The second edition of the Major League Cricket (MLC) is scheduled to kick start on July 4 and will conclude by early August. The same 6 teams of the inaugural edition will feature in the second edition of the tournament.
Matches are set to return to Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, TX and at additional venues to be named later.
MLC 2024 Retained Players For All Teams
Teams will now be able to sign up to a maximum of nine international players to their respective rosters and have until the end of February to settle on the retention of their domestic players from MLC season one.
The domestic player draft will then follow in March as teams build out their rosters for the coming season. Following are the details of the MLC 2024 Retained Players For All Teams:
Los Angeles Knight Riders
International
- Sunil Narine
- Adam Zampa
- Spencer Johnson
- Andre Russell
- Jason Roy
Domestic
- Saif Badar
- Unmukt Chand
- Ali Khan
- Nitish Kumar
- Shadley Van Schalkwyk
MI New York
International
- Nicholas Pooran
- Kieron Pollard
- Tim David
- Dewald Brevis
- Trent Boult
- Rashid Khan
- Kagiso Rabada
Domestic
- Ehsan Adil
- Nosthush Kenjige
- Shayan Jahangir
- Monank Patel
- Steven Taylor
San Francisco Unicorns
International
- Haris Rauf
- Finn Allen
Domestic
- Corey Anderson
- Brody Couch
- Sanjay Krishnamurthi
- Carmi Le Roux
- Liam Plunkett
Seattle Orcas
International
- Quinton de Kock
- Heinrich Klaasen
- Wayne Parnell
- Imad Wasim
Domestic
- Nauman Anwar
- Cameron Gannon
- Shehan Jayasuriya
- Shubham Ranjane
- Harmeet Singh
Texas Super Kings
International
- Faf du Plessis
- Devon Conway
- Mitchell Santner
Domestic
- Milind Kumar
- Mohammad Mohsin
- Saiteja Mukkamalla
- Calvin Savage
- Zia Shahzad
- Cameron Stevenson
- Zia Ul-Haq
Washington Freedom
International
- Akeal Hosein
- Marco Jansen
Domestic
- Mukhtar Ahmed
- Akhilesh Bodugum
- Justin Dill
- Andries Gous
- Saurabh Netravalkar
- Obus Pienaar
Mumbai Indians’ franchise “MI New York” won the inaugural edition of the MLC by beating Seattle Orcas by 7 wickets. Though MI New York struggled to maintain a consistent during the tournament’s beginning stage made an aggressive comeback towards the end of the tournament.
In the first 5 games which is the league stage, MI New York managed to win only 2 games and entered the playoff with the advantage of the positive NRR.
On the other hand, their opponent in the final game – Seattle Orcas was the most successive team of the season where they won 4 out of 5 league games.
Seattle Orcas beat Texas Super Kings in Qualifier 1 and made a direct entry for the grand final while MI New York beat Washington Freedom in Eliminator and beat Texas Super Kings in the Challenger to enter the final game.
Nicholas Pooran who captained MI New York in the MLC 2023 final game scored an unbelievable 137 runs in just 55 deliveries and led the team towards a glorious victory.
