Super Kings vs Seattle Orcas MLC Predictions - Super Kings to start MLC 2026 with big win

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The Texas Super Kings have a power-packed batting and bowling line-up.
Seattle Orcas lost seven of 10 matches last season.
The Orcas have never beaten the Super Kings in the three seasons of MLC.

Donovan Ferreira is one of the deadliest six-hitters in world cricket (Getty Images).

Texas Super Kings vs Seattle Orcas Predictions

The Texas Super Kings won seven of their 10 matches last season to finish in second spot on the table. They have a powerful squad lined-up as they look to make it to the final for the first time.

Texas Super Kings vs Seattle Orcas Predictions
Head-to-Head
Texas Super Kings Form
Seattle Orcas Form
Team news

Texas Super Kings’ Donovan Ferreira has hit 192 sixes in 132 T20 innings.
Texas Super Kings’ Faf du Plessis has scored 12,041 runs in T20s (ave 32.80).
Texas Super Kings’ Keshav Maharaj has taken 7 wickets in 5 matches, including figures of 2/25 & 2/22.
Texas Super Kings have won 3 out of 3 matches against the Orcas.
Seattle Orcas’ Matthew Breetzke has scored 3,549 runs in T20s (ave 29.33).
Seattle Orcas’ Marcus Stoinis has scored 62*, 40, 28 & 37 in his last 5 knocks.
Seattle Orcas’ Lungi Ngidi has figures of 2/24 & 3/27 in his last 2 matches.

Head-to-Head

Texas Super Kings have won all three of their previous matches against the Seattle Orcas.

Texas Super Kings Form

The Super Kings have finished in the top three in all three of the MLC seasons but have yet to make it through to the final.

Faf du Plessis is in good form with the bat, scoring 47, 44, 39, 21 & 53 in his last six completed innings. Donovan Ferreira has had limited batting time in recent matches but has smashed 20, 33, 52*, 47*, 16*, 18, 12 and 38* in his last 10 matches. He is also the batter backed by the bookies to hit the most sixes in the match having hit 19 sixes in his nine innings in the MLC last season.

Nandre Burger has figures of 2/43, 2/26 & 1/35 in his last 3 matches while Keshav Maharaj has picked up at least one wicket in each of his last five matches, including two two-fors.

Seattle Orcas Form

The Orcas topped the table in the inaugural MLC season in 2023 but lost to MI New York in the final. In the last two seasons they have finished in 5th and 6th spots in the six-team league.

Matthew Breetzke has scored 66, 68*, 91* and 121* in his last 10 innings, while Marcus Stoinis has been in great form with the bat and has amassed 7,503 runs in T20Is at an average of 29.89. Shehan Jayasuriya has scored 26, 113* and 34 in his last four matches.

Ottneil Baartman has taken 2/30, 2/33, 3/17 and 1/31 in his last four whiteball matches, while Ali Sheikh has figures of 2/22, 2/34 and 5/15 in his last six innings. Lungi Ngidi finished 8th in the IPL economy rate list with 13 victims at a strike rate of 19.07 and economy rate of 8.22. Harmeet Singh has taken 4/26 and 2/47 for the USA against the Netherlands and Canada.

Team news

The Super Kings have some great bowling options with Keshjav Maharaj coming in to replace Noor Ahmad, while Mohammad Mohsin and Milind Kumar will be on hand to share some of the spinning load

After a second disappointing season in a row the Orcas have brought in Marcus Stoinis, Tim Seifert, Tim Robinson and Cameron Green to bolster their batting and add some bowling punch.

Texas Super Kings (possible XI): Faf du Plessis (c), Smit Patel, Rilee Rossouw, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Shubham Ranjane, Donovan Ferreira, Calvin Savage, Joshua Tromp, Mohammad Mohsin, Adam Milne, Keshav Maharaj.

Seattle Orcas (possible XI): Tim Seifert, Shehan Jayasuriya, Shayan Jahangir, Cameron Green, Marcus Stoinis, Dasun Shanaka, Shimron Hetmyer, Jasdeep Singh, Lungi Ngidi, Jasdeep Singh, Harmeet Singh.

Verdict

Texas Super Kings v Seattle Orcas

Texas Super Kings Seattle Orcas is tipped to win, with Faf du Plessis, Donovan Ferreira and Keshav Maharaj backed to star with bat and ball for the Super Kings

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