs in this match. Apart from bowling, Amashi de Silva, with his cheetah-like agility on the field, made a run-out which forced the spectators sitting in the stadium and even the commentators to sit tight. During the innings, Sanjay Krishnamurthy played a shot towards the boundary, where Amashi de Silva, while running on the boundary line, not only stopped the ball from hitting a four, but also hit such a direct hit (direct throw) at lightning speed from there that Sanjay Krishnamurthy did not get a chance to return to the crease and had to look for the way to the pavilion. Amashi de Silva was awarded the title of ‘Player of the Match’ for this lethal all-round fielding and bowling performance. Earlier, Texas Super Kings, who came to bat first after losing the toss in the match, had a very solid and explosive start with the bat of captain Faf du Plessis and Donavan Ferreira. Captain Faf du Plessis and young batsman Saiteja Mukkamulla together made a strong opening partnership of 72 runs for the first wicket. During this, Captain Du Plessis was seen in a very aggressive mood and facing just 24 balls, he played a quick inning of 40 runs, which included 2 brilliant fours and 3 skyscraper sixes. After the dismissal of the opening pair, some wickets of Texas fell quickly in the middle order, due to which the team was looking in trouble at one time. At such a critical moment, Donavan Ferreira came to the crease and took charge. Taking command of the opposition bowlers in the last overs, Ferreira played a stormy and unbeaten inning of 45 runs with the help of 4 sixes in just 28 balls. It was thanks to this last burst of Ferreira that Texas Super Kings managed to reach a respectable and fighting total of 161 runs in the stipulated 20 overs, which later became the main basis of their victory.