NEW DELHI: Pat Cummins, the captain of Australia's test and ODI teams, has inked a four-year contract with the San Francisco Unicorns, marking a significant acquisition for the nascent Major League Cricket (MLC) T20 tournament.
The second edition of MLC is set to commence on July 5, shortly after the conclusion of the T20 World Cup, which is being jointly hosted by the United States and West Indies.
Cummins, a fast bowler, will be joining his hard-hitting fellow Australian Jake Fraser-McGurk at the Unicorns. He follows in the footsteps of his Australia teammates Glenn Maxwell, Travis Head, and Steve Smith, who have also joined the league. The Unicorns are co-owned by Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan, both entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley.
Cummins is one of cricket's most recognised players as a top performer in all three formats (test, one day and T20) who led Australia to the test and one-day world championships last year.
Last month, the International Cricket Council granted MLC "List A" status, elevating it to an official T20 league on par with the Indian Premier League and other well-established franchise competitions.
The organizers of MLC have plans to expand the current six-team competition to ten teams in the coming years.
Squads for MLC 2024:SAN FRANCISCO UNICORNS - Pat Cummins, Qais Ahmad, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matt Henry, Mackenzie Harvey, Lungi Ngidi, Brody Couch, Tajinder Singh, Josh Inglis, Matthew Wade, Jahmar Hamilton, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Smit Patel, David White, Corey Anderson, Finn Allen, Carmi le RouxLiam Plunkett, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan
LOS ANGELES KNIGHT RIDERS - Martin Guptill, Jaskaran Malhotra, Alex Carey, Spencer Johnson, Saif BadarAli Sheikh, Andre Russell, David Miller, Unmukt Chand, Bhaskar Yadram, Ali Khan, Rilee Rossouw, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy, Shakib Al Hasan, Gajanand Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Adam Zampa, Nitish Kumar, Corne Dry
TEXAS SUPER KINGS - Rusty Theron, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Imran Tahir, Calvin Savage, Faf du Plessis, Marcus Stoinis, Gerald Coetzee, Devon Conway, Milind Kumar, Zia Shahzad, Mohammad Mohsin, Matthew Tromp, Naveen-ul-Haq, Dwayne Bravo, Daniel Sams, Cody Chetty, Noor Ahmad,Sami Aslam, Mitchell Santner, Zia ul-Haq, Lahiru Milantha, Cameron Stevenson
WASHINGTON FREEDOM - Rachin Ravindra, Ian Holland, Akeal Hosein, Lockie Ferguson, Justin Dill, Jack Edwards, Lahiru Milantha, Andries Gous, Amila Aponso, Steve Smith, Saurabh Netravalkar, Yasir Mohammed, Obus Pienaar, Glenn Maxwell, Akhilesh Bodugum, Marco Jansen, Mukhtar Ahmed, Andrew Tye, Travis Head
MI NEW YORK - Nicholas Pooran, Shayan Jahangir, Nosthusha Kenjige, Dewald Brevis, Rushil Ugarkar, Ruben Clinton, Anrich Nortje, Monank Patel, Steven Taylor, Romario Shepherd, Trent Boult, Ehsan Adil, Tim David, Heath Richards, Kagiso Rabada, Rashid Khan, Kieron Pollard
SEATTLE ORCAS - Nandre Burger, Harmeet Singh, Obed McCoy, Nathan Ellis, Shubham Ranjane, Andrew Tye, Angelo Perera, Hayden Walsh, Nauman Anwar, Michael Bracewell, Dwaine Pretorius, Nisarg Patel, Shimron Hetmyer, Cameron Gannon, Dasun Shanaka, Aaron Jones, Heinrich Klaasen, Shehan Jayasuriya, Wayne Parnell, Quinton de Kock, Ryan Rickelton, Imad Wasim, Phani Simhardi
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