Travis Head, Kagiso Rabada, and David Miller not retained ahead of MLC 2025

Six Cricket Major Leagues Before the season’s draft on February 19, Major League Cricket teams announced their retentions. Among the top two teams from the previous season, the Washington Freedom, the reigning champions, kept the most players, keeping 15 of them. Surprisingly, they have let go of both their captain, Steven Smith, and Travis Head, who was tied for the most goals last season.

Andrew Tye and Akeal Hosein, two foreign players, have been retained. The San Francisco Unicorns, who finished second in the previous season, have let go of Pat Cummins, Matt Henry, and Josh Inglis. However, they have kept their dynamic opening duo of Jake Fraser-McGurk and Finn Allen. At the end of the Seattle Orcas, however, the fewest retentions occurred.

Only two foreign players, Ryan Rickelton and Heinrich Klaasen, have been kept by the Orcas. As many foreign players as Quinton de Kock, Michael Bracewell, Obed McCoy, and Nandre Burger have been released, while only seven players have been kept.

Other noteworthy players who have not been selected in the draft include David Miller and Kagiso Rabada, in addition to Travis Head and Cummins.

List of players retained for MLC 2025

LA Knight Riders: Ali Khan, Adithya Ganesh, Unmukt Chand, Nitish Kumar, Corne Dry, Saif Badar, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Matthew Tromp, Spencer Johnson, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine.

MI New York: Ehsan Adil, Nosthush Kenjige, Monank Patel, Heath Richards, Rushil Ugarkar, Sunny Patel, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Rashid Khan, Trent Boult.

San Francisco Unicorns: Corey Anderson, Hassan Khan, Liam Plunkett, Carmi Le Roux, Brody Couch, Karima Gore, Juanoy Drysdale, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Haris Rauf, Finn Allen, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matthew Short.

Seattle Orcas: Harmeet Singh, Cameron Gannon, Ali Sheikh, Ayan Desai, Aaron Jones, Heinrich Klaasen, Ryan Rickelton.

Texas Super Kings: Joshua Tromp, Calvin Savage, Milind Kumar, Mohammad Mohsin, Zia-ul-Haq, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Faf du Plessis, Devon Conway, Noor Ahmad, Marcus Stoinis.

Washington Freedom: Andries Gous, Mukhtar Ahmed, Obus Pienaar, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ian Holland, Amila Aponso, Justin Dill, Lahiru Milantha, Yasir Mohammad, Marco Jansen, Glenn Maxwell, Lockie Ferguson, Rachin Ravindra, Steven Smith, Jack Edwards.