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MLC 2026: The records of Suryakumar Yadav and Shreyas Iyer have been broken in Major League Cricket. The record made by both Indian batsmen together has been broken by Andreas Goss and Steve Smith. Mumbai Indians New York faced Washington Freedom in Eliminator 1 of the tournament. In this match, such rapid runs were scored that there was a flood of records. In the match, Mumbai Indians New York, batting first, scored the highest total in the history of MLC. It scored 266 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs, in which the 30-ball century scored by its captain Nicholas Pooran played a big role. It was difficult for Washington Freedom to chase the league’s highest score. But, the way Andreas Goss and Steve Smith found the solution to overcome that difficult challenge was commendable.
Andreas Goss and Steve Smith blasted
Washington Freedom got off to a bad start. Against the record target of 267 runs, his 2 wickets fell for 10 runs. But, what happened after that has been recorded in history. Andreas Goss and Steve Smith together gave a befitting reply to MI New York. Both scored stormy centuries. Even if his century was not as fast as Nicholas Pooran’s century. But he definitely had the edge to chase MLC’s biggest score while pushing MI New York into defeat.
Both completed their century in 40-40 balls.
Andreas Goss scored 132 runs in 51 balls with 12 sixes and 10 fours at a strike rate of 258.82. During this, he completed his century in 40 balls. Whereas Steve Smith scored unbeaten 110 runs in 48 balls at a strike rate of 229.16, which included 9 sixes and 7 fours. Like Goss, Smith also completed his century on the 40th ball.
Records of Suryakumar Yadav and Shreyas Iyer broken
There was a partnership of 241 runs between Andreas Goss and Steve Smith, which is a world record for the largest partnership for the third wicket in T20. Earlier this record was in the names of Suryakumar Yadav and Shreyas Iyer of India. Both of them, while playing for Mumbai in T20 against Sikkim in 2019, made a partnership of 213 runs for the third wicket.
On the basis of the record partnership of Andreas Goss and Steve Smith, Washington Freedom scored 270 runs for 4 wickets in just 18.4 overs. In this way, they won the match by 6 wickets with 8 balls remaining.
