MINY vs WSF Preview | MINY aim playoffs with win against Washington Freedom in next game

ByUmesh Sharma,SportsCafe Editor

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The new ‘number four’ in the points table, MI New York, will take on the ‘number three’ Washington Freedom in the tournament’s 29th match. It will be a must-win game for New York to strengthen their chances of playoff qualification, having two consecutive wins to their name in the previous 2 games.

Nicholas Pooran’s men have made a good comeback with two consecutive wins against the LA Knight Riders in the last two games by the margins of 8 wickets and 6 runs, respectively. Now, they will take on the in-form Washington Freedom in the 29th match of the ongoing MLC 2025. This must-win game for MINY will be played at the Central Broward Regional Park Turf Stadium in New York.

On the contrary, Washington Freedom will be eyeing moving ahead in the tournament’s points table. A win in this game will propel them to the top spot in the tournament standings, with 16 points to their name. They are coming off four wins and a defeat in their last five games in the tournament’s current edition.

Form Guide

MINY: L L L W W

WSF: W W W L W

MINY vs WSF Head-to-Head in T20s

MI New York and Washington Freedom have played five games against each other in the history of Major League Cricket since the tournament’s inaugural edition in 2023. In these five games, Washington Freedom have won three games while MI New York has emerged victorious in two games. Both teams took on each other last time in the 11th game of the current season, in which WSF won by a narrow margin of 2 wickets.

MINY 70-30 WSF

Pitch and Weather

The surface at the Central Broward Regional Park Turf Stadium in Lauderhill is known for favouring the bowlers in the last couple of games, especially in the second half of the game. The chasing might be a tough task here to execute, as the average first-innings score has only been 142 runs. So, the toss-winning skipper might look ahead to batting first to defend the target in bowling-friendly conditions.

The weather will be quite cloudy, with some showers at the start of the game; the minimum temperature will be 26 degrees Celsius, alongside the maximum temperature of 32 degrees Celsius. The slight rain interruptions are expected to be there during the game.

Team News

MI New York will aim to field their unchanged playing their, without disturbing the winning combination of the last two games. Their bowling attack, led by the star pacer Trent Boult, might look the same in this all-important game against Washington Freedom.

On the other hand, Glenn Maxwell’s Washington Freedom will also look ahead to go with the same playing XI, with which they completely outplayed the Seattle Orcas in the last game by a big margin of 8 wickets. So, there could be hardly change in the playing XI of WSF in the game against MINY.

MINY Probable XI: Monank Patel, Quinton de Kock (WK), Nicholas Pooran (C), Tajinder Singh, Michael Bracewell, Kieron Pollard, George Linde, Trent Boult, Nostush Kenjige, Rushil Ugarkar, and Ehsan Adil.

WSF Probable XI: Andries Gous (WK), Mitchell Owen, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Maxwell (C), Glenn Phillips, Obus Pienaar, Jack Edwards, Mukhtar Ahmed, Ian Holland, Saurabh Netravalkar, and Lockie Ferguson