The Major League Cricket (MLC) 2026 runs from June 18 to July 18, 2026, and it features a total of 34 T20I games across the three venues in the United States.
The defending champions, MI New York, return to the competition along with the five other franchises for the fourth season of the event.
Moreover, the tournament followed the double round-robin format with 30 league games, before the four playoff matches to decide the champion across the three venues- Grand Prairie Stadium (Texas), Oakland Coliseum (California), and the brand-new Knight Riders Cricket Field at Fairplex in Pomona.
MLC 2026 Schedule — All 34 fixtures, dates, venues & match times across three US venues
The opening game of the MLC 2026 will be between the Texas Super Kings and Seattle Orcas on June 18 at the Grand Prairie, which will also host the final on July 18.
MLC 2026 matches, dates, and venues-
Date | Match | Venue |
June 18 | Texas Super Kings vs Seattle Orcas | Grand Praire |
June 19 | LA Knight Riders vs SF Unicorns | Grand Praire |
June 19 | Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom | Grand Praire |
June 20 | Texas Super Kings vs SF Unicorns | Grand Praire |
June 20 | Washington Freedom vs MI New York | Grand Praire |
June 21 | Seattle Orcas vs LA Knight Riders | Grand Praire |
June 21 | Texas Super Kings vs MI New York | Grand Praire |
June 24 | SR Unicorns vs Texas Super Kings | Oakland Coliseum |
June 25 | Washinton Freedom vs Seattle Orcas | Oakland Coliseum |
June 26 | MI New York vs Texas Super Kings | Oakland Coliseum |
June 26 | SF Unicorn vs Seattle Orcas | Oakland Coliseum |
June 27 | MI New York vs LA Knight Riders | Oakland Coliseum |
June 27 | Washington Freedom vs Texas Super Kings | Oakland Coliseum |
June 28 | LA Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas | Oakland Coliseum |
June 28 | SF Unicorns vs Washington Freedom | Oakland Coliseum |
July 01 | LA K Riders vs Washington Freedom | Fairplex Pomona |
July 02 | Seattle Orcas vs MI New York | Fairplex Pomona |
July 03 | LA Knight Riders vs Texas Super Kings | Fairplex Pomona |
July 04 | Washington Freedom vs SF Unicorns | Fairplex Pomona |
July 04 | LA Knight Riders vs MI New York | Fairplex Pomona |
July 05 | Seattle Orcas vs Texas Super Kings | Fairplex Pomona |
July 05 | SF Unicorns vs MI New York | Fairplex Pomona |
July 08 | MI New York vs SF Unicorns | Grand Praire |
July 09 | Washington Freedom vs LA Knight Rides | Grand Praire |
July 10 | MI New York vs Seattle Orcas | Grand Praire |
July 10 | SF Unicorns vs LA Knight Riders | Grand Praire |
July 11 | Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom | Grand Praire |
July 11 | Seattle Orcas vs SF Unicorns | Grand Praire |
July 12 | MI New York vs Washington Freedom | Grand Praire |
July 12 | Texas Super Kings vs LA Knight Riders | Grand Praire |
July 15 | Qualifier 1 (1st vs 2nd) | Oakland Coliseum |
July 15 | Eliminator (3rd vs 4th) | Oakland Coliseum |
July 16 | Qualifier 2 (Q1 loser vs Eli. Winner) | Oakland Coliseum |
July 18 | Final | Oakland Coliseum |
MLC 2026 full squads — R. Ashwin, Glenn Maxwell, Nicholas Pooran & every star signing by team
Here are the squads of all six franchises heading into the 2026 season of the Major League Cricket (MLC) 2026-
Los Angeles Knight Riders- Alex Hales, Andre Fletcher, Colin Munro, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Lloyd Pope, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Unmukt Chand, Ali Khan, Saif Badar, Kartikh Gatepalli, Matthew Tromp, Carmi le Roux, Jahmar Hamilton, Nitish Kumar, Kristopher Ramsaran
MI New York- Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard, Quinton de Kock, Ryan Rickelton, Trent Boult, Corbin Bosch, Romario Shepherd, Tristan Luus, Allah Ghazanfar, Corey Anderson, Monank Patel, Tajinder Singh, Nosthush Kenjige, Agni Chopra, Rushil Ugarkar, Kunwarjeet Singh, Sunny Patel, Faisal Ahmadzai
San Francisco Unicorns- Matthew Short, Finn Allen, Cooper Connolly, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Oliver Peake, Ravichandran Ashwin, Haris Rauf, Hassan Khan, Brody Couch, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Hammad Azam, Juanoy Drysdale, Aakarshit Gomel, Zia Ul-Haq, Mohammad Ilyas, Anirudh Immanuel, Saideep Ganesh
Seattle Orcas- Marcus Stoinis, Tim Seifert, Shimron Hetmyer, Matthew Breetzke, Tanveer Sangha, Tim Robinson, Lungi Ngidi, Ottniel Baartman, Jason Behrendorff, Dasun Shanaka, Harmeet Singh, Ayan Desai, Rahul Jariwala, Shayan Jahangir, Jessy Singh, Ali Sheikh, Cameron Gannon, Raymon Reifer, Sujit Nayak, Shehan Jayasuriya, Sharad Lumba
Texas Super Kings- Faf du Plessis, Donovan Ferreira, Wiaan Mulder, Rilee Rossouw, Adam Milne, Nandre Burger, Keshav Maharaj, Akeal Hosein, Hardus Viljoen, Shubham Ranjane, Joshua Tromp, Milind Kumar, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Mohammad Mohsin, Calvin Savage, Smit Patel, Amshi de Silva, Abhimanyu Lamba.
Washington Freedom- Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Owen, Lockie Ferguson, Marco Jansen, Jack Edwards, Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Ben Dwarshuis, Andries Gous, Saurabh Netravalkar, Obus Pienaar, Nikhil Chaudhary, Mukhtar Ahmed, Ian Holland, Lahiru Milantha, Amila Aponso, Abhishek Paradkar, Yasir Mohammad, Asif Mehmood
How to watch MLC 2026 live — JioHotstar, Willow TV, Star Sports & free streaming options
In India, all the games of the MLC 2026 will be telecast on the Star Sports channel, besides being streamed on the Jio Hotstar.
MLC 2026 broadcast details-
Countries | Broadcasting partner |
US Canada | Willow |
Seattle | Fox 13 Seattle |
Bay Area | NBC Bay Area |
NYC DMA | YES Network |
Australia | Seven |
Caribbean | ESPN |
India | Star Sports & Jio Hotstar |
Middle East | Cricbuzz |
New Zealand | Sky Sports NZ |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ESPN |
Other Territories | MLC Network |