The first-ever season of Major League Cricket (MLC) will begin on Friday, July 14 at the Grand Prairie Stadium. A total of 110 players have been included in the six-team competition, which will end on July 31. There are as many as 51 international signings made by the franchises for the tournament.
Teams that are owned by owners of IPL –
Four teams – Los Angeles Knight Riders, Texas Super Kings, MI New York and Seattle Orcas – are owned by owners of IPL (Indian Premier League) franchises. Orcas are owned by GMR Group, which is one of the owners of Delhi Capitals.
Each team can have a maximum of nine international players in the squad and can field upto six overseas players in the playing XI.
Here are the full squads for MLC 2023:
LOS ANGELES KNIGHT RIDERS SQUAD –
WICKETKEEPER:- Jaskaran Malhotra (domestic player).
BATTERS:- Saif Badar (domestic player), Unmukt Chand (domestic player), Martin Guptill (New Zealand), Nitish Kumar (domestic player), Rilee Rossouw (South Africa), Jason Roy (England), Gajanand Singh (domestic player).
ALL-ROUNDERS:- Corne Dry (domestic player), Sunil Narine (West Indies), Andre Russell (West Indies), Shadley Van Schalkwyk (domestic player), Bhaskar Yadram (domestic player).
BOWLERS:- Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand), Spencer Johnson (Australia), Ali Khan (domestic player), Ali Sheikh (domestic player), Adam Zampa (Australia).
Number of players: 18, International players: 8
TEXAS SUPER KINGS SQUAD –
WICKETKEEPERS:- Devon Conway (New Zealand), Lahiru Milantha (domestic player).
BATTERS:- Sami Aslam (domestic player), Cody Shetty (domestic player), Faf du Plessis (South Africa), David Miller (South Africa), Saiteja Mukkamalla (domestic player).
ALL-ROUNDERS:- Dwayne Bravo (West Indies), Milind Kumar (domestic player), Mohammad Mohsin (domestic player), Daniel Sams (Australia), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand), Zia Shahzad (domestic player), Cameron Stevenson (domestic player).
BOWLERS:- Gerald Coetzee (South Africa), Calvin Savage (domestic player), Rusty Theron (domestic player), Imran Tahir (South Africa).
Number of players: 18, International players: 8
MI NEW YORK SQUAD –
WICKETKEEPERS:- Saideep Ganesh (domestic player), Shayan Jahangir (domestic player), Monank Patel (domestic player), Nicholas Pooran (West Indies).
BATTERS:- Steven Taylor (domestic player).
ALL-ROUNDERS:- Hammad Azam (domestic player), Dewald Brevis (South Africa), Tim David (Australia), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Kieron Pollard (West Indies), David Wiese (Namibia).
BOWLERS:- Ehsan Adil (domestic player), Jason Behrendorff (Australia), Trent Boult (New Zealand), Nosthush Kenjige (domestic player), Sarbjeet Ladda (domestic player), Kagiso Rabada (South Africa), Jessy Singh (domestic player).
Number of players: 18, International players: 9
SAN FRANCISCO UNICORNS SQUAD –
WICKETKEEPERS:- Smit Patel (domestic player), Matthew Wade (Australia).
BATTERS:- Finn Allen (New Zealand), Chaitanya Bishnoi (domestic player), Aaron Finch (Australia), Mackenzie Harvey (Australia), David White (domestic player).
ALL-ROUNDERS:- Corey Anderson (domestic player), Shadab Khan (Pakistan), Tajinder Singh (domestic player), Marcus Stoinis (Australia).
BOWLERS:- Qais Ahmad (Afghanistan), Amila Aponso (domestic player), Brody Couch (domestic player), Sanjay Krishnamurthi (domestic player), Carmi Le Roux (domestic player), Lungi Ngidi (South Africa), Liam Plunkett (domestic player), Haris Rauf (Pakistan).
Number of players: 19, International players: 9
SEATTLE ORCAS SQUAD –
WICKETKEEPERS:- Quinton de Kock (South Africa), Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa).
BATTERS:- Nauman Anwar (domestic player), Aaron Jones (domestic player), Shimron Hetmyer (West Indies).
ALL-ROUNDERS:- Shehan Jayasuriya (domestic player), Nisarg Patel (domestic player), Angelo Perera (domestic player), Shubham Ranjane (domestic player), Dasun Shanaka (Sri Lanka), Phani Simhadri (domestic player), Harmeet Singh (domestic player), Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe), Mitchell Marsh (Australia), Imad Wasim (Pakistan).
BOWLERS:- Cameron Gannon (domestic player), Wayne Parnell (South Africa), Matthew Tromp (domestic player), Andrew Tye (Australia).
Number of players: 19, International players: 9
WASHINGTON FREEDOM SQUAD –
WICKETKEEPERS:- Andries Gous (domestic player), Josh Philippe (Australia), Glenn Phillips (New Zealand).
BATTERS:- Mukhtar Ahmed (domestic player), Saad Ali (domestic player), Sujith Gowda (domestic player).
ALL-ROUNDERS:- Justin Dill (domestic player), Moises Henriques (Australia), Obus Pienaar (domestic player).
BOWLERS:- Akhilesh Bodugum (domestic player), Ben Dwarshuis (Australia), Marco Jansen (South Africa), Adam Milne (New Zealand), Saurabh Netravalkar (domestic player), Anrich Nortje (South Africa), Dane Piedt (domestic player), Usman Rafiq (domestic player), Tanveer Sangha (Australia).
Number of players: 18, International players: 8
