‘Kuch nhi hoga iss team ka’- Fans react as Los Angeles Knight Riders get knocked out of Major League Cricket after losing four back to back matches

Washington Freedom moved up to third place in the points table after defeating the Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) by six wickets in Major League Cricket on Thursday at Church Street Park in Morrisville. They are eliminated from the playoffs race after suffering their fourth consecutive defeat in the competition. LAKR was sent into bat after losing the toss, they put up a total of 175/7 on the board.

Saurabh Netravalkar found the first breakthrough for Washington Freedom when he trapped Jason Roy LBW in the fourth over. Soon after, Henriques dismissed Nitish Kumar and Unmukt Chand in the same over as the Knight Riders were in deep trouble at 38/3. Rilee Rossouw and Andre Russell put up a magnificent partnership of 86 runs from 47 balls taking the Knight Riders to 154/5 in 18.1 overs.

Washington Freedom openers shines 

Matthew Short got the Washington Freedom off to a flying start with two boundaries and a six in the opening over. Andries Gous added three boundaries and a six to his opening partner’s three boundaries and six to take Washington Freedom’s total to 34/0 in two overs. The opening batters hit a couple more boundaries as Washington Freedom reached 64/0 in five overs.

Andries Gous was bowled for 40 runs off 15 balls by Spencer Johnson in the sixth over, but Mukhtar Ahmed maintained the momentum on the Washington Freedom’s side with two consecutive boundaries off Adam Zampa in the eighth over. They lost Mukhtar Ahmed, Matthew Short and Glenn Phillips in quick succession.

Speaking after yet another defeat in MLC 2023, Knight Riders captain Sunil Narine lamented the lack of effectiveness of his bowlers in the powerplay, “I thought 175 was a good total. But they capitalized in the powerplay and took it away. We tried everything but it didn’t happen.” “We still have one game to go, we will see how things are. I’m enjoying batting, but our team results are an issue. Hope we can finish strong, finish with a win and have a glass of orange juice for that. We still have a good unit, need to keep backing ourselves.”

Here’s how fans reacted

https://twitter.com/imnath_lokesh/status/1682216420233609216?s=20

All knight rider frenchies change bolwing coach #removebolwingcoach

— Akash Bakshi (@AkashBa21540797) July 21, 2023

https://twitter.com/springtmarler/status/1682234033684779010?s=20

Worst team in tournament

— Sourabh tiwari (@sourabhsrk0206) July 21, 2023

Totally disappointed.. what's happening?

— Shailav (@Shailav_) July 21, 2023

Manhus log sirf haarne ke liye team banayi hai kya

— Eren Jaegar (@ANK_INDIAN) July 21, 2023

https://twitter.com/tjaudain/status/1682206166883893248?s=20

Agla match khelne mt jana vese bhi harna hi h

— Ashutosh Bajaj (@iamashubajaj) July 21, 2023