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The fourth season of Major League Cricket (MLC 2026) is set to light up the United States from June 18 to July 18, 2026, bringing a thrilling calendar of 34 T20 matches to cricket fans. This high-octane tournament showcases six powerhouse franchises, four of which share deep-rooted DNA and backing from prominent Indian Premier League (IPL) ownership groups.
Defending champions and elite squads like MI New York, Los Angeles Knight Riders, Texas Super Kings, Seattle Orcas, Washington Freedom, and San Francisco Unicorns are stacked with a dazzling mix of international icons and local American talent. Global superstars and captains such as Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder, Steve Smith, Faf du Plessis, Matthew Short, and Marcus Stoinis will lock horns in an intense month-long battle for supremacy.
Adding to the grandeur of the 2026 edition, the tournament expands its footprint across three premier American venues. Matches will electrify crowds at the established Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, alongside two exciting additions in California: the Oakland Coliseum (which will host the championship final) and the newly developed Knight Riders Cricket Field at Fairplex in Pomona. Combining world-class cricket infrastructure with elite athletic rivalries, MLC 2026 promises to anchor the sport’s rapid, historic ascent in the North American sporting landscape.
Major League Cricket 2026: Fixtures
| Match / Stage | Fixture | Venue | Local Time | GMT Time | IST Time |
| 1st Match | Texas Super Kings vs Seattle Orcas | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | June 18, 7:30 PM | June 19, 12:30 AM | June 19, 6:00 AM |
| 2nd Match | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs San Francisco Unicorns | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | June 20, 3:30 PM | June 20, 8:30 PM | June 21, 2:00 AM |
| 3rd Match | Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | June 20, 7:30 PM | June 21, 12:30 AM | June 21, 6:00 AM |
| 4th Match | Texas Super Kings vs San Francisco Unicorns | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | June 21, 3:30 PM | June 21, 8:30 PM | June 22, 2:00 AM |
| 5th Match | Washington Freedom vs MI New York | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | June 21, 7:30 PM | June 22, 12:30 AM | June 22, 6:00 AM |
| 6th Match | Seattle Orcas vs Los Angeles Knight Riders | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | June 22, 3:30 PM | June 22, 8:30 PM | June 23, 2:00 AM |
| 7th Match | Texas Super Kings vs MI New York | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | June 22, 7:30 PM | June 23, 12:30 AM | June 23, 6:00 AM |
| 8th Match | San Francisco Unicorns vs Texas Super Kings | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 24, 6:30 PM | June 25, 1:30 AM | June 25, 7:00 AM |
| 9th Match | Washington Freedom vs Seattle Orcas | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 25, 6:30 PM | June 26, 1:30 AM | June 26, 7:00 AM |
| 10th Match | MI New York vs Texas Super Kings | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 26, 2:30 PM | June 26, 9:30 PM | June 27, 3:00 AM |
| 11th Match | San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 26, 6:30 PM | June 27, 1:30 AM | June 27, 7:00 AM |
| 12th Match | MI New York vs Los Angeles Knight Riders | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 27, 2:30 PM | June 27, 9:30 PM | June 28, 3:00 AM |
| 13th Match | Washington Freedom vs Texas Super Kings | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 27, 6:30 PM | June 28, 1:30 AM | June 28, 7:00 AM |
| 14th Match | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 28, 2:30 PM | June 28, 9:30 PM | June 29, 3:00 AM |
| 15th Match | San Francisco Unicorns vs Washington Freedom | Oakland Coliseum, California | June 28, 6:30 PM | June 29, 1:30 AM | June 29, 7:00 AM |
| 16th Match | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Washington Freedom | Fairplex, Pomona | July 1, 6:30 PM | July 2, 1:30 AM | July 2, 7:00 AM |
| 17th Match | Seattle Orcas vs MI New York | Fairplex, Pomona | July 2, 6:30 PM | July 3, 1:30 AM | July 3, 7:00 AM |
| 18th Match | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs Texas Super Kings | Fairplex, Pomona | July 3, 6:30 PM | July 4, 1:30 AM | July 4, 7:00 AM |
| 19th Match | Washington Freedom vs San Francisco Unicorns | Fairplex, Pomona | July 4, 2:30 PM | July 4, 9:30 PM | July 5, 3:00 AM |
| 20th Match | Los Angeles Knight Riders vs MI New York | Fairplex, Pomona | July 4, 6:30 PM | July 5, 1:30 AM | July 5, 7:00 AM |
| 21st Match | Seattle Orcas vs Texas Super Kings | Fairplex, Pomona | July 5, 2:30 PM | July 5, 9:30 PM | July 6, 3:00 AM |
| 22nd Match | San Francisco Unicorns vs MI New York | Fairplex, Pomona | July 5, 6:30 PM | July 6, 1:30 AM | July 6, 7:00 AM |
| 23rd Match | MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 8, 7:30 PM | July 9, 12:30 AM | July 9, 6:00 AM |
| 24th Match | Washington Freedom vs Los Angeles Knight Riders | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 9, 7:30 PM | July 10, 12:30 AM | July 10, 6:00 AM |
| 25th Match | MI New York vs Seattle Orcas | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 10, 3:30 PM | July 10, 8:30 PM | July 11, 2:00 AM |
| 26th Match | San Francisco Unicorns vs Los Angeles Knight Riders | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 10, 7:30 PM | July 11, 12:30 AM | July 11, 6:00 AM |
| 27th Match | Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 11, 3:30 PM | July 11, 8:30 PM | July 12, 2:00 AM |
| 28th Match | Seattle Orcas vs San Francisco Unicorns | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 11, 7:30 PM | July 12, 12:30 AM | July 12, 6:00 AM |
| 29th Match | MI New York vs Washington Freedom | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 12, 3:30 PM | July 12, 8:30 PM | July 13, 2:00 AM |
| 30th Match | Texas Super Kings vs Los Angeles Knight Riders | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas | July 12, 7:30 PM | July 13, 12:30 AM | July 13, 6:00 AM |
| Qualifier | TBC vs TBC (1st vs 2nd) | Oakland Coliseum, California | July 15, 2:30 PM | July 15, 9:30 PM | July 16, 3:00 AM |
| Eliminator | TBC vs TBC (3rd vs 4th) | Oakland Coliseum, California | July 15, 6:30 PM | July 16, 1:30 AM | July 16, 7:00 AM |
| Challenger | TBC vs TBC | Oakland Coliseum, California | July 16, 6:30 PM | July 17, 1:30 AM | July 17, 7:00 AM |
| Final | TBC vs TBC | Oakland Coliseum, California | July 18, 6:30 PM | July 19, 1:30 AM | July 19, 7:00 AM |
Major League Cricket 2026: Squads
Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR): Sunil Narine (c), Alex Hales, Unmukt Chand, Saif Badar, Colin Munro, Andre Fletcher (wk), Nitish Kumar, Jahmar Hamilton (wk), Carmi le Roux, Kristopher Ramsaran, Ali Khan, Lloyd Pope, Andre Russell, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Karthik Gattepalli, and Matthew Tromp.
MI New York (MINY): Kieron Pollard (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Nicholas Pooran (wk), Monank Patel (wk), Agni Chopra, Tajinder Dhillon, Trent Boult, Sunny Patel, Nosthush Kenjige, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Tristan Luus, Rushil Ugarkar, Corey Anderson, Corbin Bosch, Romario Shepherd, Faisal Khan Ahmadzai, and Kunwarjeet Singh.
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.
Also READ: Ryan Rickelton set for a new chapter with MI New York in MLC 2026
Broadcast and Live Streaming Details
- US. & Canada: Willow TV [Sign up here]
- India: Star Sports, JioHotstar
- Australia: Seven Network, Seven / 7plus
- New Zealand: Sky Sport NZ
- Caribbean: ESPN
- Sub-Saharan Africa: ESPN
- Middle East: Cricbuzz
- Seattle (Local): Fox 13 Seattle
- Bay Area (Local): NBC Bay Area
- NYC DMA (Local): YES Network
- Other Territories: MLC Network
Also READ: Ravichandran Ashwin joins San Francisco Unicorns for MLC 2026
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