Powell and Munro fire the Knight Riders past Texas Super Kings
Rovman Powell’s 27-ball blitz and Colin Munro’s unbeaten fifty gunned down Texas Super Kings’ 173 with eight balls to spare in Pomona.
Jul 4, 2026
The Los Angeles Knight Riders turned a tricky assignment into a canter on Friday night, chasing down Texas Super Kings’ 173 with eight balls to spare for a six-wicket win in Pomona. Rovman Powell did most of the damage, and by the time he was done the contest had effectively stopped being one.
Powell picks apart the Super Kings
Powell walked in with the chase still there to be won and reached fifty off just 18 balls. He was gone soon after for 73 from 27, but the tempo he set never dropped. The over that broke Texas came from Adam Milne, who was carted for 26 in a single set of six, three fours and two sixes flying to all parts as the required rate melted away.
His stand with Colin Munro was the innings. The pair put on 107 in only 41 balls for the fourth wicket, the highest partnership the Knight Riders have managed for that wicket in T20 cricket, beating the 81 Andre Russell and Saif Badar shared. Munro was the calmer of the two and finished unbeaten on 55, happy to work the gaps while Powell took the bowling apart at the other end.
Texas left to rue a total that looked par
Faf du Plessis’ side had done little wrong with the bat. Their 173 for 5 read like a competitive score on a ground hosting its first Major League Cricket fixture of the season, and on most nights it would have been enough. It was not the total that let them down so much as a chase they could not slow once Powell found his range.
When Powell finally fell, Jason Holder strolled in and knocked off the remainder without fuss, finishing on 8 not out as Munro guided the Knight Riders home. The eight deliveries to spare flattered Texas slightly, given how one-sided the middle overs had felt.
A statement in the chase
Run chases have decided plenty in this MLC season, and few have been settled as emphatically as this one. The Knight Riders will take just as much from the manner of it as the result, having found in Powell and Munro a middle order capable of flipping a game inside a handful of overs. Texas, for their part, will wonder how a total that felt safe at the innings break came apart so quickly under lights.