Chasing 216, MI New York were restricted to 193/5 and were reeling at reeling at 13/2, thanks to a double strike by Carmi le Roux.
Batting first after winning the toss, the Unicorns’ top order was rocked early by Kagiso Rabada and Trent Boult and were in a spot of bother at 22/3 in 3.1 overs.
Corey Anderson and Shadab Khan put up a 129-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
Anderson remained unbeaten on 91 in 52 balls (four boundaries and seven sixes) as the Unicorns posted a mammoth total of 215/5 in their 20 overs.
Dewald Brevis provided the much-needed impetus to MI New York’s innings with two fours and two sixes, but he was sent packing for 32 runs off 25 balls by Shadab Khan in the 9th over. MI New York were struggling at 64/3 in 8.4 overs.
Corey Anderson played a scintillating 91* runs off 52 balls to help the San Francisco Unicorns defeat MI New York by 22 runs in the second match of Major League Cricket at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas on Friday.
Nicholas Pooran struck two sixes off Chaitanya Bishnoi in the 11th over, but Liam Plunkett ended his innings in the very next over. Pooran scored 40 in 28 balls, consisting of two fours and three sixes.
Captain Kieron Pollard kept MI New York in the hunt when he smashed two sixes and a four off Le Roux’s bowling in the 15th over.
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But Plunkett sealed the deal for the Unicorns when he dismissed Pollard for 48 runs off 27 balls in the 18th over to reduce MI New York to 154/5 in 17.3 overs.
Tim David stayed unbeaten at 53* in 28 balls, with four boundaries and four sixes, but MI New York still fell short of a victory.
Plunkett (2/30) and Roux (2/39) were the pick of the bowlers for Unicorns.
(With agencies inputs)
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