MLC 2026: Here Are the Complete Squads of Every Franchise
MLC 2026: Here Are the Complete Squads of Every Franchise
Major League Cricket (MLC) has returned for its fourth season, and the buzz around it feels bigger than ever. The 2026 edition kicked off on June 18 and will come to a close on July 18. As many as six franchises will be battling it out across venues in Texas and California. It is short on duration, but heavy on action, just the way modern T20 cricket fans like it.
The season opens with a spicy clash between Texas Super Kings and Seattle Orcas at Grand Prairie Stadium. From there, the tournament settles into a double round-robin format, where every team plays the others twice. A win gives two points, a no-result or abandonment gives one, and Net Run Rate can quietly become the real villain or hero of the table. One bad collapse or one big win could shape an entire season.
Once the league stage ends, the top four move into a familiar but high-pressure playoff system. The top two get a second chance in the Qualifier, while the third and fourth face a knockout Eliminator. From there, it’s straight drama all the way to the final.
MLC 2026 feels less like an exhibition now and more like a proper competitive league. The structure is simple, but the pressure is real, and that’s exactly what makes it exciting.
MLC 2026: Complete squads of all 6 teams
MI New York (MINY): Kieron Pollard (c), Quinton de Kock (WK), Ryan Rickelton (WK), Nicholas Pooran (WK), Monank Patel (WK), Agni Chopra, Tajinder Dhillon, Trent Boult, Sunny Patel, Nosthush Kenjige, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Tristan Luus, Rushil Ugarkar, Corey Anderson, Corbin Bosch, Romario Shepherd, Faisal Khan Ahmadzai, and Kunwarjeet Singh.
Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR): Sunil Narine, Jason Holder (c), Alex Hales, Unmukt Chand , Saif Badar, Colin Munro, Andre Fletcher (WK), Nitish Kumar, Jahmar Hamilton (WK), Carmi le Roux, Kristopher Ramsaran, Ali Khan, Lloyd Pope, Andre Russell, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Karthik Gattepalli, and Matthew Tromp.
Texas Super Kings (TSK): Faf du Plessis (c), Rilee Rossouw, Calvin Savage, Smit Patel (WK), Saiteja Mukkamalla, Joshua Tromp (WK), Adam Milne, Nandre Burger, Keshav Maharaj, Hardus Viljoen, Akeal Hosein, Mohammad Mohsin, Abhimanyu Lamba, Wiaan Mulder, Milind Kumar, Donovan Ferreira, Shubham Ranjane, and Amshi de Silva.
Washington Freedom (WF): Steve Smith (c), Mark Chapman, Mukhtar Ahmed, Lahiru Milantha (WK), Andries Gous (WK), Lockie Ferguson, Ben Dwarshuis, Amila Aponso, Saurabh Netravalkar, Asif Mehmood, Abhishek Paradkar, Yasir Mohammad, Glenn Maxwell, Rachin Ravindra, Obus Pienaar, Ian Holland, Marco Jansen, Nikhil Chaudhary , Jack Edwards, and Mitchell Owen.
San Francisco Unicorns (SFU): Finn Allen (WK), Zia-ul-Haq, Connor Esterhuizen, Saideep Ganesh (WK), Sanjay Krishnamurthy, Lhuan-dre Pretorius (WK), Ollie Peake, Aakarshit Gomel, Xavier Bartlett, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Ilyas, Juanoy Drysdale, Ravichandran Ashwin, Hassan Khan, Hammad Azam, Matthew Short (c), Aaron Hardie, and Anirudh Immanuel.
Seattle Orcas (SO): Shimron Hetmyer, Shehan Jayasuriya, Tim Seifert (WK), Shayan Jahangir, Matthew Breetzke, Sujit Nayak, Sharad Lumba, Rahul Jariwala (WK), Tim Robinson, Cameron Gannon, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman, Harmeet Singh, Tanveer Sangha, Jasdeep Singh, Ayan Desai, Dasun Shanaka, Marcus Stoinis (c), and Ali Sheikh.
