2025 Major League Cricket players' draft

2025 Major League Cricket players' draft
General information
SportCricket
Date(s)February 20, 2025
Time8 p.m. ET
Network(s)
Overview
LeagueMajor League Cricket
Teams6

The 2025 Major League Cricket players' draft was held on February 20, 2025, ahead of the 2025 Major League Cricket season for teams to pick domestic players.[1] Like the previous year, the draft was held virtually and not by broadcast. The results of the draft were released by Major League Cricket via their social media platforms.

The format of the draft was same as the previous season, it was conducted over 10 rounds divided on the basis of salary cap, using the "snake" format. A total of 16 picks were made in the final draft.[2]

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 $10,000 in the tenth round.[3]

  • 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

Retained players

The retention window for the third season was open till February 13, 2025, and the teams were allowed retain any number of domestic players within this deadline.[1][4] Ahead of the draft, many teams decided to let go of marquee players like Travis Head, Kagiso Rabada, and Daryl Mitchell.[5] The Freedom had the most retentions with 15 players, while the Orcas had the least retentions with just 7.[6]

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.[7]

First round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
1 Jessy Singh Seattle Orcas New Jersey Stallions
2 Shubham Ranjane Texas Super Kings Dallas Xforia Giants
Fourth round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
3 Agni Chopra MI New York –
4 Tajinder Singh MI New York Chicago Kingsmen
Fifth round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
5 Sujit Nayak Seattle Orcas Seattle Thunderbolts
Seventh round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
6 Steven Taylor Seattle Orcas Atlanta Fire
Eighth round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
7 Shayan Jahangir Seattle Orcas Silicon Valley Strikers
8 Kunwarjit Singh MI New York –
Ninth round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
9 Karthik Gattepalli LA Knight Riders Houston Hurricanes
10 Sharad Lumba MI New York –
11 Stephen Wiig Texas Super Kings New Jersey Stallions
Tenth round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
12 Hammad Azam San Francisco Unicorns Chicago Kingsmen
13 Abhishek Paradkar Washington Freedom East Bay Blazers
Rookie (U23) round selections made during the draft
Pick Player Team MiLC Team
14 Rahul Jariwala Seattle Orcas Golden State Grizzlies
15 Adam Khan Texas Super Kings Ft. Lauderdale Lions
16 Achilles Browne San Francisco Unicorns Ft. Lauderdale Lions

Overseas signings

The following players were directly signed by teams ahead of the 2025 season.

Overseas signings for the 2025 Major League Cricket season
Player Nationality Team Ref.
Alex Hales  England Los Angeles Knight Riders –

References

  1. ^ a b Hays, Nate (February 26, 2025). "2025 MLC Domestic Draft review, Part 1: USAC and Minor League stars shine". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  2. ^ @MLCricket (February 20, 2025). "THE PICKS ARE IN. 16 domestic players – some stepping onto the MLC stage for the first time, others ready to build on past success – have been drafted!!! Who's making headlines this season?!" (Tweet). Retrieved February 21, 2025 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Atino, Daisy (February 21, 2025). "Major League Cricket draft sees Agni Chopra and Jasdeep Singh secure top spots". Athlon Sports. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  4. ^ Patel, Smit (February 14, 2025). "MLC Domestic Retentions: Taylor, Jayasuriya, Jahangir & Ranjane head to draft". Cricbuzz. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  5. ^ "Head, Rabada, Miller not retained ahead of MLC 2025 draft". ESPNcricinfo. February 15, 2025. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  6. ^ Atino, Daisy (April 7, 2025). "Inside Seattle Orcas' Strategic Rebuild for MLC's Long-Term Success". Athlon Sports. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  7. ^ Patel, Smit (March 22, 2024). "MLC Domestic Draft: MI New York signs up Mumbai boy Agni Chopra". Cricbuzz. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
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