Major League Cricket (MLC 2023): Schedule, Squads, Venues, When and Where to watch

The inaugural edition of the Major League Cricket (MLC 2023) will be played over three weeks from July 13-30.

Major League Cricket's (MLC 2023) inaugural season will run from July 13 to July 30. The USA is hosting a brand-new T20 League tournament. Six teams will compete in 19 games. To win the inaugural MLC trophy, San Francisco will face off against Unicorn Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings, Los Angeles, Knight Riders, MI New York, and Washington Freedom.

The MLC will feature notable athletes including Faf du Plessis, David Miller, Andre Russell, Trent Boult, Kieron Pollard, and Quinton de Kock. A few Indian players, including Unmukt Chand, Jaskaran Malhotra, and Nitish Kumar, will also participate in the MLC 2023 in addition to these players.

About Major League Cricket (MLC 2023)

Major League Cricket (MLC) is the latest professional T20 cricket league in the United States of America The league, which will be run by American Cricket Enterprises (ACE) and recognized by USA Cricket, intends to start play on July 13, 2023, with six clubs representing significant American cities.

Major League Cricket (MLC 2023) Tournament details

The MLC 2023 will begin on July 13, 2023 and will be played over the course of three weeks till July 30 and will be played at Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas, and Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina. The tournament will feature 19 games in total in its inaugural season.

There are numerous big-name investors putting money into the MLC Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Ross Perot Jr., Anand Rajaraman, Shantanu Narayen, and others.

There will be play-offs and a round-robin format for the league. Each team in the league will play five games, one against each opponent, and the top four teams will advance to the Play-offs, which will consist of four games: the Qualifier, the Eliminator, the Challenger, and the Final.

Major League Cricket (MLC 2023) Teams

There will be six teams participating in the MLC 2023 tournament.

Texas Super Kings (TSK) - owned by Chennai Super Kings, Anurag Jain, Ross Perot Jr.

Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) - owned by Knight Riders Group

MI New York (MINY) - owned by Indiawin Sports

San Francisco Unicorns (SFU) - owned by Anand Rajaraman, Venky Harinarayan

Seattle Orcas (SO) - owned by GMR Group, Satya Nadella

Washington Freedom (WF) - owned by Sanjay Govil

Major League Cricket (MLC 2023) Squads

Los Angeles Knight Riders: Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Adam Zampa, Rilee Rossouw, Spencer Johnson, Ali Khan, Unmukt Chand, Jaskaran Malhotra, Nitish Kumar, Corne Dry, Ali Sheikh, Saif Badar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Bhaskar Yadram, Gajanand Singh

MI New York: Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult, Rashid Khan, Tim David, Dewald Brevis, David Wiese, Kagiso Rabada, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Behrendorff, Steven Taylor, Hammad Azam, Ehsan Adil, Nosthush Kenjige, Monank Patel, Sarbjeet Ladda, Shayan Jahangir, Kyle Phillip, Saideep Ganesh, Jasdeep Singh

San Francisco Unicorns: Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis, Lungi Ndigi, Corey Anderson, Liam Plunkett, Tajinder Singh, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Carmi Le Roux, Brody Couch, David White, Smit Patel, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Amila Aponso

Seattle Orcas: Quinton de Kock, Wayne Parnell, Dasun Shanaka, Sikandar Raza, Harmeet Singh, Shehan Jayasuriya, Shubham Ranjane, Cameron Gannon, Aaron Jones, Nauman Anwar, Phani Simhadri, Angelo Perera, Matthew Tromp, Nisarg Patel

Texas Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, Daniel Sams, David Miller, Gerald Coetzee, Dwayne Bravo, Rusty Theron, Calvin Savage, Lahiru Milantha, Milind Kumar, Sami Aslam, Cameron Stevenson, Cody Chetty, Zia Shahzad, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Mohammad Mohsin

Washington Freedom: Anrich Nortje, Wanindu Hasaranga, Marco Jansen, Glenn Phillips, Adam Milne, Moises Henriques, Josh Philippe, Andries Gous, Mukhtar Ahmed, Obus Pienaar, Saurabh Netravalkar, Saad Ali, Dane Piedt, Sujith Gowda, Justin Dill, Akhilesh Bodugum, Ben Dwarshuis, Usman Rafiq

Major League Cricket (MLC 2023) Schedule

13 July - Texas Super Kings vs LA Knight Riders- Grand Prairie Stadium, 7:30 PM Local, 6:00 AM IST

14 July - MI New York vs SF Unicorns- Grand Prairie Stadium, 3:30 PM Local, 2:00 AM IST

14 July - Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom- Grand Prairie Stadium, 7:30 PM Local, 6:00 AM IST

15 July - SF Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas- Grand Prairie Stadium, 7:30 PM Local, 6:00 AM IST

16 July - Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom- Grand Prairie Stadium, 3:30 PM Local, 2:00 AM IST

16 July - LA Knight Riders vs MI New York- Grand Prairie Stadium, 7:30 PM Local, 6:00 AM IST

17 July - Texas Super Kings vs MI New York- Grand Prairie Stadium, 7:30 PM Local, 6:00 AM IST

18 July - LA Knight Riders vs SF Unicorns- Grand Prairie Stadium, 7:30 PM Local, 6:00 AM IST

20 July - Washington Freedom vs LA Knight Riders- Church Street Park, 5:30 PM Local, 4:00 AM IST

21 July - Seattle Orcas vs Texas Super Kings- Church Street Park, 5:30 PM Local, 4:00 AM IST

22 July - Washington Freedom vs SF Unicorns- Church Street Park, 5:30 PM Local, 4:00 AM IST

23 July - LA Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas- Church Street Park, 1:30 PM Local, 12:00 AM IST

23 July - MI New York vs Washington Freedom- Church Street Park, 5:30 PM Local, 4:00 AM IST

24 July - SF Unicorns vs Texas Super Kings- Church Street Park, 5:30 PM Local, 4:00 AM IST

25 July - MI New York vs Seattle Orcas- Church Street Park, 5:30 PM Local, 4:00 AM IST

27 July - Eliminator – Seed 3 vs Seed 4- Grand Prairie Stadium, 3:30 PM Local, 2:00 AM IST

27 July - Qualifier – Seed 1 vs Seed 2- Grand Prairie Stadium, 7:30 PM Local, 6:00 AM IST

28 July - Challenger – Qualifier Loser vs Eliminator Winner- Grand Prairie Stadium, 7:30 PM Local, 6:00 AM IST

30 July - Final – Qualifier Winner vs Challenger Winner- Grand Prairie Stadium, 7:30 PM Local, 6:00 AM IST

Major League Cricket (MLC 2023) Live telecast details (In USA, India, Canada)

India - Reliance-owned Viacom 18 won the official media rights to broadcast the MLC 2023. Users from India can enjoy live streaming on the JioCinema website and app and can watch live games on TV on the Sport18 channels - Sports 18 1SD, Sports 18 1HD TV.

USA/Canada- Willow TV app and website, Sling TV