MLC 2026: Match 26, SF vs LAS Match Prediction – Who will win today’s MLC match between San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders?

The San Francisco Unicorns (SF) will be taking on the Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAS) in Match No. 26 of the Major League Cricket (MLC) 2026 at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Saturday, July 11.

The Unicorns have been one of the more dominant sides in the 2026 season. They are at the top of the table, having played eight matches and won five of them. They come off a victory against MI New York, chasing down 142 with nine wickets in hand.

The Knight Riders are part of the chasing pack, sitting in third place with four wins from eight games. They come off a win against Washington Freedom, defending a total of 193 and prevailing by 18 runs. The two teams met in the second match of the season, where the Knight Riders won by seven wickets.

SF vs LAS: Match Details

Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas: Pitch Report

The Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas has been home to a significant part of the MLC season in 2026. The pitch has aided the faster bowlers, with tall, hit-the-deck seamers getting much help off the surface. Batters have found it difficult to score from the get-go, having to bide their time and stay at the crease for long hours. 

SF vs LAS: Head-to-Head T20 Record

SF vs LAS: Predicted Playing XIs

San Francisco Unicorns

Lhuan-dre Pretorius (wk), Finn Allen, Matthew Short (capt), Aaron Hardie, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Hammad Azam, Hassan Khan, Anirudh Immanuel, Xavier Bartlett, Brody Couch, Haris Rauf

Los Angeles Knight Riders

Jason Holder (c), Jahmar Hamilton (wk), Andre Fletcher, Colin Munro, Matthew Tromp, Rovman Powell, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Saif Badar, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ali Khan

SF vs LAS: Probable Best Performers of the Match

Probable Best Batter: Lhuan-dre Pretorius

Unicorns' young batter Lhuan-dre Pretorius has lit the league alight at the top of the order. The 20-year-old southpaw is the top run-scorer of the 2026 season with 415 runs in eight matches, striking at 182.01. He has scored four half-centuries and one century, with his unbeaten 102 coming in their last match against MI New York.

Probable Best Bowler: Sunil Narine

The wily old Sunil Narine has been at his belligerent best in the 2026 season, bamboozling batters with his deceptive bowling. He has picked up 12 wickets in eight matches, bowling at an economy of 4.77. He opened the bowling against the Freedom and was adjudged Player of the Match with a miserly spell of 1 for 14.

Today's Match Prediction: Chasing team to win the match