The Major League Cricket springs into life from Friday (July 14) as Texas Super Kings take on Los Angeles Knight Riders in the opening match of the inaugural season.
The Super Kings and Knight Riders are familiar names in the IPL, and the franchise-owned teams in the MLC will be renewing their rivalry in the USA.

Texas Super Kings are being captained by Faf du Plessis, whereas LA Knight Riders have appointed their long-term war horse Sunil Narine as the leader.
The two teams have some top-notch players in their ranks. TSK have the likes of Imran Tahir, Dwayne Bravo in their squad, whereas LAKR have Andre Russell, Rilee Rossouw and others donning the shirt.
Match Date: Friday, July 14 (India) l Thursday, July 13 (USA)
Match Time: 6:00 AM IST on Friday
Venue: Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas
Umpires: Jermaine Lindo, Paul Wilson
Match Referee: Simon Taufel
Texas Super Kings Squad: Faf du Plessis(C), Devon Conway(wk), Saiteja Mukkamalla, Sami Aslam, Milind Kumar, David Miller, Mitchell Santner, Daniel Sams, Dwayne Bravo, Mohammad Mohsin, Rusty Theron, Imran Tahir, Calvin Savage , Cody Chetty, Cameron Stevenson, Lahiru Milantha, Gerald Coetzee, Zia Shahzad
Los Angeles Knight Riders Squad: Sunil Narine (C), Unmukt Chand, Jason Roy, Rilee Rossouw, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Jaskaran Malhotra(wk), Gajanand Singh, Andre Russell, Adam Zampa, Lockie Ferguson, Ali Khan, Martin Guptill, Nitish Kumar, Corne Dry, Saif Badar, Spencer Johnson, Bhaskar Yadram, Ali Sheikh
The MLC 2023 match between Texas Super Kings and LA Knight Riders will be broadcast LIVE on Sports18 channel in India from 6:00 AM on Friday.
The MLC 2023 match between Texas Super Kings and LA Knight Riders can be streamed LIVE on the JioCinema app and website by Indian viewers.
It promises to be an exciting encounter but we predict Los Angeles Knight Riders will win the match.