WATCH: Faf du Plessis takes spectacular catch to dismiss Tim David during MLC 2023 match between Texas Super Kings and MI New York

Skipper Faf du Plessis took a splendid for Texas Super Kings (TKS) during match number 7 of the ongoing Major League Cricket 2023 against MI New York (MINY) to dismiss Tim David. TKS already had the upper hand in the match as MINY needed 21 runs off the last over to win chasing 155 runs. As David had no other option other than going for a big hit, he tried to take on Daniel Sams in the first ball of the over but ended up mistiming the ball and Du Plessis did no mistake in taking a spectacular catch near the 30-yard circle to give TSK the seventh breakthrough.

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Talking about the match, TSK registered their second win of the season in three matches after defeating MINY by 17 runs. Batting first, TSK posted a total of 154 runs for the loss of 7 wickets, powered by the half-century Devon Conway. In reply, MINY could only reach 137 runs in their 20 overs losing 8 wickets.

Faf du Plessis was the first TKS batter to get back to the pavilion at the score of 20 runs in 2.5 overs after Kagiso Rabada struck to give MI the first breakthrough. After a few overs, MI got a second breakthrough as the skipper Kieron Pollard sent Cody Chetty back to the pavilion. After that, Conway and David Miller took the innings further and put up a partnership of 54 runs for the third wicket.

Miller got out after scoring 17 runs off 15 balls before getting out in the 16th over. While, Conway scored 74 runs off 55 balls hitting eight fours and a maximum before Rashid Khan cleared his stumps in the 17th over. Mitchell Santner played a quickfire knock of 27 runs off 13 balls in the end as TSK go past 150 runs. For MINY, Trent Boult and Kagiso Rabada took 2-2 wickets, while Kieron Pollard and Rashid Khan shared a wicket each.

Chasing the winning total, MINY kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Shayan Jahangir was the top scorer as he got out after scoring 41 runs off 38 balls hitting five boundaries. Apart from him, none of the batters could score big as MI fell short of 17 runs from TSK’s total. For TSK, Daniel Sams and Mohammad Mohsin took 2-2 wickets. While, Rusty Theron, Dwayne Bravo and Zia Ul Haq Muhammad.