Texas Super Kings produced a fantastic display with the ball to defeat MI New York by 17 runs in the seventh match of Major League Cricket at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas on Monday.
Somerset skipper Lewis Gregory heaped praise on his bowlers who played a crucial role in the T20 Vitality Blast final against Essex on Saturday. The New Zealand duo of Matt Henry and Ish Sodhi guided Somerset to their first T20 Blast title since 2005.
Essex skipper Simon Harmer hailed his team's fighting spirit after ending up on the losing side against Somerset in the T20 Vitality Blast final on Saturday.
Somerset managed to hold onto their nerves as they ended an 18-year wait for a second T20 title by defeating Essex in the final of the Vitality T20 Blast on Saturday.
Sams, who presently plays for the Sydney Thunder in the BBL, has played 10 T20Is for Australia, the most of which came against England just before last year's World Cup, and is currently with the Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL, where he has yet to participate. He will play for Essex in the
Arjun ended with a spell of 1/48 in three overs with an economy rate of 16. He has the second-most expensive over by an MI bowler in IPL, next to Daniel Sams, who gave away 35 runs against KKR. He was hit for 31 runs in the 16th over of the PBKS innings.
In 113 T20s, Sams has scored 1,055 runs at an average of 15.28. He has five half-centuries and best score of 98*. He also has 131 wickets in the format
With this win, the Renegades are at the second place in points table with four points and two wins in two games. Thunder are at fifth position with two points and one wins in three matches
MI has retained most of its core players like Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Jofra Archer and Jasprit Bumrah. Also, with the future in their mind, the side has retained some exciting young talent like Tilak Verma, Tim David, Dewald Brevis and Tristan Stubbs.
Mitch Starc (knee), Mitch Marsh (ankle), and Marcus Stoinis (side) have all been ruled out of the tour, and Nathan Ellis, Daniel Sams, and Sean Abbott have been added to the squad in their place. David Warner was already unavailable since he was provided with a break.