2024_Major_League_Cricket_players'_draft
2024 Major League Cricket players' draft
2024 MLC draft
The 2024 Major League Cricket players' draft was held on March 21, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Major League Cricket season.[1] The draft was held virtually.[2] An additional draft is scheduled to be held on June 16, 2024 to complete the squads.[3]
| 2024 Major League Cricket players' draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Cricket |
| Date(s) | March 21, 2024 and June 16, 2024 |
| Time | 8 p.m. ET |
| Network(s) | |
| Overview | |
| League | Major League Cricket |
| Teams | 6 |
However, the draft was not broadcast and a recap of the event was released by the Major League Cricket through their social media platforms.
The draft was conducted over 10 rounds divided on the basis of salary cap, using the "snake" format. Out of the 125 players in the draft list, 20 players were drafted.[4]
The draft is exclusive to domestic players, like the previous season, however teams are able to announce newly signed players during the draft.[5]
Each team were allowed to have a minimum of nine domestic players and maximum of ten, with a mandatory U23 player in their squads. Until all the teams had passed, the draft round continued in the snake format. Each team could draft two players in each level, if they had enough purse available.[3]
The draft had fixed salary caps for each round, with the highest being $75,000 in the first round and the lowest being $5,000 in the Rookie (U23) round.[3]
- First Round – $75,000
- Second Round – $65,000
- Third Round – $60,000
- Fourth Round – $50,000
- Fifth Round – $40,000
- Sixth Round – $35,000
- Seventh Round – $25,000
- Eighth Round – $20,000
- Ninth Round – $15,000
- Tenth Round – $10,000
- Rookie Round – $5,000
The draft pick order was based on the reverse order of the teams' finishing positions in the 2023 season standings. Los Angeles Knight Riders had the first pick, if the team did not have enough purse to draft a player, they were automatically passed to the next team.
Teams were set a deadline for the end of February 2024 to announce overseas and domestic player retentions for the season, with a maximum of nine overseas slots allowed in each team.[6] Any remaining domestic players would be available to be picked by teams during the main draft.[7]
On February 15, 2024, the retained overseas players' lists were announced.[8][9] On March 1, 2024, the domestic player retention list was announced.[10]
| Team | Player | Salary cap |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | Ali Khan | $75,000 |
| Unmukt Chand | $65,000 | |
| Nitish Kumar | $40,000 | |
| Saif Badar | $15,000 | |
| Shadley van Schalkwyk | $10,000 | |
| MI New York | Steven Taylor | $75,000 |
| Ehsan Adil | $50,000 | |
| Nosthush Kenjige | $40,000 | |
| Monank Patel | $35,000 | |
| Shayan Jahangir | $15,000 | |
| San Francisco Unicorns | Corey Anderson | $75,000 |
| Liam Plunkett | $65,000 | |
| Carmi le Roux | $35,000 | |
| Brody Couch | $25,000 | |
| Sanjay Krishnamurthi | $2,500 | |
| Seattle Orcas | Harmeet Singh | $75,000 |
| Shehan Jayasuriya | $65,000 | |
| Shubham Ranjane | $50,000 | |
| Cameron Gannon | $40,000 | |
| Nauman Anwar | $25,000 | |
| Texas Super Kings | Calvin Savage | $65,000 |
| Milind Kumar | $40,000 | |
| Cameron Stevenson | $25,000 | |
| Zia Shahzad | $10,000 | |
| Saiteja Mukkamalla | $2,500 | |
| Mohammad Mohsin | — | |
| Zia-ul-Haq | — | |
| Washington Freedom | Andries Gous | $75,000 |
| Mukhtar Ahmed | $65,000 | |
| Obus Pienaar | $50,000 | |
| Saurabh Netravalkar | $40,000 | |
| Justin Dill | $10,000 | |
| Akhilesh Bodugum | $2,500 | |
No players were drafted by the teams in the third, fourth and fifth rounds. So, the 6th pick of the draft was directly made in the sixth round.[11]
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aditya Ganesh | LA Knight Riders | Bay Blazers |
| 2 | Hassan Khan | San Francisco Unicorns | Chicago Kingsmen |
| 3 | Joshua Tromp | Texas Super Kings | Houston Hurricanes |
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Raj Nannan | Texas Super Kings | The Philadelphians |
| 5 | Ruben Clinton | MI New York | SoCal Lashings |
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Hammad Azam | Seattle Orcas | Chicago Kingsmen |
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Ian Holland | Washington Freedom | – |
| 8 | Amila Aponso | Washington Freedom | Atlanta Fire |
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Corné Dry | LA Knight Riders | Atlanta Fire |
| 10 | Heath Richards | MI New York | Atlanta Lightning |
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Tajinder Singh | San Francisco Unicorns | Chicago Kingsmen |
| 12 | Ali Sheikh | Seattle Orcas | Dallas Mustangs |
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Derone Davis | LA Knight Riders | New Jersey Stallions |
| 14 | Karima Gore | San Francisco Unicorns | New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers |
| 15 | Lahiru Milantha | Washington Freedom | Silicon Valley Strikers |
| 16 | Jahmar Hamilton | San Francisco Unicorns | Atlanta Fire |
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Matthew Tromp | LA Knight Riders | Houston Hurricanes |
| 18 | Yasir Mohammad | Washington Freedom | New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers |
| 19 | Ayan Desai | Seattle Orcas | SoCal Lashings |
| 20 | Rushil Ugarkar | MI New York | Dallas Mustangs |
The following players were directly signed by teams ahead of the 2024 season.
| Player | Nationality | Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bracewell |  New Zealand |
Seattle Orcas | [12] |
| Matthew Short |  Australia |
San Francisco Unicorns | [12] |
| Daryl Mitchell | New Zealand |
Texas Super Kings | [12] |
| Anrich Nortje |  South Africa |
MI New York | [12] |
| Romario Shepherd |  West Indies |
MI New York | [12] |
| Rachin Ravindra | New Zealand |
Washington Freedom | [13] |
| Steve Smith | Australia |
Washington Freedom | [14] |
| Jake Fraser-McGurk | Australia |
San Francisco Unicorns | [15] |
| Travis Head | Australia |
Washington Freedom | [16] |
| Glenn Maxwell | Australia |
Washington Freedom | [17] |
| Nandre Burger | South Africa |
Seattle Orcas | [18] |
| Lockie Ferguson | New Zealand |
Washington Freedom | [19] |
| Aiden Markram | South Africa |
Texas Super Kings | [20] |
| Lance Morris | Australia |
Seattle Orcas | |
| Nathan Ellis | Australia |
Seattle Orcas | |
| Matt Henry | New Zealand |
San Francisco Unicorns | |
| Ryan Rickelton | South Africa |
Seattle Orcas | |
| Andrew Tye | Australia |
Washington Freedom | |
| Josh Inglis | Australia |
San Francisco Unicorns |
| Team | Name | Change | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Freedom | Greg Shipperd[citation needed] | Resigned | Head Coach |
| Ricky Ponting[21] | Appointed | Head Coach | |
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- Malcolm, Alex (April 18, 2024). "Maxwell signs with Washington in MLC, clarifies that form was the reason for IPL self-omission". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
- "Nandre Burger: Meet the newest member of our pace battery!". Seattle Orcas. April 18, 2024. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- @WSHFreedom (April 24, 2024). "Welcome to the family, Lockie Ferguson" (Tweet). Retrieved April 27, 2024 – via Twitter.
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