MLC 2025: Predicting Washington Freedom’s playing XI vs LA Knight Riders

Washington Freedom began the MLC 2025 season with a loss to the San Francisco Unicorns. Since then, Washington has gone on to win their next four games, with their last game against Texas Super Kings witnessing Freedom chase down the 221-run target to win. Mitchell Owen and Andries Gous batted well to take the team home to a huge win. 

Speaking after the game, skipper Glenn Maxwell said, “Very happy, anytime you chase 220, you’ve got to be happy. I think we didn’t bowl that well and couldn’t shut the short side down. Two guys going out there and doing the job is pretty pleasing. It’s your execution, and you see who the batter is, so it’s a mix and match. These are things we need to work on, I still feel we haven’t played the perfect game”

Here is the likely XI for Washington Freedom vs LAKR

Top order 

Australian all-rounder Mitchell Owen has been a great addition to the Freedom side and has already scored 245 runs with the bat so far. Owen has also scored two fifties with an average of 49 and a strike-rate of 204, and also taken nine wickets with the ball from the five games. Rachin Ravindra has played all five games so far, scoring 115 runs with an average of 23 and also picked up one wicket. 

Middle Order  

After a slow start to the season, Andries Gous has come back to form with the bat. Gous scored 124 runs with an average of 31, with a best score of 80 not out. Glenn Maxwell has regained his best form with the bat and scored 185 runs from five games with a century. Maxwell has been a key player for Washington so far in the middle order and has also taken three wickets with the ball. Glenn Phillips played his first game of the season and scored 12 not out to help Freedom win the game against TSK. 

Lower-order 

Young all-rounder Jacks Edwards has been reasonable with the bat, scoring 68 runs and taking seven wickets. Edwards has been amazing with the ball and taken some key wickets during the season. Pienaar has been disappointing with the bat, scoring just 22 runs from five games, and will be keen to do his best. Mukhtar Ahmed’s form has been a huge cause of concern for Washington, with just nine runs from the four games he has played so far. 

Tail enders  

West Indian pacer Matthew Forde played his first game against Texas and didn’t get to bat, and went wicketless with the ball. Ian Holland has played five games, and the veteran pacer has managed to pick up seven wickets with the ball. Saurabh Netravalkar has taken just three wickets so far. 

WFR vs LAKR

M Owen, R Ravindra, A Gous, G Maxwell, G Phillips, J Edwards, O Pienaar, M Ahmed, M Forde, I Holland, S Netravalkar 

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