The fourth season of Main League Cricket (MLC) brings the high-octane pleasure of world-class T20 cricket to the US. Working from June 18 to July 18, 2026, the event has expanded to a 34-match schedule that guarantees intense competitors over a full month. Six powerhouse franchises, stacked with a mixture of native American expertise and international cricket superstars, will battle throughout iconic venues in Texas and California to crown the subsequent champion of the American summer time.
The event kicks off with an enormous opening-night rivalry at Grand Prairie Stadium, the place the Texas Tremendous Kings tackle the Seattle Orcas. This yr’s expanded event introduces a complete double round-robin league stage the place all six groups play one another twice, as soon as at residence and as soon as away. Groups earn two factors for a win and one for a draw or abandonment, with Web Run Charge serving because the essential tiebreaker if groups end degree on factors. This grueling 30-match league format is a real check of squad depth, guaranteeing that solely probably the most constant and resilient groups earn a spot within the post-season.
Following the league stage, the event shifts right into a high-stakes, four-match playoff section using the web page playoff system. The highest two groups from the desk will conflict within the Qualifier, with the winner incomes a direct ticket to the Championship Ultimate, whereas the loser receives a second probability. In the meantime, the third and fourth-placed groups will struggle for survival in a do-or-die Eliminator. The winner of that match will face the loser of the Qualifier within the Challenger, deciding who fills the ultimate remaining spot within the grand finale.
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MLC 2026: Full squads of all 6 groups
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 Tremendous 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 Brief (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.
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