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In the eliminator match of Major League Cricket (MLC 2026), the cricket world saw such a historic and hair-raising scene, which has turned all the old books of the history of T20 cricket upside down. In this great match played on the ground of Oakland Coliseum, the teams of Washington Freedom and MI New York were face to face. This match has been considered one of the most exciting and record-breaking matches of the shortest format in the world, where such a tsunami of runs came that surprised everyone. Oakland’s Run Bazaar: MI New York’s huge score due to the aggressive batting of Nicholas Pooran and Kieron Pollard. At the beginning of the match, MI New York, batting first, rained fours and sixes all around the field. Openers Monank Patel and Quinton de Kock may have missed playing big innings, but after this, explosive batsman Nicholas Pooran, who came to the crease, created havoc on the field. Facing just 33 balls, Puran played an unbeaten century of 106* runs, on the basis of which the team scored a mountain of runs on the scoreboard. Supporting him, experienced Kieron Pollard also played a brilliant inning of 64 runs in just 25 balls. MI New York scored a huge total of 266 runs in the first innings, which became the highest score in T20 history. During this innings, MI New York batsmen hit a total of 29 sixes, which is a new record for the most number of sixes hit by any team in any T20 innings. After the first innings, everyone felt that it would be impossible for Washington Freedom to reach this target, but they had no idea what was going to happen next. Miraculous storm of Steve Smith and Andries Gaus: When the bowlers were dwarfed in front of the mountain of runs Washington Freedom, chasing the seemingly impossible target of 267 runs, had a very bad start and in the very first over of the innings, Mitchell Owen returned to the pavilion after scoring only 1 run. After this, former Australian captain Steve Smith and Andries Gaus, who came to the crease, took charge and changed the course of the match. Experienced Steve Smith, while playing the captaincy innings, stunned the New York bowlers and played a brilliant century of unbeaten 110* runs in 48 balls, which included 7 fours and 9 skyscraper sixes. He was supported by Andries Gaus, who played a historic inning of 132 runs in just 51 balls, hitting shots in every corner of the ground. No bowler in the world could stand before the storm of these two batsmen. All the records of T20 cricket destroyed: 51 sixes match and the biggest successful run chase. When the cricket pundits had assumed that the match was completely out of hand, then the batsmen of Washington Freedom performed a miracle. The team achieved this seemingly impossible mountain-like target of 267 runs in just 18.4 overs and registered a historic victory with 6 wickets remaining. A total of 51 sixes were hit in this match, which is the first and only world record for more than 50 sixes being hit in any T20 match. It also became the biggest successful run chase in the entire history of T20 cricket, keeping Washington Freedom’s dream of winning the title still alive. After this sensational win, Washington Freedom will now face San Francisco Unicorns in the second eliminator match on July 17, where fans are once again expecting an exciting match.