Live streaming, Major League Cricket 2023: Where to watch IPL-styled meet - full schedule, teams
Six teams will feature in MLC 2023, a T20 tournament, at venues in Texas and North Carolina in the USA. The final of the inaugural season will be played on July 31. Watch live!
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The Major League Cricket 2023 tournament is scheduled to start on Thursday in Texas and North Carolina, USA. Six teams will play for the title in the inaugural season of the competition.
The MLC matches, played in Twenty20 (T20) format, will start on July 14 in India. All matches will be available on live streaming in India.
All 19 Major League Cricket T20 matches, of which 15 will be held in a round-robin format, will be played over 18 days at the newly-constructed Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas and Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina.
The first eight matches will be played in Texas before the series moves to North Carolina. The playoffs and the MLC final will be played in Texas.
The teams will play each other once in the league phase after which the top four sides will progress to the playoffs, which includes IPL-style qualifier and eliminator matches. The Major League Cricket final will be held on July 30.
Four of the six teams are owned by franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL). This includes MI New York (Mumbai Indians), Texas Super Kings (Chennai Super Kings), LA Knight Riders (Kolkata Knight Riders) and the Seattle Orcas (Delhi Capitals). The other two teams are San Francisco Unicorns and Washington Freedom.
There will be 16-19 players in each squad with at least one under-23 domestic rookie player. Nine international players are allowed in each squad but only a maximum of six of these can play in a match.
Several notable international cricketers will play in the MLC 2023. The list includes Rashid Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Shadab Khan, Jason Roy, Andre Russell, Marcus Stoinis, Aaron Finch, Faf Du Plessis, David Miller and Dwayne Bravo among others.
Major League Cricket 2023 teams and players
Where to watch Major League Cricket 2023 live in India
Live streaming of Major League Cricket 2023 will be available on JioCinema for free. MLC will be telecast live on the Sports18 TV channel in India.
Major League Cricket 2023 schedule and live match start times in India
All in Indian Standard Time (IST)