The inaugural edition of the Madhya Pradesh League (MPL) for the Scindia Cup, a franchise-based professional T20 cricket league, which begins on Saturday (June 15) will feature talents from the state, including some IPL stars.
A total of 12 matches, including the two playoff games - Eliminator and the MPL final will be held across 9 days at a single venue - the new Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) Stadium in Gwalior. The first season will see five teams battle for the title.

The five teams that will compete in the MPL Season 1 include: Gwalior Cheetahs, Malwa Panthers, Bhopal Leopards, Jabalpur Lions and Rewa Jaguars. Each of these teams are represented by icon players, who have played in the IPL such as Venkatesh Iyer and Rajat Patidar among others.
Apart from the aforementioned names, Kulwant Khejroliya and Kumar Kartikeya Singh, who also have IPL experience will be part of the MPL season 1 alongside some of top and rising talents of Madhya Pradesh cricket. Here is a look at the Madhya Pradesh League 2024 squads:
Mohammad Arshad Khan (icon), Siddharth Patidar, Ankush Singh, Aniket Verma, Gautam Raghuwanshi, Suraj Yadav, Kamal Tripathi, Madhav Tiwari, Mangesh Yadav, Akash Rajawat, Harsh Gawali (wicketkeeper), Rakesh Thakur (wicketkeeper), Vikas Sharma (wicketkeeper), Mihir Hirwani, Aviral Singh, Priyanshu Shukla.
Bhopal Leopards 2024 Support Staff: Sanjay Panday (Head Coach), Brajesh Singh Tomar (Mentor), Arif Khan (Trainer), Gaurav Mehta (Physiotherapist), Mahaveer Arya (Video Analyst), Vivek Khare (Team Manager).
Venkatesh Iyer (icon), Abhi Agnihotri, Anand Singh Bais, Ashwin Das, Parth Singh Sahani, Rahul Batham, Arpit Patel, Sanjoy Singh Nijjer, Shivang Kumar, Yash Dubey (wicketkeeper), Apurve Dwivedi (wicketkeeper), Ankit Singh Kushwah, Ishan Afridi, Ramveer Singh Gurjar, Vishnu Bhardwaj, Yuvraj Nema.
Gwalior Cheetahs 2024 Support Staff: Devendra Bundela (Head Coach), Mohnish Mishra (Mentor), Hardeep Gill (Trainer), Pankaj Yadav (Physiotherapist), Rajesh Patidar (Video Analyst).
Saransh Jain (icon), Parth Chaudhary, Anil Mourya, Kanishk Dubey, Aryan Pandey, Sagar Solanki, Aryan Deshmukh, Akhil Nigote Yadav, Ankur Singh Chauhan, Abhishek Pathak, Tripuresh Singh, Abhishek Bhandari (wicketkeeper), Arpit Gaud (wicketkeeper), Rahul Chandrol (wicketkeeper), Aman Bhadoriya, Puneet Datey.
Jabalpur Lions 2024 Support Staff: Lalchand Rajput (Director of Cricket), Sunil Dholpure (Head Coach), Pratibha Kaitwas (Trainer), Chinmaya Kenkere (Physiotherapist).
Rajat Patidar (icon), Aman Singh Solanki, Shubham Sharma, Akshat Raguwanshi, Devansh Vishwakarma, Lucky Mishra, Vandit Joshi, Chanchal Rathore (wicketkeeper), Anubhav Agarwal, Ritesh Shakya, Anuj Lahore, Goutam Joshi, Kartik Parihar, Parush Mandal, Akshay Singh, Harshvardhan Singh.
Malwa Panthers 2024 Support Staff: Anand Rajan (Head Coach), Jatin Saxena (Mentor), Abhishek Pathrod (Batting Coach), Rajendra Singh Chandrawat (Trainer), Deepali Jain (Physiotherapist).
Kuldeep Sen (icon), Kuldeep Gehi, Manan Mehta, Parth Goswami, Prithviraj Singh Tomar, Shubham Kushwah, Vikrant Bhadoriya, Harsh Dixit, Himanshu Shinde, Shubham Rathore, Himanshu Mantri (wicketkeeper), Ajay Roher (wicketkeeper), Amarjeet Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Shivam Shukla.
Rewa Jaguars 2024 Support Staff: Sanjeev Sharma (Director of Cricket), Ishwar Pandey (Head Coach), Dr Hemant Tiwari (Trainer), Pavneet Singh Saluja (Physiotherapist), Amitabh Vijayvargiya (Team Manager).