Launched in 2023, Major League Cricket has quickly become the flagship T20 tournament in the United States. The competition, run by American Cricket Enterprises under the sanction of USA Cricket, was established following ICC approval.
This will be the fourth season of the Twenty20 cricket league; the inaugural season took place in July 2023.
MLC Season 4 returns on June 18 (June 19 in Indian timings) with Texas Super Kings and Seattle Orcas set to launch the 2026 season at Grand Prairie Stadium.
The tournament begins with a seven-match stint at Grand Prairie Stadium, after which the league phase shifts to California. Fixtures will be split between the Oakland Coliseum and the Knight Riders venue in Pomona from the start of July.
Grand Prairie is set to welcome the final group-stage matches, while Oakland will take centre stage for the knockout rounds, culminating in the final on July 18 (July 19 in Indian timings).
The first edition featured matches at two venues, but the tournament broadened its footprint to three locations last season. MI New York has won two of the first three championships, with Washington Freedom interrupting their dominance by securing the crown in 2024.
MI New York entered the campaign as defending champions, having secured their second title by overcoming Washington Freedom in last year’s final.
MLC 2026 Teams
Season four of Major League Cricket will once again feature six franchises:
- Los Angeles Knight Riders
- MI New York
- San Francisco Unicorns
- Seattle Orcas
- Texas Super Kings
- Washington Freedom
MLC 2026 Captains
- Steve Smith (Washington Freedom)
- Faf du Plessis (Texas Super Kings)
- Jason Holder (LA Knight Riders)
- Nicholas Pooran (MI New York)
- Matt Short (San Francisco Unicorns)
- Marcus Stoinis (Seattle Orcas)
One of the headline signings for the new season is Ravichandran Ashwin, who has joined the San Francisco Unicorns. The former India off-spinner becomes the first retired Indian international to feature in Major League Cricket.
Having stepped away from international cricket in 2024, Ashwin is set to make his maiden appearance in a T20 franchise league outside the IPL after injury forced him to miss a planned stint in the 2025-26 Big Bash League.
Major League Cricket (MLC) 2026: Schedule
| Date | Match | Time (IST) | Venue |
| June 19 | Texas Super Kings vs Seattle Orcas | 6:00 a.m. | Dallas |
| June 20 | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs San Francisco Unicorns | 2:00 a.m. | Dallas |
| June 20 | Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom | 6:00 a.m. | Dallas |
| June 21 | Texas Super Kings vs San Francisco Unicorns | 2:00 a.m. | Dallas |
| June 21 | MI New York vs Washington Freedom | 6:00 a.m. | Dallas |
| June 22 | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas | 2:00 a.m. | Dallas |
| June 22 | Texas Super Kings vs MI New York | 6:00 a.m. | Dallas |
| June 25 | San Francisco Unicorns vs Texas Super Kings | 7:00 a.m. | Oakland |
| June 26 | Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom | 7:00 a.m. | Oakland |
| June 27 | MI New York vs Texas Super Kings | 3:00 a.m. | Oakland |
| June 27 | San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas | 7:00 a.m. | Oakland |
| June 28 | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs MI New York | 3:00 a.m. | Oakland |
| June 28 | Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom | 7:00 a.m. | Oakland |
| June 29 | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas | 3:00 a.m. | Oakland |
| June 29 | San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom | 7:00 a.m. | Oakland |
| July 2 | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom | 7:00 a.m. | Pomona |
| July 3 | MI New York vs Seattle Orcas | 7:00 a.m. | Pomona |
| July 4 | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Texas Super Kings | 7:00 a.m. | Pomona |
| July 5 | San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom | 3:00 a.m. | Pomona |
| July 5 | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs MI New York | 7:00 a.m. | Pomona |
| July 6 | Seattle Orcas vs Texas Super Kings | 3:00 a.m. | Pomona |
| July 6 | MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns | 7:00 a.m. | Pomona |
| July 9 | MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns | 6:00 a.m. | Dallas |
| July 10 | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom | 6:00 a.m. | Dallas |
| July 11 | MI New York vs Seattle Orcas | 2:00 a.m. | Dallas |
| July 11 | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs San Francisco Unicorns | 6:00 a.m. | Dallas |
| July 12 | Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom | 2:00 a.m. | Dallas |
| July 12 | San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas | 6:00 a.m. | Dallas |
| July 13 | MI New York vs Washington Freedom | 2:00 a.m. | Dallas |
| July 13 | Texas Super Kings vs Los Angeles Knight Riders | 6:00 a.m. | Dallas |
| July 16 | Qualifier (TBA vs TBA) | 3:00 a.m. | Oakland |
| July 16 | Eliminator 1 (TBA vs TBA) | 7:00 a.m. | Oakland |
| July 17 | Eliminator 2 (TBA vs TBA) | 7:00 a.m. | Oakland |
| July 19 | Final (TBA vs TBA) | 7:00 a.m. | Oakland |
How To Watch Major League Cricket Live In India?
Fans in India can watch the live telecast of all the matches of MLC 2026 live on the Star Sports Network. The live streaming of all Major League Cricket 2026 will be available on the JioHotstar app and website.
How To Watch Major League Cricket Live In Other Countries?
- U.S. & Canada: Willow
- Seattle: Fox 13 Seattle
- Bay Area: NBC Bay Area
- NYC DMA: YES Network
- Australia: Seven
- Caribbean: ESPN
- Middle East: Cricbuzz
- New Zealand: Sky Sport NZ
- Sub-Saharan Africa: ESPN
- Other Territories: MLC Network
Major League Cricket (MLC) 2026: Squads
Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR): Jason Holder, Andre Russell, Unmukt Chand, Sunil Narine, Alex Hales, Andre Fletcher, Colin Munro, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Nitish Kumar, Kristopher Ramsaran, Rovman Powell, Ali Khan, Saif Badar, Fabian Allen, Carmi le Roux, Lloyd Pope, Jahmar Hamilton, Karthik Gattepalli, Matthew Tromp.
MI New York (MINY): Corey Anderson, Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult, Nicholas Pooran, Tajinder Singh, Ryan Rickelton, Romario Shepherd, Agni Chopra, Corbin Bosch, Monank Patel, Nosthush Kenjige, Faisal Khan Ahmadzai, Rushil Ugarkar, Allah Ghazanfar, Tristan Luus, Sunny Patel, Kunwarjeet Singh.
San Francisco Unicorns (SFU): Kusal Perera, Ravichandran Ashwin, Liam Dawson, Peter Siddle, Hammad Azam, Ghulam Mudassar, Hassan Khan, Finn Allen, Aakarshit Gomel, Haris Rauf, Brody Couch, Juanoy Drysdale, Anirudh Immanuel, Stephen Wiig, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Saideep Ganesh, Connor Esterhuizen, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Oliver Peake.
Seattle Orcas (SO): Marcus Stoinis, Harmeet Singh, Dasun Shanaka, Shehan Jayasuriya, Cameron Gannon, Shimron Hetmyer, Tim Seifert, Matthew Breetzke, Sharad Lumba, Sujit Nayak, Lutho Sipamla, Jessy Singh, Tanveer Sangha, Shayan Jahangir, Ottniel Baartman, Tim Robinson, Ali Sheikh, Ayan Desai, Rahul Jariwala.
Texas Super Kings (TSK): Faf du Plessis, Milind Kumar, Rilee Rossouw, Adam Milne, Akeal Hosein, Hardus Viljoen, Keshav Maharaj, Smit Patel, Calvin Savage, Wiaan Mulder, Abhimanyu Lamba, Shubham Ranjane, Nandre Burger, Mohammad Mohsin, Donovan Ferreira, Amshi de Silva, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Joshua Tromp.
Washington Freedom (WF): Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Mark Chapman, Ben Dwarshuis, Amila Aponso, Andries Gous, Lockie Ferguson, Mukhtar Ahmed, Jack Edwards, Rachin Ravindra, Ian Holland, Saurabh Netravalkar, Marco Jansen, Lahiru Milantha, Nikhil Chaudhary, Mitchell Owen, Yasir Mohammad, Abhishek Paradkar, Obus Pienaar, Asif Mehmood.
Major League Cricket (MLC) Previous Winners:
- 2025: MI New York (defeated Washington Freedom by 5 runs)
- 2024: Washington Freedom (defeated San Francisco Unicorns)
- 2023: MI New York (defeated Seattle Orcas)
Major League Cricket (MLC) 2025 Stats:
- Most Runs: Monank Patel (MI New York) was the highest run-scorer of the 2025 Major League Cricket (MLC) season, accumulating a total of 478 runs in 13 innings at an average of 36.76.
- Highest Individual Score: Finn Allen (San Francisco Unicorns) blasted 151 runs off just 51 balls. This included an MLC record of 19 sixes in a single innings.
- Most Wickets: Xavier Bartlett of the San Francisco Unicorns was the highest wicket-taker of the 2025 Major League Cricket (MLC) season. He took 18 wickets in 11 innings with an average of 19.77.
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