(Cricket News) A list of the 23 players who will be back for the highly anticipated second season of the cricket league has been released by MLC. On July 4, four days following the conclusion of the 2024 T20 World Cup, the competition is scheduled to begin.
In order to prevent any conflicts with player availability, MLC discovered that they were in a perfect window between The Hundred, the World Cup, and a white ball break for countries like Australia, New Zealand, England, and Pakistan.
In 2023, MI New York was able to secure a reservation for the core that propelled them to victory. Tim David, Dewald Brewis, Kieron Pollard, and Nicholas Pooran will team up once more to push the reigning champs’ power game. MINY’s potent bowling attack will once again be spearheaded by Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, and Rashid Khan.
Second-place winners Quinton de Kock, skipper Wayne Parnell, and Heinrich Klaasen, a trio from South Africa, were trapped by the Seattle Orcas. Imad Wasim, a Pakistani all-rounder who just announced the end of his international career, was also kept by the Orcas. Alongside the Kiwi combination of Devon Conway and Mitchell Santner, longtime Super Kings supporter Faf du Plessis returns to lead the Texas Super Kings.
Along with Jason Roy, who is returning to fulfill his two-year contract with the LA Knight Riders after opting to leave the English game, veteran players Andre Russell and captain Sunil Narine will don the purple and gold once more for the LA Knight Riders. Australian left arm swiftly Two more players that LAKR retained were Adam Zampa and Spencer Johnson.
The teams with the highest turnover rate among retentions were the San Francisco Unicorns and Ricky Ponting’s Washington Freedom, who both only kept two players from their overseas contingents.
After breaking the world record versus Pakistan, Unicorns managed to hold onto the fiery Finn Allen. The team may be concerned about Haris Rauf’s availability as their second retention, though, as the speedster is in trouble with the PCB regarding NOCs for foreign leagues. The T20 world’s emerging star Akeal Hosein and Marco Jansen were signed by The Freedom.
Nine foreign players may be listed on the rosters of the franchises. The teams are anticipated to immediately discuss potential foreign signings with the players on their wish list as there is not an international player draft in place. Prior to the domestic draft in March, the domestic retentions are anticipated to be verified by the end of February.
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