45 Major League Cricket stars to compete in ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Saturday, June 01, 2024) As the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 approaches and cricket fever grips the world, Major League Cricket (MLC)  continues to make a global impact. Forty-five of its star players are set to play in the ICC's marquee event, which will take place in the USA and West Indies from June 1 to 29, 2024.

Major League Cricket was recently awarded List-A status, recognized by the ICC as an official T20 league, making it 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, boast some of the world’s best international and domestic talent who are readying to represent their respective countries in the World Cup. 

Team USA includes 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).

All 45 MLC players who will be featuring in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, listed by team:

Ali Khan – USA

Nitish Kumar – USA

Shadley Van Schalkwyk – USA

Andre Russell – WI

Shakib Al Hasan – Bangladesh

David Miller - South Africa

Josh Little - Ireland

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

Corey Anderson – USA

Matt Henry - New Zealand

Josh Inglis – Australia

Sherfane Rutherford - West Indies

Haris Rauf - Pakistan

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

Milind Kumar – USA

Mitchell Santner - New Zealand

Devon Conway - New Zealand

Aiden Markram - South Africa

Daryl Mitchell - New Zealand

Naveen-ul-Haq – Afghanistan

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

MLC has already revolutionized the cricket landscape in the USA. The inaugural 2023 season was a huge success, with sold-out matches garnering millions of viewers worldwide. This set the momentum for the upcoming T20 World Cup and the MLC’s second season, which kicks off July 5.