Punjab Kings dropped THIS player after just 1 match I IPL 2025, smashes 17 sixes, wins game in 52 deliveries blitz in MLC 2025
Preity Zinta paid Rs 3 crore but still, the player could not even get a single match in IPL 2025 with Punjab Kings. The same batter now has caused some noise in Major League Cricket 2025.
Mitchell Owen, though signed on an investment of Rs 3 crores as a direct substitute of Glenn Maxwell, was provided only one chance to make it big in IPL 2025 by the Punjab Kings. He played his first match against Rajasthan Royals, where he got a chance to bat at number three, only to be dismissed on a duck. His one failure in that came through being removed off the playing XI of the remaining part of the season.
The move by Punjab Kings to bench Owen who played only one match has also been questioned and particularly given his recent output. The franchise did not provide the young talent with the much requisite confidence and game minutes that he needed to settle and adjust a move that now seems to have played against them, since Owen is thriving elsewhere.
The current season of Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025 in the USA has been going on a tear to Mitchell Owen. With Washington Freedom, he scored 89 runs off 52 balls in a run-fest thriller against Texas Super Kings, where his side won the chase to defeat the opponents by two balls.
A mere day before his match-winning 89, Owen had already helped Washington Freedom win another game with a scorching 60-run innings against MI New York. His consecutive match winning performances in just a span of 24 hours have made him one of the bright players of the tournament.
Having scored 245 runs, Owen is also placed second on the list of highest run-getters in MLC 2025, only short of Finn Allen. The 17 sixes he hit in the tournament have revealed his aggressive batting to be one of the most dangerous this season.
He has gone under the radar and had limited usage by the Punjab Kings but he is currently silencing people and curbing his value on a international level. His exploits are reminder that at times all that a player requires is faith and a stretch of one chance after another
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