Main League Cricket (MLC) franchises have introduced their retained gamers forward of the third season’s draft, set to happen on February 19. A number of star gamers, together with Australia’s Travis Head and Pat Cummins, together with South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada and David Miller, weren’t retained, ESPNCricinfo reported. Defending champions Washington Freedom retained 15 gamers, essentially the most by any staff, however let go of Head, their joint-highest run-getter alongside captain Steve Smith with 336 runs every. The franchise additionally let go of bowlers Akeal Hosein and Andrew Tye, who took two and 5 wickets every final season, as per ESPNCricinfo.
San Francisco Unicorns retained their key gamers, together with explosive openers Finn Allen and Jake Fraser-McGurk, however launched Cummins (4 wickets), Matt Henry, and Josh Inglis (157 runs in 9 matches). The Unicorns have been runners-up within the 2024 season.
Seattle Orcas retained simply seven gamers, together with abroad stars Heinrich Klaasen and Ryan Rickelton. He was retained regardless of Klaasen’s poor kind final season (97 runs in six matches). Nonetheless, the staff launched huge names like Quinton de Kock (170 runs in seven video games), Michael Bracewell, Obed McCoy, and Nandre Burger (4 wickets final season).
LA Knight Riders retained three abroad stars–West Indies veterans Sunil Narine (5 wickets) and Andre Russell (129 runs, two wickets in six matches), together with Australian pacer Spencer Johnson (9 wickets in six video games). In the meantime, Miller (81 runs in six video games), Jason Roy (163 runs in six matches), Shakib Al Hasan (60 runs, one wicket in 4 video games), and Adam Zampa have been launched.
MI New York, the inaugural champions, retained West Indies legend Kieron Pollard (63 runs, 5 wickets in 5 matches), Trent Boult (9 wickets in seven matches), Nicholas Pooran (180 runs in seven matches), and Rashid Khan (162 runs, 10 wickets in seven matches). Nonetheless, they launched Anrich Nortje (one wicket in two matches), Rabada, and power-hitters Tim David (27 runs in three matches) and Dewald Brevis (85 runs in 4 matches).
Texas Tremendous Kings (TSK) retained captain Faf du Plessis and Devon Conway (420 and 293 runs in eight innings, respectively). In addition they stored Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis (83 runs, seven wickets in seven matches) and Afghanistan spinner Noor Ahmad. Among the many launched gamers have been Mitchell Santner (two wickets in two matches), Matheesha Pathirana, Daryl Mitchell, and Naveen-ul-Haq.
A number of notable home U.S. gamers weren’t retained, together with Steven Taylor (MI New York), Shehan Jayasuriya (Seattle Orcas), and Jasdeep Singh (Washington Freedom).
Retained Gamers Listing 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 Sofa, Karima Gore, Juanoy Drysdale, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Haris Rauf, Finn Allen, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matthew Brief.
Seattle Orcas: Harmeet Singh, Cameron Gannon, Ali Sheikh, Ayan Desai, Aaron Jones, Heinrich Klaasen, Ryan Rickelton.
Texas Tremendous 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.
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