Dallas, July 14 -- MI New York staged one of the most amazing comebacks in franchise T20 history, defeating reigning champions Washington Freedom by five runs to win the 2025 Major League Cricket (MLC) championship at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, on Monday.

Rushil Ugarkar, who sealed the match for MI, defended 12 runs in the last over against the dangerous Glenn Maxwell and Glenn Phillips.

Chasing 181, Trent Boult picked up two wickets in the first over of the innings to dent Freedom. However, opener Rachin Ravindra scoring 70 from 41 balls after early jitters and Jack Edwards chipping in with 33 from 22, the Freedom innings didn't seem to find the next gear they needed till Phillips got going.

Maxwell, who struggled apart from...