Major League Cricket is here. The franchise-based T20 tournament is the first of its kind in the United States of America (USA). Six teams are playing in the tournament. The tournament will start from July 14. The good news for India fans is that the league will be available to watch in India. In this tournament, 19 matches will be played for 18 days. Four of the six teams in this tournament are supported by IPL franchises. Mumbai Indians is owned by MI New York and will be led by Kieron Pollard. Chennai Super Kings is supported by Texas Super Kings while Kolkata Knight Riders is supported by LA Knight Riders. Seattle Orcas is owned by Delhi Capitals.
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Texas Super Kings will be led by Faf du Plessis. LA Knight Riders by Sunil Narine. Aaron Finch will captain the Sam Francisco Unicorns while the Orcas will be led by Wayne Parnell. Moises Henriques has been named captain of the Washington Freedom.
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eyes on the prize! #sfounicorns #mlcricket #mlc2023 pic.twitter.com/o3gmdMKRMk— San Francisco Unicorns (@SFOUnicorns) 13 July 2023
From teams, venues to livestreaming details, all the information related to Major League Cricket in India is given below.
teams
Six teams are participating in the first edition of Major League Cricket (MLC): Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings and Washington Freedom.
places
MLC 2023 will be played at two venues: Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas and Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina.
This is what we’re playing for__#Los Angeles #night riders #mlc2023 #WeAreLAKR @MLCricket pic.twitter.com/InaiCcNkjA— Los Angeles Knight Riders (@LA_KnightRiders) 13 July 2023
mlc format
Each of the six teams will play each other once before the knockout stage. The knockout stage before the final will consist of qualifiers, eliminators and challengers. The 3rd and 4th placed teams will play in the Eliminator and the top 2 teams in the Qualifier. The winner of the qualifier will qualify for the final. The losing team in the qualifiers will play the winner of the eliminator in a challenger match. The winner of the Challenger match will advance to the final and play the winner of the qualifiers.
MLC 2023: Squad
Seattle OrcasSquad: Nauman Anwar, Cameron Gannon, Shehan Jayasuriya, Aaron Jones, Nisarga Patel, Angelo Perera, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Matthew Tromp, Fani Simhadri, Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, Wayne Parnell, Dasun Shanaka, Andrew Tye.
san francisco unicorn: Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis, Lungi Ngidi, Kais Ahmed, Finn Allen, McKenzie Harvey, Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, Matthew Wade, Corey Anderson, Amila Aponso, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Brody Couch, Sanjay Krishnamurthy, Carmi Le Roux, Smit Patel, Liam Plunkett, Tajinder Singh, David White.
MI New YorkSquad: Ehsan Adil, Hammad Azam, Saideep Ganesh, Shayan Jahangir, Notush Kenjige, Sarbjit Ladda, Monank Patel, Jesse Singh, Steven Taylor, Jason Behrendorff, Trent Boult, Dewald Brewis, Tim David, Rashid Khan, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Kagiso Rabada, David Wiese.
LA Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Adam Zampa, Jason Roy, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Riley Rossouw, Ali Khan, Ali Sheikh, Bhaskar Yadram, Korn Dry, Jaskaran Malhotra, Nitish Kumar, Saif Bader, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Unmukt Chand, Spencer Johnson, Gajanand Singh.
Texas Super KingsSquad: Dwayne Bravo, Gerald Coetzee, Devon Conway, Faf du Plessis, David Miller, Daniel Sams, Mitchell Santner, Rusty Theron, Kelvin Savage, Lahiru Milantha, Milind Kumar, Sami Aslam, Cameron Stevenson, Kodi Chetty, Zia Shahzad, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Mohd Mohsin, Calvin Savage.
Washington FreedomSquad: Mukhtar Ahmed, Saad Ali, Akhilesh Bodugam, Justin Dill, Ben Dwarshuis, Andreas Gaus, Sujit Gowda, Moises Henriques, Marco Jansen, Adam Milne, Saurabh Netrawalkar, Anrich Nortje, Josh Philippe, Glenn Phillips, Dane Piedt, Obus Pienaar, Usman Rafiq.
Major League Cricket livestreaming: When and where to watch
The TV broadcast of MLC 2023 will be on Sports 18 channel as Viacom18 is the official broadcast partner of the competition for India. Live streaming of the matches will be on JioCinema.
mlc 2023 schedule
July 13 – Texas Super Kings vs LA Knight Riders Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas 6 PM
July 14 – MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas 2 AM
July 14 – Seattle Orcas vs. Washington Freedom, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas 6 PM
July 15 – San Francisco Unicorns vs. Seattle Orcas, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas 2 PM
July 16 – Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas 6 PM
July 16 – Los Angeles Knight Riders vs MI New York Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas 2 AM
July 17 – Texas Super Kings vs MI New York Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas 6 PM
July 18 – Los Angeles Knight Riders vs. San Francisco Unicorns, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 2 AM
July 20 – Washington Freedom vs Los Angeles Knight Riders Church Street Park, North Carolina 3:00 PM
July 21 – Seattle Orcas vs. Texas Super Kings, Church Street Park, North Carolina, 3 PM
July 22 – Washington Freedom vs. San Francisco Unicorns, Church Street Park, North Carolina, 3 PM
July 23 – Los Angeles Knight Riders vs. Seattle Orcas, Church Street Park, North Carolina, 6 PM
July 23 – MI New York vs Washington Freedom, Church Street Park, North Carolina, 3PM
July 24 – San Francisco Unicorns vs Texas Super Kings Church Street Park, North Carolina 3:00 PM
July 25 – MI New York vs Seattle Orcas, Church Street Park, North Carolina, 3PM
July 27 – Eliminator: Seed 3 vs. Seed 4, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas 2 PM
July 27 – Qualifiers: Seed 1 vs. Seed 2, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas, 6 PM
July 28 – The Challenger: Loser Qualifier vs Winner Eliminator, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas 6 PM
July 30 – Final :: Winner Qualifier vs Winner Challenger, Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas 6:00 AM











