India, June 19 -- Monank Patel, captain of the USA cricket national team, made a massive impact in the newest season of Major League Cricket as he crushed 93 off just 50 deliveries, delivering MI New York their first win of the season in a successful 201-run chase against the Seattle Orcas, winning by 7 wickets.

Patel, who came through the Gujarat youth system before receiving an American green card in 2010, opened the batting with MINY needing 201 to win at the Oakland Coliseum. After starting slow on a slightly tricky wicket, he made use of getting his eye in to accelerate from 4*(12) to 89 off his next 38 deliveries.

Patel hit eight boundaries and seven sixes in his innings, giving plenty of impetus to the chase as he took down the s...