The Texas Super Kings produced an excellent performance to subject the LA Knight Riders to their second straight defeat to begin the 2025 Major League Cricket season at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday.
TSK posted a respectable 181-4 from their 20 overs after being put in to bat by LAKR skipper Sunil Narine.
Daryl Mitchell struggled to get the ball away, hitting just two fours and a six in his 36* off 33 balls while Devon Conway and Donovan Ferreira were more aggressive with their scoring output with 34 off 22 balls and 32* off 16 balls, respectively.
Saiteja Mukkamalla also contributed 31 off 22 balls including three fours and two sixes.
Leg spinner Tanveer Sangha was the pick of the Knight Riders bowlers with 2-32 from his four overs while Andre Russell and Shadley van Schalkwyk picked up a wicket, each.
The West Indian was expensive, however, conceding 53 runs in his four overs.
The Knight Riders then produced a sorry batting performance, at one point finding themselves 89-8 in the 13th over before clawing their way to 124 all out in 17.1 overs.
Van Schalkwyk and Ali Khan were the main reasons why they even got up to that score with 27 and 16*, respectively.
Earlier, Alex Hales and Unmukt Chand made 25 and 22 while Matthew Tromp made 23 off 12 balls including three fours and a six.
Noor Ahmad was brilliant with his left arm wrist spin on his way to figures of 4-25 from his four overs while pacers Adam Milne and Stephen Wiig took 2-8 from 3.1 overs and 2-25 from three overs, respectively.