Major League Cricket: MLC T20 2023 Full List of Draft Picks, Squads, Teams, Overseas Signings

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The Major League Cricket (MLC) has taken its first leap as the USA-based franchise tournament's player draft took place on Monday (March 20).

There are six teams who will be playing in the inaugural season of the MLC. There are IPL franchises who have bought their stakes in the MLC and will be taking part in this cricketing renaissance in the United States.

MLC T20 Dates

The tournament is set to start on July 13 and will continue till July 30.

MLC T20 Teams

MI New York, Washington Freedom, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Los Angeles Knight Riders, Texas Super Kings.

MLC T20 Draft First Pick

The first pick of the MLC T20 draft was 30-year-old all-rounder Harmeet Singh, as Seattle Orcas picked him.

MLC T20 Draft 2023

The MLC T20 draft was based on the snake format, which means the team picking first in Round 1 will pick the last player in the subsequent round. The six franchises picked up players from the draft alongside marquee international picks for the maiden MLC T20 tournament. Here is the roundwise highlights of the MLC T20 drafts-

Round 1

Former New Zealand international Corey Anderson was the flagship buy in the first round. South Africa's former bowler Rusty Theron was also picked in the first round as Team Texas went for him.

Round 2

LA Knight Riders picked up former India U19 captain Unmukt Chand in this round. Former England player Liam Plunkett was roped in by San Francisco Unicorns.

Round 3

Former Pakistan international Ehsan Adil was drafted in by MI New York. LA Knight Riders picked up Jaskaran Malhotra, who has the record of hitting six sixes in an over.

Round 4

Milind Kumar, who has been part of Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals in the IPL, was picked up by the Texas side. Chaitanya Bishnoi, former Indian domestic player was picked up by San Francisco in this round. Australian cricketer and Brisbane Heats (BBL) player Cameron Gannon was drafted in by Seattle Orcas.

Round 5

Former Pakistan ODI player Saad Ali was picked up by Washington Dream. Former Pakistan player Sami Aslam was roped in by Team Texas. He has represented Pakistan both in ODIs and Tests.

Round 6

20-year-old Ali Sheikh was picked up by LA Knight Riders, being the first under-23 player picked in the MLC T20 auction. Leg-spinner Sarbjeet Singh Ladda, who has played for the likes of Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL, was roped in by MI New York.

Round 7

Saif Badar, Cody Chetty were some of the notable picks in the round 7 of the draft.

Round 8

Shadley Van Schalhywh was roped in by LA Knight Riders, and is one of the most economical bowlers. Former India youth player Smit Patel was signed by San Francisco Unicorns.

Round 9

The final round of the draft was all about rookie youngsters from the Minor League cricket league. Highly rated youngster Akhilesh Bodugum was drafted in by Washington Freedom.

MLC T20 Overseas Signings

• Aaron Finch was announced as the captain of the San Francisco Unicorns. The former Australia captain will be leading the California-based outfit in the inaugural MLC T20 tournament. Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis also joined the franchise.

• Washington Freedom announced they have roped in South African bowler Anrich Nortje. They also roped in Sri Lanka all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga, subject to clearance from the Sri Lanka board.
  
  
• South Africa keeper Quinton de Kock will be playing for Seattle Orcas. Mitchell Marsh has also been roped in by the Seattle franchise.
  
  

MLC T20 2023 Complete List of Draft Picks

Here is the full list of MLC T20 2023 draft picks. Check out the list of players that were picked up by the six franchises in the draft-

MLC T20 squads so far:

Here are the complete squads of all six teams so far for the MLC T20 2023 edition. There will be additions or replacements in the squads if required-

Seattle Orcas Squad

Quinton de Kock, Mitchell Marsh, Harmeet Singh, Shehan Jayasuriya, Shubham Ranjani, Cameron Gannon, Aaron Jones, Nauman Anwar, Phani Simhadri, Angelo Perera, Matthew Tromp

Washington Freedom

Anrich Nortje, Wanindu Hasaranga, Andries Gous, Mukhtar Ahmed, Obus Pienaar, Saurabh Netravalhar, Saad Ali, Dane Piedt, Sujith Gowda, Justin Dill, Akhilesh Bodugum

MI New York

Steven Taylor, Hammad Azam, Ehsan Adil, Nosthush Henjige, Monank Patel, Sarbjeet Ladda, Shayan Jahangir, Usman Rafiq, Saideep Ganesh

San Francisco Unicorns

Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis, Corey Anderson, Liam Plunkett, Tajinder Singh, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Carmi Le Roux, Brody Couch, David White, Smit Patel, Sanjay Krishnamurthi

Los Angeles Knight Riders

Ali Khan, Unmukt Chand, Jaskaran Malhotra, Nitish Kumar, Corne Dry, Ali Sheikh, Saif Badar, Shadley Van Schalhywh, Bhaskar Yadram

Team Texas

Rusty Theron, Calvin Savage, Lahiru Milantaha, Milind Kumar, Sami Aslam, Cameron Stevenson, Cody Chetty, Zia Shahzad, Saiteja Mukamalla

(This is not the final squad of the MLC teams. The teams can add and sign players till the tournament starts in July)