USA’s T20 franchise league, Major League Cricket is all set to begin on Friday, July 14 (IST). The first match is between the Texas Super Kings and the Los Angeles Knight Riders at Grand Prairie Stadium, TX. The inaugural season will be featuring six teams: Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings and Washington Freedom.
Major League Cricket format: The competition will follow the classic round-robin format, with teams facing off in a series of matches. The top four teams will advance to the playoffs and ultimately to the championship final on July 30.
Major League Cricket 2023 TV Broadcast and Live Streaming details: The broadcasting right of MLC 2023 has been given to Willow TV for USA and Canada. MLC 2023 matches will be broadcasted live in India on Sports 18 network and online streaming of the tournament will be available for fans in India on JioTv.
Major League Cricket 2023 schedule
July 16: Seattle Orcas vs Washington
Freedom, Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas
July 16: SF Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas, Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas
July 17: Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom, Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas
July 17: LA Knight Riders vs MI New York, Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas
July 18: Texas Super Kings MI New York,Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas
July 19: LA Knight Riders vs SF Unicorns, Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas
July 21: Washington Freedom VS LA Knight Riders, Church Street Park in Morrisville
July 22: Seattle Orcas vs Texas Super Kings, Church Street Park in Morrisville
July 23: Washington Freedom Vs SF Unicorn Church Street Park in Morrisville
July 24: MI New York vs Washington Freedom, Church Street Park in Morrisville
July 25: SF Unicorns vs Texas Super Kings, Church Street Park in Morrisville
July 26: MI New York vs Seattle Orcas, Church Street Park in Morrisville
July 28: 3 vs 4 (Eliminator Match); 1 vs 2 (Qualifier Match), Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas
July 29: Qualifier Loser vs Eliminator Winner (Challenger Match), Grand Prairie Stadium in
Dallas
July 31: Qualifier Winner vs Challenger Winner (Final), Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas
Major League Cricket 2023 squads
Los Angeles Knight Riders: Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Adam Zampa, Rilee Rossouw, Spencer Johnson, Ali Khan, Unmukt Chand, Jaskaran Malhotra, Nitish Kumar, Corne Dry, Ali Sheikh, Saif Badar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Bhaskar Yadram, Gajanand Singh
MI New York: Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult, Rashid Khan, Tim David, Dewald Brevis, David Wiese, Kagiso Rabada, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Behrendorff, Steven Taylor, Hammad Azam, Ehsan Adil, NosthushKenjige, Monank Patel, SarbjeetLadda, Shayan Jahangir, Kyle Phillip, Saideep Ganesh, Jasdeep Singh
Seattle Orcas: Quinton de Kock, Wayne Parnell, DasunShanaka, Sikandar Raza, Harmeet Singh, Shehan Jayasuriya, Shubham Ranjane, Cameron Gannon, Aaron Jones, Nauman Anwar, PhaniSimhadri, Angelo Perera, Matthew Tromp, Nisarg Patel
San Francisco Unicorns: Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis, Lungi Ndigi, Corey Anderson, Liam Plunkett, Tajinder Singh, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Carmi Le Roux, Brody Couch, David White, Smit Patel, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, AmilaAponso
Texas Super Kings: Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, Daniel Sams, David Miller Gerald Coetzee, Dwayne Bravo, Rusty Theron, Calvin Savage, Lahiru Milantha, Milind Kumar, Sami Aslam, Cameron Stevenson, Cody Chetty, Zia Shahzad, SaitejaMukkamalla, Mohammad Mohsin
Washington Freedom: Anrich Nortje, WaninduHasaranga, Marco Jansen, Glenn Phillips, Adam Milne, Moises Henriques, Josh Philippe, AndriesGous, Mukhtar Ahmed, Obus Pienaar, Saurabh Netravalkar, Saad Ali, Dane Piedt, Sujith Gowda, Justin Dill, Akhilesh Bodugum, Ben Dwarshuis, Usman Rafiq.
Indian Players participating in MLC 2023: All these players taking part in the leaguge have retired from Indian domestic cricket. They include Unmukt Chand, Harmeet Singh, Smit Patel, Sarbjeet Singh Ladda, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, Milind Kumar and Shubham Ranjane.