MLC 2024 is currently underway in the United States of America, with six teams, namely MI New York, Texas Super Kings, Washington Freedom, Seattle Orcas, Los Angeles Knight Riders and San Francisco Unicorns playing in the tournament. ICC has officially recognized this tournament and given List-A status to all the matches happening here.
Major League Cricket does not follow the IPL rules, where there should be seven local players and four foreigners. There can be a maximum of six foreign players in the playing XI of MLC teams. The rest five should be local Americans.
Since cricket is not that popular among local Americans, cricketers from nations like India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand have moved to USA and are playing as Americans in MLC 2024. In fact, the following three names first represented Pakistan in international matches and are now playing as Americans in Major League Cricket.
1. Ehsan Adil is playing for MI New York in MLC 2024
Former Pakistani fast bowler Ehsan Adil donned the green jersey in the 2015 edition of the 50-over World Cup. Adil played three Tests and six ODIs for the Men in Green, with his last match coming in 2015. Nine years later, Adil now plays for the Mukesh Ambani-owned MI New York team in Major League Cricket.
2. Hammad Azam
Middle-order batter Hammad Azam played 11 ODIs and five T20Is for Pakistan from 2011 to 2015. The right-handed batter has settled in the United States now, where he dons the Seattle Orcas jersey in Major League Cricket tournament.
3. Nauman Anwar
Nauman Anwar is an opening batter, who played the only international match of his career in a T20I match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in 2015. He scored 18 runs in that game and never played for Pakistan again. Currently, he is a member of the Seattle Orcas team in Major League Cricket.
