MLC Franchise Team announced retained player List for Major Cricket League 2025.
Defending Champions Washington Freedom retained 15 Players . Travis Head, Steven Smith, Akeal Hosein and Andrew Tye were among overseas players who were released.Travis Head was Joint-highest scorer last year alongside captain Steven Smith.
San Francisco Unicorn retained Finn Allen and Jake Fraser-McGurk. San Francisco released Pat Cummins, Matt Henry and Josh Inglis.
Seattle Orcas retained seven Players among two are overseas players Heinrich Klaassen and Ryan Rickelton.
Seattle Orcas released seven overseas players. David Miller, Jason Roy, Shakib Al Hasan and Adam Zampa are players released.
MI New York who won inaugural MLC title retained Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult, Nicholas Pooran and Rashid Khan.MI New York released Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje .
Texas Super King retained allrounder Marcus Stoinis, Faf du Plessis and Devon Conway and Afghan left-arm wrist spinner Noor Ahmed.
Texas Super Kings released Mitchell Santner, Matheesha Mathirana, Daryl Mitchell and Naveen-ul-Haq.
Domestic player released are MI New York’s Steven Taylor,Seattle Orcas’ Shehan Jayasuriya and Washington Freedom’s Jasdeep Singh
List of players retained for MLC 2025
LA Knight Riders: Ali Khan, Adithya Ganesh, Unmukt Chand, Nitish Kumar, Corne Dry, Saif Badar, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Matthew Tromp, Spencer Johnson, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine
MI New York: Ehsan Adil, Nosthush Kenjige, Monank Patel, Heath Richards, Rushil Ugarkar, Sunny Patel, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Rashid Khan, Trent Boult
San Francisco Unicorns: Corey Anderson, Hassan Khan, Liam Plunkett, Carmi Le Roux, Brody Couch, Karima Gore, Juanoy Drysdale, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Haris Rauf, Finn Allen, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matthew Short
Seattle Orcas: Harmeet Singh, Cameron Gannon, Ali Sheikh, Ayan Desai, Aaron Jones, Heinrich Klaasen, Ryan Rickelton
Texas Super Kings: Joshua Tromp, Calvin Savage, Milind Kumar, Mohammad Mohsin, Zia-ul-Haq, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Faf du Plessis, Devon Conway, Noor Ahmad, Marcus Stoinis
Washington Freedom: Andries Gous, Mukhtar Ahmed, Obus Pienaar, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ian Holland, Amila Aponso, Justin Dill, Lahiru Milantha, Yasir Mohammad, Marco Jansen, Glenn Maxwell, Lockie Ferguson, Rachin Ravindra, Steven Smith, Jack Edwards
