2024 Major League Cricket players' draft#Domestic draft
{{Short description|2024 MLC draft}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox sports draft
|name = 2024 Major League Cricket players' draft
|sport = Cricket
|date = March 21, 2024 and June 18, 2024
|time = 8 p.m. ET
|location =
|league = Major League Cricket
|network =
|teams = 6
|prev = 2023
|next = 2025
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The 2024 Major League Cricket players' draft was held on March 21, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Major League Cricket season.{{cite web|url=https://forbes.com/sites/tristanlavalette/2024/02/18/stars-return-as-americas-major-league-cricket-builds-on-stellar-launch |first=Tristan |last=Lavalette |website=Forbes |date=February 18, 2024 |title=Stars Return As America’s Major League Cricket Builds On Stellar Launch |access-date=March 17, 2024}} An additional "supplementary" draft was held on June 18, 2024 to complete the squads.{{cite web|url=https://emergingcricket.com/insight/the-2024-major-league-cricket-domestic-draft-low-on-hype-high-on-drama/ |website=Emerging Cricket |date=March 24, 2024 |title=The 2024 Major League Cricket Domestic Draft: low on hype, high on drama |access-date=March 24, 2024}} Both drafts were held virtually{{cite web|url=https://emergingcricket.com/news/mlc-announce-retained-overseas/ |first=Nate |last=Hays |website=Emerging Cricket |date=February 17, 2024 |title=Seattle’s Wayne Parnell ready to "make new memories and moments of brilliance" as MLC teams announce retained overseas |access-date=March 17, 2024}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/129949/mlc-domestic-draft-hassan-khan-joshua-tromp-draw-top-dollars-smit-patel-unsold |first=Smit |last=Patel |website=Cricbuzz |date=21 March 2024 |title=MLC Domestic Draft: Hassan Khan, Joshua Tromp draw top dollars. Smit Patel unsold |access-date=21 March 2024 }} During the supplementary draft, teams were given 48 hours to strategize before selecting any players. A total of 3 players were ultimately selected.{{cite web|url=https://hindustantimes.com/cricket/chaitanya-bishnoi-aaron-jones-sunny-patel-set-for-major-league-cricket-2024-101719058836707.html |date=June 22, 2024 |website=The Hindustan Times |title=Chaitanya Bishnoi, Aaron Jones, Sunny Patel set for Major League Cricket 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
Rules
The draft is exclusive to domestic players, like the previous season, however teams are able to announce newly signed players during the draft.{{cite web|url=https://newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/can-professional-cricket-thrive-in-america |first=Ed |last=Caesar |newspaper=The New Yorker |date=July 24, 2023 |title=Can Professional Cricket Thrive in America? |access-date=March 17, 2024}}
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. 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.{{cite web|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/mi-new-york-and-los-angeles-knight-riders-make-draft-picks-for-major-league-cricket-2024-5944571 |website=NDTV |date=June 22, 2024 |title=MI New York And Los Angeles Knight Riders Make Draft Picks For Major League Cricket 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024}}
Salary cap
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.
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- First Round – $75,000
- Second Round – $65,000
- Third Round – $60,000
- Fourth Round – $50,000
- Fifth Round – $40,000
- Sixth Round – $35,000
- Seventh Round – $25,000
- Eighth Round – $20,000
- Ninth Round – $15,000
- Tenth Round – $10,000
- Rookie Round – $5,000
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Draft order
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.
Retained players
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.{{cite web|url=https://cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/129493/mlc-2-pooran-de-kock-rashid-and-boult-among-top-foreign-retentions |first=Smit |last=Patel |website=Cricbuzz |date=February 15, 2024 |title=MLC 2: Pooran, De Kock, Rashid and Boult among top foreign retentions |access-date=March 17, 2024}} Any remaining domestic players would be available to be picked by teams during the main draft.{{cite web|url=https://news18.com/cricket/mlc-2024-mi-new-york-los-angeles-knight-riders-san-francisco-unicorns-seattle-orcas-texas-super-kings-and-washington-freedom-announce-domesctic-players-retained-8800160.html |first=Ritayan |last=Basu |website=News18 |date=March 2, 2024 |title=MLC 2024: All Six Major League Cricket Teams Announce Domestic Players Retained |access-date=March 17, 2024}}
On February 15, 2024, the retained overseas players' lists were announced.{{cite news |last=Khakhar |first=Mohit |date=16 February 2024 |title=Major League Cricket 2024: List of retained players for MLC franchises ahead of second season |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/in/cricket/news/major-league-cricket-2024-list-retained-players-mlc-franchises-ahead-second-season/2339c8265303d9e3f33aadc8 |access-date=16 February 2024 |website=The Sporting News}}{{cite news |last=Roller |first=Matt |date=15 February 2024 |title=MLC: Rashid, Klaasen, Pooran, Boult, Rauf among overseas players retained |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mlc-rashid-khan-heinrich-klaasen-nicholas-pooran-trent-boult-haris-rauf-among-overseas-players-retained-1421256 |access-date=5 April 2024 |website=ESPNcricinfo}} On March 1, 2024, the domestic player retention list was announced.{{cite news |date=2 March 2024 |title=DOMESTIC PLAYER RETENTIONS FOR MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET 2024 ANNOUNCED |url=https://www.majorleaguecricket.com/news/134 |access-date=2 March 2024 |website=Major League Cricket}}
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Retained overseas players for the 2024 Major League Cricket season |
| scope="col"|Team
!scope="col"|Player !scope="col"|Nationality |
|---|
| scope="row" rowspan="5" |Los Angeles Knight Riders
| {{cr|AUS}} |
| Sunil Narine
| {{cr|WIN}} |
| Jason Roy
| {{cr|ENG}} |
| Andre Russell
| {{cr|WIN}} |
| Adam Zampa
| {{cr|AUS}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="7" |MI New York
| {{cr|NZ}} |
| Dewald Brevis
| {{cr|RSA}} |
| Tim David
| {{cr|AUS}} |
| Rashid Khan
| {{cr|AFG}} |
| Nicholas Pooran
| {{cr|WIN}} |
| Kieron Pollard
| {{cr|WIN}} |
| Kagiso Rabada
| {{cr|RSA}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" |San Francisco Unicorns
| {{cr|NZ}} |
| Haris Rauf
| {{cr|PAK}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="4" |Seattle Orcas
| {{cr|RSA}} |
| Quinton de Kock
| {{cr|RSA}} |
| Wayne Parnell
| {{cr|RSA}} |
| Imad Wasim
| {{cr|PAK}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" |Texas Super Kings
| {{cr|NZ}} |
| Faf du Plessis
| {{cr|RSA}} |
| Mitchell Santner
| {{cr|NZ}} |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" |Washington Freedom
| {{cr|WIN}} |
| Marco Jansen
| {{cr|RSA}} |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Retained domestic players for the 2024 Major League Cricket season |
| scope="col"|Team
!scope="col"|Player !scope="col"|Salary cap |
|---|
| scope="row" rowspan="5" |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 |
| scope="row" rowspan="5" |MI New York
| $75,000 |
| Ehsan Adil
| $50,000 |
| Nosthush Kenjige
| $40,000 |
| Monank Patel
| $35,000 |
| Shayan Jahangir
| $15,000 |
| scope="row" rowspan="5" |San Francisco Unicorns
| $75,000 |
| Liam Plunkett
| $65,000 |
| Carmi le Roux
| $35,000 |
| Brody Couch
| $25,000 |
| Sanjay Krishnamurthi
| $2,500 |
| scope="row" rowspan="5" |Seattle Orcas
| $75,000 |
| Shehan Jayasuriya
| $65,000 |
| Shubham Ranjane
| $50,000 |
| Cameron Gannon
| $40,000 |
| Nauman Anwar
| $25,000 |
| scope="row" rowspan="7" |Texas Super Kings
| $65,000 |
| Milind Kumar
| $40,000 |
| Cameron Stevenson
| $25,000 |
| Zia Shahzad
| $10,000 |
| Saiteja Mukkamalla
| $2,500 |
| Mohammad Mohsin
| — |
| Zia-ul-Haq
| — |
| scope="row" rowspan="6" |Washington Freedom
| $75,000 |
| Mukhtar Ahmed
| $65,000 |
| Obus Pienaar
| $50,000 |
| Saurabh Netravalkar
| $40,000 |
| Justin Dill
| $10,000 |
| Akhilesh Bodugum
| $2,500 |
Draft selections
= Domestic draft =
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.majorleaguecricket.com/news/136 |title=2024 MLC Domestic Draft Results|work=Major League Cricket |date=22 March 2024 |access-date=22 March 2024}}
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+First round selections made during the draft |
| scope="col"| Pick
! scope="col"| Player ! scope="col"| Team ! scope="col"| MiLC Team |
|---|
| scope="row"|1
|Adithya Ganesh |LA Knight Riders |
| scope="row"|2
|San Francisco Unicorns |
| scope="row"|3
|Joshua Tromp |Texas Super Kings |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Second round selections made during the draft |
| scope="col"| Pick
! scope="col"| Player ! scope="col"| Team ! scope="col"| MiLC Team |
|---|
| scope="row"|4
|Raj Nannan |Texas Super Kings |The Philadelphians |
| scope="row"|5
|MI New York |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Sixth round selections made during the draft |
| scope="col"| Pick
! scope="col"| Player ! scope="col"| Team ! scope="col"| MiLC Team |
|---|
| scope="row"|6
|Seattle Orcas |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Seventh round selections made during the draft |
| scope="col"| Pick
! scope="col"| Player ! scope="col"| Team ! scope="col"| MiLC Team |
|---|
| scope="row"|7
|Washington Freedom |– |
| scope="row"|8
|Washington Freedom |Atlanta Fire |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Eighth round selections made during the draft |
| scope="col"| Pick
! scope="col"| Player ! scope="col"| Team ! scope="col"| MiLC Team |
|---|
| scope="row"|9
|LA Knight Riders |Atlanta Fire |
| scope="row"|10
|MI New York |Atlanta Lightning |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Ninth round selections made during the draft |
| scope="col"| Pick
! scope="col"| Player ! scope="col"| Team ! scope="col"| MiLC Team |
|---|
| scope="row"|11
|San Francisco Unicorns |
| scope="row"|12
|Ali Sheikh |Seattle Orcas |Dallas Mustangs |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Tenth round selections made during the draft |
| scope="col"| Pick
! scope="col"| Player ! scope="col"| Team ! scope="col"| MiLC Team |
|---|
| scope="row"|13
|LA Knight Riders |
| scope="row"|14
|San Francisco Unicorns |New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers |
| scope="row"|15
|Washington Freedom |
| scope="row"|16
|San Francisco Unicorns |Atlanta Fire |
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Rookie (U23) round selections made during the draft |
| scope="col"| Pick
! scope="col"| Player ! scope="col"| Team ! scope="col"| MiLC Team |
|---|
| scope="row"|17
|Matthew Tromp |LA Knight Riders |
| scope="row"|18
|Washington Freedom |New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers |
| scope="row"|19
|Ayan Desai |Seattle Orcas |
| scope="row"|20
|Rushil Ugarkar |MI New York |Dallas Mustangs |
=Supplementary draft=
A total of 3 players were selected by teams during the supplementary draft.
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Selections made during the supplementary draft |
| scope="col"| Pick
! scope="col"| Player ! scope="col"| Team ! scope="col"| MiLC Team |
|---|
| scope="row"|1
|LA Knight Riders |Dallas Xforia Giants |
| scope="row"|2
|Seattle Orcas |Atlanta Fire |
| scope="row"|3
|Sunny Patel |MI New York |New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers |
Overseas signings
The following players were directly signed by teams ahead of the 2024 season.
| class="wikitable"
|+Overseas signings for the 2024 Major League Cricket season |
| style="background: #110756;color:white" | Player
!style="background: #110756;color:white" | Nationality !style="background: #110756;color:white" | Team !style="background: #110756;color:white" | Ref. |
|---|
| scope="row"|Michael Bracewell
|{{cr|NZ}} |Seattle Orcas |
| scope="row"|Matthew Short
|{{cr|AUS}} |San Francisco Unicorns |
| scope="row"|Anrich Nortje
|{{cr|SA}} |MI New York |
| scope="row"|Romario Shepherd
|{{cr|WIN}} |MI New York |
| scope="row"|Rachin Ravindra
|{{cr|NZ}} |Washington Freedom |
| scope="row"|Steve Smith
|{{cr|AUS}} |Washington Freedom |
| scope="row"|Jake Fraser-McGurk
|{{cr|AUS}} |San Francisco Unicorns |
| scope="row"|Travis Head
|{{cr|AUS}} |Washington Freedom |
| scope="row"|Glenn Maxwell
|{{cr|AUS}} |Washington Freedom |
| scope="row"|Nandre Burger
|{{cr|RSA}} |Seattle Orcas |
| scope="row"|Lockie Ferguson
|{{cr|NZ}} |Washington Freedom |
| scope="row"|Aiden Markram
|{{cr|RSA}} |Texas Super Kings |
| scope="row"|Lance Morris
|{{cr|AUS}} |Seattle Orcas | |
| scope="row"|Nathan Ellis
|{{cr|AUS}} |Seattle Orcas | |
| scope="row"|Matt Henry
|{{cr|NZ}} |San Francisco Unicorns | |
| scope="row"|Ryan Rickelton
|{{cr|RSA}} |Seattle Orcas | |
| scope="row"|Andrew Tye
|{{cr|AUS}} |Washington Freedom | |
| scope="row"|Josh Inglis
|{{cr|AUS}} |San Francisco Unicorns | |
| scope="row"|Sherfane Rutherford
|{{cr|WIN}} |San Francisco Unicorns | |
| scope="row"|Shakib Al Hasan
|{{cr|BAN}} |Los Angeles Knight Riders | |
| scope="row"|Joshua Little
|{{cr|IRE}} |Los Angeles Knight Riders | |
| scope="row"|David Miller
|{{cr|RSA}} |Los Angeles Knight Riders | |
| scope="row"|Naveen-ul-Haq
|{{cr|AFG}} |Texas Super Kings | |
| scope="row"|Obed McCoy
|{{cr|WIN}} |Seattle Orcas | |
| scope="row"|Waqar Salamkheil
|{{cr|AFG}} |Los Angeles Knight Riders | |
| scope="row"|Abrar Ahmed
|{{cr|PAK}} |San Francisco Unicorns | |
| scope="row"|Pat Cummins
|{{cr|AUS}} |San Francisco Unicorns |
| scope="row"|Jack Edwards
|{{cr|AUS}} |Washington Freedom | |
| scope="row"|Marcus Stoinis
|{{cr|AUS}} |Texas Super Kings |
| style="background: #110756; color:white;" colspan="4" |Withdrawn players |
| scope="row"|Daryl Mitchell
|{{cr|NZ}} |Texas Super Kings |
| style="background: #110756; color:white;" colspan="4" |Replacement players |
| scope="row"|Noor Ahmad
|{{cr|AFG}} |Texas Super Kings |
Administration changes
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Administration changes ahead of the 2024 Major League Cricket season |
| scope="col"|Team
!scope="col"|Name !scope="col"|Change !scope="col"|Role |
|---|
| scope="row" rowspan="2" |Washington Freedom
| Greg Shipperd{{Cite web |last=washingtonfreedom_admin |date=2024-02-06 |title=Cricket great Ricky Ponting appointed head coach of Washington Freedom |url=https://www.washingtonfreedom.com/cricket-great-ricky-ponting-appointed-head-coach-of-washington-freedom/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Washington Freedom |language=en-US}} | Resigned | Head Coach |
| Ricky Ponting{{cite news |date=7 February 2024 |title=Ricky Ponting in the USA: Australia great named Washington Freedom coach in Major League Cricket |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/mlc-2024-ricky-ponting-usa-australia-great-washington-freedom-coach-major-league-cricket-2498559-2024-02-07 |access-date=16 February 2024 |work=India Today}}
| Appointed | Head Coach |
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