MLC season 4 to start on June 19, 2026 (Source: X)
The fourth season of the Major League Cricket (MLC) is knocking on the doors of cricket fans across the globe, ready for yet another season of swashbuckling cricket. MLC 2026 is scheduled to be played from June 19 to July 18, 2026.
MI New York are the defending champions, having won their second title in MLC 2025 after defeating Washington Freedom by 5 runs in the final at the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium.
That being said, in this article, check out the MLC 2026 schedule, squads, venues, and live-streaming details for the highly anticipated tournament.
MLC 2026 Schedule, Start Date, Match List
Match
Fixture
Date
Time (Local)
Time (IST)
1st
Texas Super Kings vs Seattle Orcas
June 19
19:30
06:00
2nd
Los Angeles Knight Riders vs San Francisco Unicorns
June 20
15:30
02:00
3rd
Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom
June 20
19:30
06:00
4th
Texas Super Kings vs San Francisco Unicorns
June 21
15:30
02:00
5th
Washington Freedom vs MI New York
June 21
19:30
06:00
6th
Seattle Orcas vs Los Angeles Knight Riders
June 22
15:30
02:00
7th
Texas Super Kings vs MI New York
June 22
19:30
06:00
8th
San Francisco Unicorns vs Texas Super Kings
June 25
18:30
07:00
9th
Washington Freedom vs Seattle Orcas
June 26
18:30
07:00
10th
MI New York vs Texas Super Kings
June 27
14:30
03:00
11th
San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas
June 27
18:30
07:00
12th
MI New York vs Los Angeles Knight Riders
June 28
14:30
03:00
13th
Washington Freedom vs Texas Super Kings
June 28
18:30
07:00
14th
Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas
June 29
14:30
03:00
15th
San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom
June 29
18:30
07:00
16th
Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom
July 2
18:30
07:00
17th
Seattle Orcas vs MI New York
July 3
18:30
07:00
18th
Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Texas Super Kings
July 4
18:30
07:00
19th
Washington Freedom vs San Francisco Unicorns
July 5
14:30
03:00
20th
Los Angeles Knight Riders vs MI New York
July 5
18:30
07:00
21st
Seattle Orcas vs Texas Super Kings
July 6
14:30
03:00
22nd
San Francisco Unicorns vs MI New York
July 6
18:30
07:00
23rd
MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns
July 9
18:30
06:00
24th
Washington Freedom vs Los Angeles Knight Riders
July 10
19:30
06:00
25th
MI New York vs Seattle Orcas
July 11
15:30
02:00
26th
San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders
July 11
19:30
06:00
27th
Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom
July 12
15:30
02:00
28th
Seattle Orcas vs San Francisco Unicorns
July 12
19:30
06:00
29th
MI New York vs Washington Freedom
July 13
15:30
02:00
30th
Texas Super Kings vs Los Angeles Knight Riders
July 13
19:30
06:00
Qualifier
Team 1 (TBC) vs Team 2 (TBC)
July 16
14:30
03:00
Eliminator
Team 3 (TBC) vs Team 4 (TBC)
July 16
18:30
07:00
Challenger
Loser of Qualifier vs Winner of Eliminator
July 17
18:30
07:00
Final
Team 1 (TBC) vs Team 2 (TBC)
July 19
18:30
07:00
MLC 2026 Teams, Squads, Players List
The MLC 2026 will feature the same six teams, namely, Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Washington Freedom, and Texas Super Kings.
Notably, four of the six are owned or co-owned by owners of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises:
MI New York is owned by Reliance Industries, the parent company of the Mumbai Indians.
Los Angeles Knight Riders is backed by Knight Riders Group, the same ownership group behind IPL’s Kolkata Knight Riders.
Seattle Orcas is co-owned by the Delhi Capitals’ owners, GMR Group, alongside Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Soma Somasegar.
Texas Super Kings is backed by the owners of the IPL’s Chennai Super Kings in partnership with local investors.
San Francisco Unicorns (SFU): Finn Allen (WK), Zia-ul-Haq, Connor Esterhuizen, Saideep Ganesh (WK), Sanjay Krishnamurthy, Lhuan-dre Pretorius (WK), Ollie Peake, Aakarshit Gomel, Xavier Bartlett, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Ilyas, Juanoy Drysdale, Ravichandran Ashwin, Hassan Khan, Hammad Azam, Matthew Short, Aaron Hardie, and Anirudh Immanuel.
Seattle Orcas (SO): Shimron Hetmyer, Shehan Jayasuriya, Tim Seifert (WK), Shayan Jahangir, Matthew Breetzke, Sujit Nayak, Sharad Lumba, Rahul Jariwala (WK), Tim Robinson, Cameron Gannon, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman, Harmeet Singh, Tanveer Sangha, Jasdeep Singh, Ayan Desai, Dasun Shanaka, Marcus Stoinis, and Ali Sheikh.
Texas Super Kings (TSK): Faf du Plessis, Rilee Rossouw, Calvin Savage, Smit Patel (WK), Saiteja Mukkamalla, Joshua Tromp (WK), Adam Milne, Nandre Burger, Keshav Maharaj, Hardus Viljoen, Akeal Hosein, Mohammad Mohsin, Abhimanyu Lamba, Wiaan Mulder, Milind Kumar, Donovan Ferreira, Shubham Ranjane, and Amshi de Silva.
Washington Freedom (WF): Steven Smith, Mark Chapman, Mukhtar Ahmed, Lahiru Milantha (WK), Andries Gous (WK), Lockie Ferguson, Ben Dwarshuis, Amila Aponso, Saurabh Netravalkar, Asif Mehmood, Abhishek Paradkar, Yasir Mohammad, Glenn Maxwell, Rachin Ravindra, Obus Pienaar, Ian Holland, Marco Jansen, Nikhil Chaudhary, Jack Edwards, and Mitchell Owen.
MLC 2026 Venues
The 2026 Major League Cricket season will be hosted across three premier venues in the United States. The 3 venues are as follows:
Indian viewers can watch MLC matches live on Star Sports (TV) and JioHotstar (streaming), while fans in the United States and Canada can follow the tournament on Willow TV.