Major League Cricket's growing influence; 45 MLC stars to compete in ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024

As the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 approaches and cricket fever grips the world, Cognizant Major League Cricket (MLC) continues to make a global impact. Forty-five of its star players are set to play in the ICC's marquee event, which will take place in the USA and West Indies from June 1 to 29, 2024.

Cognizant Major League Cricket was recently awarded List-A status, recognized by the ICC as an official T20 league, making it America’s first world-class domestic tournament.

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MLC’s six teams, Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings, and Washington Freedom, boast some of the world’s best international and domestic talent who are readying to represent their respective countries in the World Cup.

Team USA includes MLC players Ali Khan, Nitish Kumar, and Shadley Van Schalkwyk (Los Angeles Knight Riders), Steven Taylor, Nosthush Kenjige, Monank Patel and Shayan Jahangir (MI New York), Corey Anderson (San Francisco Unicorns), Harmeet Singh, (Seattle Orcas), Milind Kumar (Texas Super Kings) Andries Gous, Saurabh Netravalkar and Yasir Mohammad (Washington Freedom).

All 45 MLC players who will be featuring in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, listed by team:

Los Angeles Knight Riders

• Ali Khan – USA
• Nitish Kumar – USA
• Shadley Van Schalkwyk – USA
• Andre Russell – WI
• Shakib Al Hasan – Bangladesh
• David Miller - South Africa
• Josh Little - Ireland

MI New York

• Steven Taylor – USA
• Nosthush Kenjige – USA
• Monank Patel – USA
• Shayan Jahangir – USA
• Tim David – Australia
• Nicholas Pooran - West Indies
• Rashid Khan – Afghanistan
• Kagiso Rabada - South Africa
• Trent Boult - New Zealand
• Anrich Nortje - South Africa
• Romario Shepherd - West Indies

San Francisco Unicorns

• Corey Anderson – USA
• Matt Henry - New Zealand
• Josh Inglis – Australia
• Sherfane Rutherford - West Indies
• Haris Rauf - Pakistan

Seattle Orcas

• Harmeet Singh – USA
• Quinton de Kock - South Africa
• Heinrich Klaasen - South Africa
• Michael Bracewell - New Zealand
• Ryan Rickelton - South Africa
• Obed McCoy - West Indies
• Imad Wasim - Pakistan

Texas Super Kings

• Milind Kumar – USA
• Mitchell Santner - New Zealand
• Devon Conway - New Zealand
• Aiden Markram - South Africa
• Daryl Mitchell - New Zealand
• Naveen-ul-Haq – Afghanistan

Washington Freedom

• Andries Gous – USA
• Saurabh Netralvakar – USA
• Yasir Mohammad – USA
• Marco Jansen - South Africa
• Akeal Hosein - West Indies
• Glenn Maxwell – Australia
• Travis Head – Australia
• Lockie Ferguson - New Zealand
• Rachin Ravindra - New Zealand

MLC has already revolutionised the cricket landscape in the USA. The inaugural 2023 season was a huge success, with sold-out matches garnering millions of viewers worldwide. This set the momentum for the upcoming T20 World Cup and the MLC’s second season, which kicks off July 5.