MI New York vs Washington Freedom Major League Cricket Predictions - Defending champs to down the Freedom

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MI New York are the defending champs and once again have a powerful squad.
Washington Freedom lost their opening match of the season to the Orcas.
The Freedom played less than 24 hours ago which will give MI New York an edge in freshness.

Ryan Rickelton has been in good form with the bat (Getty Images).

MI New York vs Washington Freedom Predictions

A replay of last season’s final in which MI New York triumphed by five runs. MI New York will have the edge as the Freedom have come off a tough defeat in their opener that ended 18 hours before this clash with MI New York.

MI New York vs Washington Freedom Predictions
Head-to-Head
MI New York Form
Washington Freedom Form
Team news

MI New York’s Ryan Rickelton scored 448 runs (ave 40.72) in the 2026 IPL.
MI New York’s Quinton de Kock scored 112* against the Punjab Kings in the IPL.
MI New York’s Tristan Luus has figures of 3/16, 3/24 & 2/24 in his last 5 matches.
Washington Freedom’s Mark Chapman has scored 69*, 43 & 57 in his last 4 matches.
Washington Freedom’s Mitchell Owen scored 61 in the opener against the Orcas.
Washington Freedom’s Ian Holland has taken 4 two-fors in his last 5 matches.

Head-to-Head

MI New York have won one and lost four of their last five Major League Cricket matches against the Washington Freedom.

MI New York Form

MI New York won last season’s final by five runs against Washington Freedom, scoring 180/7 and restricting the Freedom to 175/5.

New recruit Ryan Rickelton has scored 123*, 37, 83 and 48 in his last seven knocks. Kieron Pollard has been scoring consistently in the middle order in franchise cricket, with scores of 28, 26, 44*, 28 and 20 in his last seven matches. Quinton de Kock has scored 59, 20, 47 and 112* in his last 10 innings.

Tristan Luus has picked up 10 wickets in his last five matches, while Corey Anderson picked up 3/17 in his last match in the EUT20 in Belgium.

Washington Freedom Form

The Freedom started their campaign by posting an impressive 216 off their 20 overs, only to see the Orcas chase their score down with more than two overs to spare.

Mark Chapman has scored 43-plus in three of his last four matches, while top-scorer Mitchell Owen has innings of 35 and 61 in his last three matches. South African-born Andries Gous has scored 67* and 35 in his last two knocks. Steven Smith scored 24 in the opener on the back of innings of 56, 106 and 30 in his previous four matches.

Marco Jansen picked up 1/52 (econ 13.00), but the best returns with the ball came from Saurabh Netravalkar (2/35) and Ian Holland (2/20, econ 5.45). No other bowlers tasted success with the ball as the Orcas raced to 219/5 off 17.4 overs. Holland has taken 2/35, 1/18, 2/35, 2/18 and 2/20 in his last five matches.

Team news

MI New York have brought in some powerful new talent as they look to defend their MLC title. Shakib Al Hasan is in as a temporary replacement for spinner Allah Ghazanfar, explosive all-rounder Corey Anderson joins from the San Francisco Unicorns, while top-order batter Ryan Rickelton joins from the Seattle Orcas where he scored 225 runs last season at an average of 45.00.

MI New York squad: Corey Anderson, Corbin Bosch, Trent Boult, Agni Chopra, Quinton de Kock, Faisal Khan Ahmadzai, Shakib Al Hasan, Nosthush Kenjige, Kunwarjeet Singh, Tristan Luus, Monank Patel, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Ryan Rickelton, Romario Shepherd, Sunny Patel, Tajinder Singh, Rushil Ugarkar.

Washington Freedom squad: Steven Smith (c), Amila Aponso, Asif Mehmood, Mark Chapman, Nikhil Chaudhary, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Lockie Ferguson, Andries Gous, Ian Holland, Marco Jansen, Glenn Maxwell, Lahiru Milantha, Mukhtar Ahmed, Saurabh Netravalkar, Mitchell Owen, Abhishek Paradkar, Obus Pienaar, Rachin Ravindra, Yasir Mohammad.

Verdict

MI New York v Washington Freedom

MI New York are tipped to win, with Mark Chapman, Ian Holland and Ryan Rickelton backed to star with bat and ball.

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