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Cricket News: Major League Cricket MLC 2023 squads | List of squads for the MLC 2023 season
The inaugural season of the Major League Cricket is set to commence on Thursday, July 13, 2023.
The T20 format guarantees entertainment as well as some exciting cricketing action. This league will be the first of its kind as the United States of America will now be home to franchise T20 cricket, something that has never happened before.
Although the league aims to grab eyeballs primarily through the presence of several renowned global superstars who will be participating in the league, one of its objectives remains to be able to promote the sport in the country. It also provides a platform for the local players to showcase their talent, whilst improving their game by playing against some of the best in business.
Squads for the MLC 2023 season
The official squads of the six teams are as follows:
Los Angeles Knight Riders
Batters: Unmukt Chand, Martin Guptill, Nitish Kumar, Jaskaran Malhotra, Rilee Rossouw, Jason Roy, Saif Badar, Gajanand Singh
All-rounders: Sunil Narine (c), Andre Russell
Bowlers: Ali Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Spencer Johnson, Adam Zampa, Ali Sheikh, Corné Dry, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Bhaskar Yadram
MI New York
Batters: Tim David, Hammad Azam, Monank Patel, Nicholas Pooran, Shayan Jahangir, Steven Taylor
All-rounders: Dewald Brevis, Kieron Pollard (c), Rashid Khan, David Wiese
Bowlers: Jason Behrendorff, Trent Boult, Ehsan Adil, Nosthush Kenjige, Sarabjit Ladda, Kyle Phillip, Kagiso Rabada, Saideep Ganesh
San Francisco Unicorns
Batters: Finn Allen, Aaron Finch (c), Mackenzie Harvey, Smit Patel, Matthew Wade
All-rounders: Corey Anderson, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Shadab Khan, Marcus Stoinis, Tajinder Singh
Bowlers: Amila Aponso, Brody Couch, Haris Rauf, Lungi Ngidi, Liam Plunkett, Qais Ahmad, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Carmi le Roux, David White
Seattle Orcas
Batters: Aaron Jones, Quinton de Kock, Shimron Hetmyer, Heinrich Klaasen, Nauman Anwar
All-rounders: Imad Wasim, Shehan Jayasuriya, Nisarg Patel, Angelo Perera, Dwaine Pretorius, Shubham Ranjane, Dasun Shanaka, Sikandar Raza
Bowlers: Cameron Gannon, Wayne Parnell (c), Andrew Tye, Hayden Walsh, Harmeet Singh, Phani Simhadri, Matthew Tromp
Texas Super Kings
Batters: Faf du Plessis (c), Devon Conway, Lahiru Milantha, David Miller, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Sami Aslam
All-rounders: Dwayne Bravo, Milind Kumar, Mohammad Mohsin, Daniel Sams, Mitchell Santner
Bowlers: Gerald Coetzee, Rusty Theron, Cody Chetty, Calvin Savage, Cameron Stevenson, Zia Shahzad
Washington Freedom
Batters: Sujith Gowda, Mukhtar Ahmed, Josh Philippe, Glenn Phillips, Saad Ali
All-rounders: Moises Henriques (c), Marco Jansen, Obus Pienaar, Wanindu Hasaranga
Bowlers: Ben Dwarshuis, Adam Milne, Saurabh Netravalkar, Anrich Nortje, Dane Piedt, Usman Rafiq, Akhilesh Reddy, Justin Dill, Andries Gous
