Opting to subject after profitable the toss, Kieron Pollard‘s crew restricted Seattle Orcas to 108 all out in 19.1 overs.
Fiery pacer Trent Boult and star spinner Rashid Khan every captured three wickets, with Pollard contributing two dismissals.
MI New York encountered early setbacks, shedding two wickets for simply 16 runs of their chase of 108.
Nevertheless, Pooran took cost, smashing two sixes and 7 boundaries in a fast 37-ball innings that guided his crew to victory in simply 14.2 overs.
For his dazzling batting show, Pooran was adjudged Man of the Match.
“It is good to begin with a win, the bottom line is to get off to a great begin. We had an exquisite powerplay, Rashid then got here and did his job, it was necessary that everybody got here up and contributed to the win,” Pooran mentioned after the match.
“I needed to recognise the state of the sport, perceive the match-ups and the situation of the wicket. I simply performed in keeping with the advantage of the ball,” he mentioned.
MI New York skipper Pollard hailed Pooran and Rashid after his crew gained the opening match of the match.
“It was a pleasant toss to win, bowling on this warmth. The bowlers got here up nicely and managed to stick with their plans. We have made a couple of additions to the crew, everybody understands their duty as nicely,” Pollard mentioned.
“To have the ability to name up one of many senior bowlers round within the circuit (on Rashid Khan), credit score to the administration for choosing him up. Everyone knows how harmful he could be (on Nic Pooran), on his day he can win a match by himself and he is somebody able to find the boundaries. Good to have began with a win and searching ahead to the following match which is developing shortly,” he added.
