Major League Cricket season 2 - MLC 2024 gets underway from Friday (July 5) with some big names from T20 cricket set to take the field in Dallas and Morrisville for the 6-team tournament.
Ahead of the season, all six teams assembled their squads via retention followed by drafts, while some new, but familiar faces from the Australian white-ball teams also were roped in by teams in the close season.

While some T20 heavyweights like Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Dwayne Bravo, Faf Du Plessis, Andre Russell and Sunil Narine were among the many players who were retained, the likes of Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins found homes in the MLC for the second season.
Apart from the overseas stars, some of the familiar names from the USA team that played at the recent T20 World Cup also will be among the stars to compete across franchises with Aaron Jones, Chaitanya Bishnoi and Sunny Patel being the latest to be drafted in by teams.
The league will also feature more internationals like Trent Boult, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Haris Rauf and Zaman Khan among others. Here is a look at the team captains followed by the squads list:
| Team | Captain |
| MI New York | Kieron Pollard |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | Sunil Narine |
| Texas Super Kings | Faf Du Plessis |
| Washington Freedom | Steve Smith |
| Seattle Orcas | Wayne Parnell |
| San Francisco Unicorns | Corey Anderson |
The six teams will be led by some experienced stars and feature a mix of international rising talent as well as experienced names. The rosters also feature some of the American talents that have evolved from Minor League Cricket to Major League Cricket. Here is the teams list:
Kieron Pollard (captain), Nicholas Pooran, Steven Taylor, Monank Patel, Tim David, Dewald Brevis, Shayan Jahangir, Trent Boult, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Nosthush Kenjige, Ehsan Adil, Ruben Clinton, Heath Richards, Rashid Khan, Rushil Ugarkar, Romario Shepherd, Sunny Patel.
Wayne Parnell (captain), Aaron Jones, Hammad Azam, Nauman Anwar, Heinrich Klaasen, Quinto De Kock, Ryan Rickelton, Cameron Gannon, Nandre Burger, Zaman Khan, Harmeet Singh, Imad Wasim, Michael Bracewell, Ayan Desai, Shehan Jayasuriya, Shubham Ranjane, Ali Sheikh.
Faf Du Plessis (captain), Devon Conway, Dwayne Bravo, Gerald Coetzee, Mitchell Santner, Calvin Savage, Milind Kumar, Cameron Stevenson, Zia Shahzad, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Md Mohsin, Zia Ul Haq, Joshua Tromp, Raj Nannan, Daryl Mitchell, Aaron Hardie, Marcus Stoinis, Aiden Makram, Naveen Ul Haq, Noor Ahmad.
Sunil Narine (captain), Andre Russell, Jason Roy, David Miller, Shakib Al Hasan, Joshua Little, Spencer Johnson, Unmukt Chand, Ali Khan, Alex Carey, Waqar Salamkheil, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Nitish Kumar, Saif Badar, Corne Dry, Derone Davis, Matthew Tromp, Adithya Ganesh.
Corey Anderson (captain), Pat Cummins, Jake Fraser Mcgurk, Josh Inglis, Sherfane Rutherford, Matthew Short, Haris Rauf, Finn Allen, Matt Henry, Abrar Ahmed, Liam Plunkett, Brody Couch, Carmi Le Roux, Tajinder Singh, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Karima Gore, Jahmar Hamilton, Hassan Khan.
Steve Smith (captain), Akeal Hosein, Akhilesh Bodugum, Amla Aponso, Andrew Tye, Andries Gous, Glenn Maxwell, Ian Holland, Jack Edwards, Justin Dill, Lahiru Milantha, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Mukhtar Ahmed, Obus Peinaar, Rachin Ravindra, Saurabh Netravalkar, Travis Head, Yasir Mohammad.