Major League Cricket: IPL 2023 – Indian Premier League (IPL) stars were in huge demand in the first-ever player auction of Major League Cricket (MLC) held on March 19. Players like Quinton de Kock, Mitchell Marsh, and Marcus Stoinis, & Wanindu Hasaranga were some of the top picks in the auction as IPL teams MI CSK, DC, & KKR snapped up these big-ticket players. Hasaranga will play for DC Freedom, while Stoinis will turn up for SF Unicorns, De Kock and Marsh will be playing for Seattle Orcas. Follow MLC T20 Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
Major League Cricket: Anrich Nortje to play DC Freedom, Aaron Finch to lead San Francisco Unicorns
After turning out Delhi Capitals and Pretoria Capitals in IPL and SA20 League, the South African pacer will be playing for DC Freedom in MLC T20 League. Like with IPL and SA20, the Capitals have struck to the template and have not gone for big-ticket players. Meanwhile, Aaron Finch too found a buyer as San Francisco Unicorns have brought the Australian.
Finch will also be leading the side, which sees a host of superstars like Stoinis, Plunkett, and Corey Anderson among the mix. Six teams will be participating in the inaugural edition of MLC. Four IPL teams MI, DC, KKR, and CSK have invested in MLC, while the remaining two teams in Major League Cricket are based out of Washington and San Francisco. Both franchises have signed partnerships with Australian state sides.
Washington Freedom, owned by American investor Sanjay Govil has tied up with New South Wales. NSW will provide operational expertise including helping set up the squad and putting a cricketing structure in place for the franchise. The San Francisco franchise is owned by Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan, and Cricket Victoria.
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Teams representing Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Texas, and Washington, D.C. will pick nine domestic players with additional overseas player signings to be announced in the coming days. The overseas players will be direct signings by the franchises, not part of the draft.
All six teams will converge in the Dallas area for a combined 19 games over 18 days starting July 13 and leading up to the final on July 30. The first weekend of games will be played at the renovated cricket-specific Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas.
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