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MLC 2025: The third season of Major League cricket is going to start from June 12. According to Indian time, the first match will be played between San Francisco Unicorns and Washington Freedom from 6:30 am on 13 June. Earlier, Los Angeles Knight Riders, with the ownership of Shahrukh Khan, have announced their new captain.
Earlier, MI New York appointed Nicholas Puran as captain, who recently retired from international cricket. Now Los Angeles has also appointed a West Indies player as his captain, who will not play in the first few matches. So far 5 teams have announced their captains.
This West Indies player became the captain of Shahrukh Khan’s team
Los Angeles Knight Riders have appointed West Indies all -rounder Jason Holder as their captain for Major League Cricket 2025. Holder will not play in the first 2 matches of the season, after which he will join the team. The reason for his exit is international commitment, during this time Sunil Naren of West Indies will take command of the team. Naren also plays for Shahrukh Khan’s team KKR in IPL.
Today the first match of the Ireland vs West Indies 3 -match T20 series will be played. The final match will be held on 15 June. Jason Holder is part of this series in the West Indies team captained by Shai Hope. Holder will then join Major League cricket with his team and play in the match against Washington Freedom on 17 June.
Major League Cricket Format
A total of 34 matches will be played between 6 teams in Major League cricket. Playoff matches will be played from July 8. Its format is also like an IPL, it will have a qualifier match between the first top 2 teams. The winning team will be in the final and the losing team will play the challenger match. The second team of Challenger will be the one who will win the eliminator match. The final will be held on July 13 between the qualifiers and the Challenger match winning teams.
Major League Cricket Players included in Los Angeles Knight Riders team in 2025
Jason Holder (Captain), Sunil Naren, Saeed Badar, Alex Hales, Rowman Powell, Nitish Kumar, Andre Fletcher, Sherfen Rutherford, Aditia Ganesh, Corn Dry, Unmukt Chand, Tanveer Sangha, Andre Russell, Enrich Nortje, Matthew Trop, Matthew Trop, Karthik, Karthik Gatli, Shadley Gatli, Shadley Van Sanskick