| 2024 Major League Cricket players' draft | |
| Sport: | Cricket |
| Date: | March 21, 2024 and June 18, 2024 |
| Time: | 8 p.m. ET |
| League: | Major League Cricket |
| Network: | |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Prev: | 2023 |
The 2024 Major League Cricket players' draft was held on March 21, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Major League Cricket season.[1] An additional "supplementary" draft was held on June 18, 2024 to complete the squads.[2] Both drafts were held virtually[3] and not broadcast. Recaps of the event were released by the Major League Cricket via 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] During the supplementary draft, teams were given 48 hours to strategize before selecting any players. A total of 3 players were ultimately selected.[5]
The draft is exclusive to domestic players, like the previous season, however teams are able to announce newly signed players during the draft.[6]
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.[2] Teams who had not yet completed their squads were free to do so during the supplementary draft, wherein teams were given 48 hours to strategize before selecting any further players.[7]
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.[2]
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.[8] Any remaining domestic players would be available to be picked by teams during the main draft.[9]
On February 15, 2024, the retained overseas players' lists were announced.[10] [11] On March 1, 2024, the domestic player retention list was announced.[12]
| 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.[13]
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adithya 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
A total of 3 players were selected by teams during the supplementary draft.
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chaitanya Bishnoi | LA Knight Riders | Dallas Xforia Giants |
| 2 | Aaron Jones | Seattle Orcas | Atlanta Fire |
| 3 | Sunny Patel | MI New York | New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers |
The following players were directly signed by teams ahead of the 2024 season.
| Player | Nationality | Team | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bracewell | Seattle Orcas | [14] | ||
| Matthew Short | San Francisco Unicorns | |||
| Anrich Nortje | MI New York | |||
| Romario Shepherd | MI New York | |||
| Rachin Ravindra | Washington Freedom | [15] | ||
| Steve Smith | Washington Freedom | [16] | ||
| Jake Fraser-McGurk | San Francisco Unicorns | [17] | ||
| Travis Head | Washington Freedom | [18] | ||
| Glenn Maxwell | Washington Freedom | [19] | ||
| Nandre Burger | Seattle Orcas | [20] | ||
| Lockie Ferguson | Washington Freedom | [21] | ||
| Aiden Markram | Texas Super Kings | [22] | ||
| Lance Morris | Seattle Orcas | |||
| Nathan Ellis | Seattle Orcas | |||
| Matt Henry | San Francisco Unicorns | |||
| Ryan Rickelton | Seattle Orcas | |||
| Andrew Tye | Washington Freedom | |||
| Josh Inglis | San Francisco Unicorns | |||
| Sherfane Rutherford | San Francisco Unicorns | |||
| Shakib Al Hasan | Los Angeles Knight Riders | |||
| Joshua Little | Los Angeles Knight Riders | |||
| David Miller | Los Angeles Knight Riders | |||
| Naveen-ul-Haq | Texas Super Kings | |||
| Obed McCoy | Seattle Orcas | |||
| Waqar Salamkheil | Los Angeles Knight Riders | |||
| Abrar Ahmed | San Francisco Unicorns | |||
| Pat Cummins | San Francisco Unicorns | [23] | ||
| Jack Edwards | Washington Freedom | |||
| Marcus Stoinis | Texas Super Kings | [24] | ||
| Withdrawn players | ||||
| Daryl Mitchell | Texas Super Kings | |||
| Replacement players | ||||
| Noor Ahmad | Texas Super Kings | [25] | ||
| Team | Name | Change | RolE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Freedom | Greg Shipperd[26] | Resigned | Head Coach |
| Ricky Ponting[27] | Appointed | Head Coach | |