MLC 2024 Squad: The second edition of the Major League Cricket is scheduled to kickstart on July 4, 2024. As per MLC 2024 schedule, the first match will be played between MI New York and Seattle Orcas on July 5 in Church Street Park, Morrisville.
MI New York won the last season by beating Seattle Orcas in the MLC 2023 final by 7 wickets.
MLC 2024 Squad
The 2024 Major League Cricket domestic players’ draft was hosted on March 21, 2024 ahead of the season. A total of 20 players were selected last night to round out the six team’s minimum domestic player requirement.
4 out of six participating teams have the owners of the IPL. Notably, Mumbai and Knight Riders IPL franchises run the MLC Team without any partnership. While Super Kings and Delhi Capitals run with local partnerships.
Major League Cricket will follow the draft process to build the team. The MLC 2024 player’s draft was scheduled to take place on March 21. Check out the full MLC 2024 Squad below:
Los Angeles Knight Riders
Sunil Narine (c), Saif Badar, Unmukt Chand, Derone Davis, Corné Dry, Adithya Ganesh, Spencer Johnson, Ali Khan, Nitish Kumar, Jason Roy, Andre Russell, Matthew Tromp, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Adam Zampa, Shakib Al Hasan, David Miller, Joshua Little, Waqar Salamkheil, Alex Carey, Chaitanya Bishnoi
MI New York
Kieron Pollard (c), Ehsan Adil, Trent Boult, Dewald Brevis, Ruben Clinton, Tim David, Shayan Jahangir, Nosthush Kenjige, Rashid Khan, Anrich Nortje, Monank Patel, Nicholas Pooran, Kagiso Rabada, Heath Richards, Romario Shepherd, Steven Taylor, Rushil Ugarkar, Sunny Patel
San Francisco Unicorns
Corey Anderson (c), Pat Cummins, Finn Allen, Brody Couch, Karima Gore, Jahmar Hamilton, Hassan Khan, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Carmi le Roux, Liam Plunkett, Haris Rauf, Matthew Short, Tajinder Singh, Josh Inglis, Matt Henry, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sherfane Rutherford, Abrar Ahmed
Seattle Orcas
Wayne Parnell (c), Nauman Anwar, Hammad Azam, Michael Bracewell, Nandre Burger, Quinton de Kock, Ayan Desai, Cameron Gannon, Shehan Jayasuriya, Heinrich Klaasen, Shubham Ranjane, Ali Sheikh, Harmeet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Imad Wasim, Ryan Rickelton, Lance Morris, Obed McCoy, Aaron Jones
Texas Super Kings
Faf du Plessis (c), Dwayne Bravo, Devon Conway, Aaron Hardie, Milind Kumar, Aiden Markram, Daryl Mitchell, Noor Ahmad, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Mohammad Mohsin, Raj Nannan, Mitchell Santner, Calvin Savage, Zia Shahzad, Cameron Stevenson, Joshua Tromp, Zia-ul-Haq, Naveen ul-Haq, Marcus Stoinis
Washington Freedom
Steve Smith (c), Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Andries Gous, Lockie Ferguson, Andrew Tye, Jack Edwards, Saurabh Netravalkar, Obus Pienaar, Rachin Ravindra, Mukhtar Ahmed, Amila Aponso, Akhilesh Bodugum, Justin Dill, Ian Holland, Akeal Hosein, Marco Jansen, Lahiru Milantha, Yasir Mohammad
Major League Cricket 2024 Draft Process
- The draft will be conducted in a “snake order” format, meaning the team that picks last in the first round will get the first pick in the second round.
- The draft will last nine rounds.
- No trading of picks is allowed.
- Each team has three minutes to make their selections in rounds 1-5 and two minutes in rounds 6-9.
- The ninth round will consist of a rookie player selection (Under-23).
- If a U-23 player is selected by a team in rounds 1-8, that team must still select a U-23 player in the ninth round.
- Following the conclusion of the first half of the Minor League Cricket (MiLC) season, a further round of the draft will take place in early July allowing teams to select one additional player based on performances throughout the MiLC season.
- That player will be added to the full team roster.
- An additional two U-23 players serving in development roles for each squad will also be selected to provide further opportunities for young players to rub shoulders with some of the world’s best T20 cricketers and coaching staff.
Major League Cricket 2024 Team Owners
Following are the details of the Major League Cricket 2024 Team and their owners along with city and stadium details:
| Team | City | Stadium (2024) | Owners |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | Irvine, California | Great Park Cricket Stadium (planned) | Knight Riders Group |
| MI New York | Brooklyn, New York City, New York | Marine Park Cricket Stadium (planned) | Indiawin Sports |
| San Francisco Unicorns | San Jose, California | Santa Clara County Fairgrounds Stadium (planned) | Anand Rajaraman, Venky Harinarayan |
| Seattle Orcas | Redmond, Washington | Marymoor Cricket Community Park (planned) | GMR Group, S. Somasegar, Satya Nadella |
| Texas Super Kings | Grand Prairie, Texas | Grand Prairie Stadium | Chennai Super Kings, Anurag Jain, Ross Perot Jr. |
| Washington Freedom | Washington, D.C. | George Mason Cricket Stadium (planned) | Sanjay Govil |
