45 Major League Cricket Stars To Shine At T20 World Cup 2024

As the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 approaches, cricket enthusiasts worldwide are gearing up for the event. Cognizant Major League Cricket (MLC) continues to make a significant impact, with 45 of its star players set to participate in the tournament. The event will take place in the USA and West Indies from June 1 to 29, 2024.

Cognizant Major League Cricket recently achieved List-A status, recognised by the ICC as an official T20 league. This milestone marks it as America's first world-class domestic tournament.

MLC's six teams—Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings, and Washington Freedom—feature some of the world's best international and domestic talent. These players are preparing to represent their respective countries in the World Cup.

Team USA includes several MLC players: Ali Khan, Nitish Kumar, and Shadley Van Schalkwyk (Los Angeles Knight Riders); Steven Taylor, Nosthush Kenjige, Monank Patel, and Shayan Jahangir (MI New York); Corey Anderson (San Francisco Unicorns); Harmeet Singh (Seattle Orcas); Milind Kumar (Texas Super Kings); Andries Gous, Saurabh Netravalkar, and Yasir Mohammad (Washington Freedom).

Los Angeles Knight Riders

• Ali Khan – USA
• Nitish Kumar – USA
• Shadley Van Schalkwyk – USA
• Andre Russell – WI
• Shakib Al Hasan – Bangladesh
• David Miller - South Africa
• Josh Little - Ireland

MI New York

• Steven Taylor – USA
• Nosthush Kenjige – USA
• Monank Patel – USA
• Shayan Jahangir – USA
• Tim David – Australia
• Nicholas Pooran - West Indies
• Rashid Khan – Afghanistan
• Kagiso Rabada - South Africa
• Trent Boult - New Zealand
• Anrich Nortje - South Africa
• Romario Shepherd - West Indies

San Francisco Unicorns

• Corey Anderson – USA
• Matt Henry - New Zealand
• Josh Inglis – Australia
• Sherfane Rutherford - West Indies
• Haris Rauf - Pakistan

Seattle Orcas

• Harmeet Singh – USA
• Quinton de Kock - South Africa
• Heinrich Klaasen - South Africa
• Michael Bracewell - New Zealand
• Ryan Rickelton - South Africa
• Obed McCoy - West Indies
• Imad Wasim - Pakistan

Texas Super Kings

• Milind Kumar – USA
• Mitchell Santner - New Zealand
• Devon Conway - New Zealand
• Aiden Markram - South Africa
• Daryl Mitchell - New Zealand
• Naveen-ul-Haq – Afghanistan

Washington Freedom

• Andries Gous – USA
• Saurabh Netralvakar – USA
• Yasir Mohammad – USA
• Marco Jansen - South Africa
• Akeal Hosein - West Indies
• Glenn Maxwell – Australia
• Travis Head – Australia
• Lockie Ferguson - New Zealand
• Rachin Ravindra - New Zealand

The inaugural 2023 season of MLC was a major success, with sold-out matches attracting millions of viewers globally. This success has set the stage for the upcoming T20 World Cup and MLC's second season, which begins on July 5.