Major League Cricket 2023 - Squads, Fixtures and all you need to know

Cricket is coming to the United States with the inauguration of Major League Cricket that will commence on the 13th July, 2023.

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The opening match will be played between Texas Super Kings and Los Angeles Knight Riders. The Final match of the competition will be played on the 31st of July at the Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas.

There are six teams participating in the competition namely Texas Super Kings, MI New York, Los Angeles Knight Riders, Washington Freedom, Seattle Orcas, and San Francisco Unicorns.

A total of 19 matches will be played during the tournament and all of the games will be hosted by Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas and Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina.

IPL team owners have stakes in the following teams: Texas Super Kings, MI New York, and Los Angeles Knight Riders. Keiron Pollard will captain the New York Franchise while Faf du Plessis has been appointed the skipper of Texas Super Kings.

International stars like Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy, Trent Boult, Rilee Rossouw, Rashid Khan, Tim David, Wanindu Hasaranga and Quinton de Kock are participating in the Major League Cricket.

Considering the bench strength of the participating teams, it is going to be a very exciting contest of cricket over the course of 18 days.

Let's have a look at the fixtures:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Let's have a look at the 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: 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

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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