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MLC 2024: All you need to know, teams, squads, players

The highly anticipated second season of the Major League Cricket is set to be kicked off on Friday (July 5), with the battle between MI New York and Seattle Orcase in the opening match at Church Street Park, Morrisville. MLC tournament, having gained huge recognition over the last season, will see the presence of Australia’s high-class players in the form of Pat Cummins, Glenn Maxwell, Travis Head, Tim David and Marcus Stoinis.
Young gun Jake Fraser-McGurk, who took the IPL 2024 by storm, will be displaying his prodigious skills at the MLC as well. A few of the South African stars like David Miller, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen will also be showing up at the tournament.
Six formidable teams will compete in the tournament, each bringing a unique blend of talent. The teams participating in the tournament are, Los Angeles Knight Riders, Texas Super Kings, Washington Freedom, Seattle Orcas, MI New York and San Francisco Unicorns.
Season second will have seven league games followed by the knockouts and the final will take place on July 28 at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas. MI New York emerged triumphant in the inaugural edition of the tournament.
San Francisco Unicorns – Pat Cummins, Qais Ahmad, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matt Henry, Mackenzie Harvey, Lungi Ngidi, Brody Couch, Tajinder Singh, Josh Inglis, Matthew Wade, Jahmar Hamilton, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Smit Patel, David White, Corey Anderson, Finn Allen, Carmi le RouxLiam Plunkett, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan
Los Angeles Knight Riders – Martin Guptill, Jaskaran Malhotra, Alex Carey, Spencer Johnson, Saif BadarAli Sheikh, Andre Russell, David Miller, Unmukt Chand, Bhaskar Yadram, Ali Khan, Rilee Rossouw, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy, Shakib Al Hasan, Gajanand Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Adam Zampa, Nitish Kumar, Corne Dry
Texas Super Kings – Rusty Theron, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Imran Tahir, Calvin Savage, Faf du Plessis, Marcus Stoinis, Gerald Coetzee, Devon Conway, Milind Kumar, Zia Shahzad, Mohammad Mohsin, Matthew Tromp, Naveen-ul-Haq, Dwayne Bravo, Daniel Sams, Cody Chetty, Noor Ahmad,Sami Aslam, Mitchell Santner, Zia ul-Haq, Lahiru Milantha, Cameron Stevenson
Washington Freedom - Rachin Ravindra, Ian Holland, Akeal Hosein, Lockie Ferguson, Justin Dill, Jack Edwards, Lahiru Milantha, Andries Gous, Amila Aponso, Steve Smith, Saurabh Netravalkar, Yasir Mohammed, Obus Pienaar, Glenn Maxwell, Akhilesh Bodugum, Marco Jansen, Mukhtar Ahmed, Andrew Tye, Travis Head
MI New York – Nicholas Pooran, Shayan Jahangir, Nosthusha Kenjige, Dewald Brevis, Rushil Ugarkar, Ruben Clinton, Anrich Nortje, Monank Patel, Steven Taylor, Romario Shepherd, Trent Boult, Ehsan Adil, Tim David, Heath Richards, Kagiso Rabada, Rashid Khan, Kieron Poll
Seattle Orcas – Nandre Burger, Harmeet Singh, Obed McCoy, Nathan Ellis, Shubham Ranjane, Andrew Tye, Angelo Perera, Hayden Walsh, Nauman Anwar, Michael Bracewell, Dwaine Pretorius, Nisarg Patel, Shimron Hetmyer, Cameron Gannon, Dasun Shanaka, Aaron Jones, Heinrich Klaasen, Shehan Jayasuriya, Wayne Parnell, Quinton de Kock, Ryan Rickelton, Imad Wasim, Phani Simhardi
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