Akil Hussain took a hat-trick, yet the team lost. (Photo- MLC 2026)
Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom: In the 13th match of Major League Cricket (MLC) 2026, a hair-raising drama was witnessed in the thrilling match between Texas Super Kings and Washington Freedom. The result of this match came on the last ball of the last over. Washington Freedom needed only 6 runs from the last 6 balls to win the match, where Texas Super Kings’ magical spinner Akil Hussain hit a hat-trick by taking three consecutive wickets and created panic in the Washington camp. But despite this historic performance, Texas Super Kings had to face a heart-breaking defeat.
Super Kings scored big
Batting first, Texas Super Kings scored 185 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. During this, Donovan Ferreira played brilliant innings of 44 not out and Vian Mulder played brilliant innings of 43 not out and scored a lot of runs in the last overs. At the same time, Nikhil Chaudhary bowled amazingly for Washington and took maximum 2 wickets in his name.
all the thrill of the last over
Washington Freedom had a great start while chasing the target of 186 runs. Mitchell Owen played a explosive inning of 77 runs in 35 balls and made a partnership of 91 runs with Steven Smith. But due to continuous fall of wickets in the middle, the match reached an exciting turn. In the last over, Washington needed 6 runs and 4 wickets were left. Akil Hussain started the over with a dot ball and then did wonders. He completed the first hat-trick in MLC history by dismissing Marco Janson, Amila Aponso and Asif Mahmood in three consecutive balls. After this hat-trick, the match seemed to be in the hands of Texas.
6 runs were needed from the last two balls and number 11 batsman Lockie Ferguson was at the crease. But after a leg bye run on the 5th ball, Nikhil Chaudhary sent Hussain’s ball over midwicket for a six on the last ball. This six changed the result of the match and Washington Freedom registered a thrilling victory by one wicket. During this, Nikhil Chaudhary became the hero of the match by scoring unbeaten 27 runs on 19 balls and was also selected as Player of the Match. At the same time, despite this brilliant bowling, Akil Hussain could not lead his team to victory.
