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2024 Minor League Cricket season
DatesAugust 30, 2024 (2024-08-30) – October 6, 2024 (2024-10-06)
Administrator(s)USA Cricket
Major League Cricket
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
ChampionsChicago Kingsmen (1st title)
Runners-upEast Bay Blazers
Participants25
Matches113
Player of the seriesSaad Ali
Most runsSujith Gowda (446)
Most wicketsSankirth Batthula (20)
Official websiteminorleaguecricket.com
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The 2024 Minor League Cricket season (branded as the 2024 Minor League Cricket championship presented by YASH Technologies for sponsorship reasons and sometimes shortened to 2024 MiLC) was the fourth season of Minor League Cricket, established by USA Cricket (USAC) and Major League Cricket (MLC) in 2019. The league tapped YASH Technologies as title sponsor, replacing previous sponsor Sunoco,[1] with IRA Sportswear tapped as the league's official apparel partner.[2] The season was hosted over 19 venues across the United States from August 30 to October 6, 2024.[3]

The tournament was won by the Chicago Kingsmen, who defeated the Bay Blazers in the finals by 4 wickets,[4] with Saad Ali of the Kingsmen winning the award for the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament. The now-defunct Dallas Mustangs were the defending champions.[5]

Teams and venues

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See also: Minor League Cricket § Team

A complete list of ground venues, along with the 2024 season's schedule, was released on July 31.[6] Ahead of the 2024 season, the Empire State Titans underwent a name change to the New York City Titans, while the Dallas Mustangs were discontinued.

Pacific Conference

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Western Division

Central Division

Atlantic Conference

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Eastern Division

Southern Division

2024 Minor League Cricket season is located in the United States
Morgan Hill
Morgan Hill
Woodley
Arroyo Park
Arroyo Park
Canyonside Park
Canyonside Park
Tollgate Farm Park
Tollgate Farm Park
Santa Clara
Santa Clara
Moosa Stadium
Prairie View
Prairie View
ACAC Park
ACAC Park
Grand Prairie
Kingsmen
Kingsmen
Tigers Park
Tigers Park
Hatfield Park
Hatfield Park
Glenville
Glenville
Mercer
Atlanta
Atlanta
Param Veers
Param Veers
Broward Stadium
Church St. Park
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  • – Western Division (Pacific Conference)
  • – Central Division (Pacific Conference)
  • – Eastern Division (Atlantic Conference)
  • – Southern Division (Atlantic Conference)

Squads

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A team could select a minimum of 14 players in their squad, going up to a maximum of 18 players. The teams released their squads shortly before the start of the season.[7]

Atlanta Fire

Atlanta Lightning

  • Akhil Posa
  • Amrut Pore
  • Aran Chenchu
  • Chaithanya Chava
  • Dawood Azeem
  • Javelle Glen
  • Jesse Bootan
  • Junaid Siddiqui
  • Mark Parchment
  • Neive McNally
  • Nitish Sudini
  • Phani Simhadri
  • Prasad Murthy
  • Sagar Patel
  • Soaeb Tai
  • Subash Sankar
  • Sunny Patel
  • Unmukt Chand
  • Vasu Vegi

Baltimore Royals

Ft. Lauderdale Lions

Morrisville Raptors

Orlando Galaxy

  • Adavit Varadarajan
  • Akeem Dodson
  • Anirudh Bolisetty
  • Antonico Scott
  • Bhaskar Ghanasakthi
  • Bhavin Patel
  • Dimitri Adams
  • Dunae Nathaniel
  • Hardik Desai
  • Manav Patel
  • Meetul Patel
  • Naseer Khan
  • Parth Patel
  • Romario King
  • Shuaib Syed
  • Siddhant Shah
  • Sumit Sehrawat
  • Vijay Balagopala

New England Eagles

  • Amit Patil
  • Apurva Maheshram
  • Burhan Saeed
  • Derick Narine
  • Earl Henningham
  • Irfan Nasim
  • Joshua Dhanai
  • Karan Parikh
  • Sohrawordi Shuvo
  • Noman Iftikhar
  • Pranav Rao
  • Rishikesh Bodugum
  • Rizwan Mazhar
  • Samarth Tiwari
  • Talha Mumtaz
  • Usman Ashraf
  • Vandit Prajapati
  • Vasudeva Reddy Mallepally

NJ Somerset Cavaliers

Manhattan Yorkers

  • Abhayjit Khangura
  • Arya Garg
  • Danesh Patel
  • Deep Joshi
  • Deep Patel
  • Dhruv Pawar
  • Ishan Sharma
  • Jaykishan Parwani
  • Manoj Acharya
  • Nil Patel
  • Nimish Bachu
  • Nirmith Shashidhar
  • Pranav Chettipalayam
  • Preet Shah
  • Raj Bhavsar
  • Ruchir Joshi
  • Shapnil Roy
  • Siddarth Kappa
  • Yasir Mohammad

New Jersey Stallions

The Philadelphians

  • Abdul Jabbar
  • Arsh Arora
  • Ashish Vattem
  • Bhaskar Yadram
  • Christopher van Tull
  • Deveshwari Prashad
  • Javein Thomas
  • Jonathan Foo
  • Juanoy Drysdale
  • Liam Plunkett
  • Nitish Mahesh
  • Ryan Scott
  • Sivaram Chowdary
  • Soripul Islam
  • Taahaa Warraich
  • Varun Mantha
  • Yashwant Balaji

New York City Titans

  • Aashish Katipally
  • Abdur Rehman
  • Alex Algoo
  • Aryan Singh
  • Emanuel Seecharran
  • Gaurav Jayaswal
  • Keshav Raval
  • Kwane Ratton Jr.
  • Mario Lovvan
  • Omkar Zope
  • Raj Mohabe
  • Ravish Khanchi
  • Ryan Shun
  • Satvik Addala
  • Shashank Krishnamurthi
  • Siddhant Pillai
  • Viral Parekh
  • Wasiq Ali Faiz

Lone Star Athletics

  • Aarin Nadkarni
  • Aarnav Patel
  • Arun Nag
  • Arya Kannantha
  • Aryan Satheesh
  • Awais Zia
  • Imran Khan Jr.
  • Kamran Sheikh
  • Karan Patel
  • Krish Patel
  • Laksh Parikh
  • Muhammad Usman
  • Naqqash Basharat
  • Shatrughan Rambhran
  • Shreyan Satheesh
  • Sidhesh Pathare

Chicago Kingsmen

Chicago Tigers

  • Ali Nadeem
  • Aryan Patel
  • Azeem Ghumman
  • Calvin Savage
  • Deepchand Pinnaka
  • Jay Desai
  • Justin Dill
  • Mittansh Nithiyanandam
  • Mohit Patel
  • Pruthvish Patel
  • Rahul Basu
  • Raj Vyas
  • Sai Daggupati
  • Shiv Shani
  • Soumen Das
  • Tirth Patel
  • Vineet Sinha
  • Yash Patel

Houston Hurricanes

  • Akhilesh Bodugum
  • Ali Sheikh
  • Ansh Bhoje
  • Arir Ali
  • Hamza Khalid
  • Hassan Rashid
  • Joshua Tromp
  • Karan Narang
  • Karthik Gattepalli
  • Lahiru Milantha
  • Matthew Tromp
  • Mukhtar Ahmed
  • Rayaan Bhagani
  • Saif Badar
  • Sanchit Sandhu
  • Sharv Saraykar
  • Usman Rafiq
  • Usman Shinwari

Dallas Xforia Giants

Michigan Cricket Stars

St. Louis Americans

  • Abhimanyu Lamba
  • Adnit Jhamb
  • Angad Singh
  • Arnav Jhamb
  • Deepak Alagesan
  • Hamid Safi
  • Joshua Kind
  • Karan Anand
  • Maaez Veqar
  • Muhammad Ilyas
  • Munir Kakar
  • Naseer Jamali
  • Nauman Anwar
  • Nisarulhaq Wahdat
  • Rayaan Taj
  • Ujjwal Vinnakota
  • Venkatesh Naidu
  • Zahid Zakhail

Bay Blazers

Silicon Valley Strikers

Golden State Grizzlies

  • Adnesh Tondale
  • Ajay Immadi
  • Ali Raza
  • Amogh Arepally
  • Mayank Arora
  • Mohit Nataraj
  • Parnavh Pradeep
  • Rahul Jariwala
  • Sahil Garg
  • Sohan Bhat
  • Suhwant Sekhon
  • Surya Narayan
  • Tarun Adada
  • Vatsal Vaghela
  • Vraj Patel

Los Angeles Lashings

  • Abhimanyu Rajp
  • Akmal Hajizada
  • Aksha Shah
  • Arjav Patel
  • Arqam Qureshi
  • Ayan Desai
  • Cody Chetty
  • Daksh Prabhu
  • Devaansh Mehra
  • Elmore Hutchinson
  • Gantavviya Motwani
  • Harkaran Gujral
  • Harpreet Singh
  • Kirstan Kallicharan
  • Neeraj Goel
  • Rubal Raina
  • Suraj Kumar
  • Vedant Jain

San Diego Surf Riders

  • Aayush Khandelwal
  • Abheyender Singh
  • Abhinay Vanipally
  • Ajay Sharma
  • Chad Breetzke
  • Devam Shrivastava
  • Muditha Fernando
  • Jaideep Reddy
  • Javed Zadran
  • Kunj Bhagat
  • Muhammad Faisal
  • Nikhil Dutta
  • Pratik Desai
  • Ruvindu Gunasekera
  • Sahaj Patel
  • Saurabh Nalavade
  • Skanda Rohit Sharma
  • Umar Akmal

San Diego Surf Riders

  • Abhijai Mansingh
  • Abinav Sudershanum
  • Atif Attarwala
  • Banty Dhounchak
  • Cinci Siegertsz
  • Honest Ziwira
  • Ian Chauhan
  • Kairav Sharma
  • Krirsh Katre
  • Rahul Nama
  • Rishab Mohan
  • Ruben Clinton
  • Sanat Misra
  • Shadley van Schalkwyk
  • Shaswat Kohli
  • Shivam Sharma
  • Shreyas Chitneni
  • Sujit Nayak

Results

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Atlantic Conference

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Home \ Away NEE NJSC NJS EST MY TP BR AF AL FLL MR OG
Eagles — – – – – – –
Cavaliers — – – – –
Stallions — – – – – – –
Titans — – – – – – –
Yorkers — – – – – – –
Philadelphians — – – – –
Royals – – – – – – —
Fire – – – – —
Lightning – – – – —
Lions – – – – – – —
Raptors – – – – – – —
Galaxy – – – – – – 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on August 30, 2024. Source: Minor League Cricket
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Pacific Conference

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Home \ Away SVS EBB SCL GSG SDR ST LSA CK CT DM DXG HH MCS SLA
Strikers — – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Blazers – — – – – – – – – – – – – –
Lashings – – — – – – – – – – – – – –
Grizzlies – – – — – – – – – – – – – –
Riders – – – – — – – – – – – – – –
Thunderbolts – – – – – — – – – – – – – –
Athletics – – – – – – — – – – – – – –
Kingsmen – – – – – – – — – – – – – –
Tigers – – – – – – – – — – – – – –
Mustangs – – – – – – – – – — – – – –
Giants – – – – – – – – – – — – – –
Hurricanes – – – – – – – – – – – — – –
Stars – – – – – – – – – – – – — –
Americans – – – – – – – – – – – – —
Updated to match(es) played on August 30, 2024. Source: Minor League Cricket
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

League stage

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Atlantic Conference

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Southern Division

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Baltimore Royals 8 4 1 3 11 0.908
2 Morrisville Raptors 8 4 1 3 11 0.725
3 Atlanta Fire 8 5 3 0 10 1.248
4 Atlanta Lightning 8 4 4 0 8 −0.233
5 Ft. Lauderdale Lions 8 1 5 2 4 −0.922
6 Orlando Galaxy 8 0 4 4 4 −2.692
Updated to match(es) played on January 30, 2025. Source: Minor League Cricket
  • Top three teams move on
  •   advances to Super 8s
  •   advances to Knockout stage
Division matches
August 30, 2024
3:00 PM (EST)
Scorecard
Atlanta Lightning
113 (19.2 overs)
v
Morrisville Raptors
114/8 (19.4 overs)
Sunny Patel 25 (16)
Christopher Barnwell 4/18 (3.2 overs)
Ryan Wiggins 24 (17)
Soaeb Tai 3/22 (4 overs)
Morrisville Raptors won by 2 wickets (2 balls left)
Param Veers Cricket Field, Atlanta
Umpires: Aditya Gajjar and Nur Uddin
Player of the match: Christopher Barnwell (MR)
  • Morrisville Raptors won the toss and elected to bowl
August 31, 2024
10:15 AM (EST)
Scorecard
Morrisville Raptors
52/6 (8 overs)
v
Atlanta Fire
58/5 (7.4 overs)
Ryan Wiggins 19 (9)
Ansh Patel 2/15 (2 overs)
Rajdeep Darbar 21 (18)
Raj Nannan 2/8 (2 overs)
Atlanta Fire won by 5 wickets (2 balls left, D/L)
Param Veers Cricket Field, Atlanta
Umpires: Conrad Rogers and Ravikumar Balasubramaniam
Player of the match: Hanchard Hamilton (AF)
  • Atlanta Fire won the toss and elected to bowl
  • Match was reduced to 8 overs per side
August 31, 2024
2:15 PM (EST)
Scorecard
Baltimore Royals
103/6 (20 overs)
v
Atlanta Lightning
104/7 (19.3 overs)
Ravi Inder Singh 49 (51)
Phani Simhadri 2/22 (4 overs)
Sagar Patel 28 (52)
Sarabjit Ladda 2/16 (4 overs)
Atlanta Lightning won by 3 wickets (3 balls left)
Param Veers Cricket Field, Atlanta
Umpires: Aditya Gajjar and Sandip Gondhalekar
Player of the match: Mark Parchment (AL)
September 1, 2024
10:15 AM (EST)
Scorecard
Morrisville Raptors
118/6 (12 overs)
v
Atlanta Lightning
80/8 (12 overs)
Trevon Griffith 50 (24)
Phani Simhadri 3/22 (3 overs)
Sunny Patel 16 (11)
Christopher Barnwell 3/15 (2 overs)
Morrisville Raptors won by 38 runs
Param Veers Cricket Field, Atlanta
Umpires: Vijay Shah and Nur Uddin
Player of the match: Trevon Griffith (MR)
  • Atlanta Lightning won the toss and elected to bowl
  • Match was reduced to 12 overs per side
September 1, 2024
2:15 PM (EST)
Scorecard
Atlanta Fire
139 (20 overs)
v
Baltimore Royals
142/5 (18.2 overs)
Aksh Dave 41 (30)
Muhammad Alam 3/21 (4 overs)
Abdulahad Malik 41 (36)
Ansh Patel 2/17 (4 overs)
Baltimore Royals won by 5 wickets (10 balls left)
Param Veers Cricket Field, Atlanta
Umpires: Aditya Gajjar and Sandip Gondhalekar
Player of the match: Muhammad Alam (BR)
  • Atlanta Fire won the toss and elected to bat

Eastern Division

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 NJ Somerset Cavaliers 8 6 2 0 12 1.919
2 New Jersey Stallions 8 6 2 0 12 1.062
3 The Philadelphians 8 5 3 0 10 0.684
4 Manhattan Yorkers 8 3 5 0 6 −0.622
5 New England Eagles 8 2 6 0 4 −1.458
6 New York City Titans 8 2 6 0 4 −1.551
Updated to match(es) played on January 30, 2025. Source: Minor League Cricket
  • Top three teams move on
  •   advances to Super 8s
  •   advances to Knockout stage
Division matches

Pacific Conference

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Central Division

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Chicago Kingsmen 8 7 0 1 15 2.030
2 Dallas Xforia Giants 8 5 2 1 11 0.955
3 St. Louis Americans 8 5 2 1 11 0.589
4 Houston Hurricanes 8 4 3 1 9 0.209
5 Lone Star Athletics 8 2 4 2 6 −0.728
6 Chicago Tigers 8 1 6 1 3 −1.374
7 Michigan Cricket Stars 8 0 7 1 1 −1.742
Updated to match(es) played on January 30, 2025. Source: Minor League Cricket
  • Top three teams move on
  •   advances to Super 8s
  •   advances to Knockout stage
Division matches

Western Division

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 East Bay Blazers 8 6 2 0 12 1.473
2 Seattle Thunderbolts 8 6 2 0 12 0.525
3 Silicon Valley Strikers 8 4 4 0 8 0.528
4 San Diego Surf Riders 8 4 4 0 8 0.165
5 Los Angeles Lashings 8 2 6 0 4 −0.738
6 Golden State Grizzlies 8 2 6 0 4 −2.001
Updated to match(es) played on January 30, 2025. Source: Minor League Cricket
  • Top three teams move on
  •   advances to Super 8s
  •   advances to Knockout stage
Division matches

Playoffs

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 East Bay Blazers 3 2 1 0 4 0.734
2 New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers 3 2 1 0 4 −0.003
3 Morrisville Raptors 3 1 2 0 2 −0.279
4 Dallas Xforia Giants 3 1 2 0 2 −0.462
Updated to match(es) played on January 30, 2025. Source: Minor League Cricket
  • Atlantic champion moves on
  •   advances to Final

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Chicago Kingsmen 3 3 0 0 6 2.183
2 Baltimore Royals 3 2 1 0 4 1.744
3 Seattle Thunderbolts 3 1 2 0 2 0.471
4 New Jersey Stallions 3 0 3 0 0 −4.481
Updated to match(es) played on January 30, 2025. Source: Minor League Cricket
  • Atlantic champion moves on
  •   advances to Final

Final

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6 October 2024
6:00 PM
Scorecard
East Bay Blazers
172/5 (20 overs)
v
Chicago Kingsmen
173/6 (18.1 overs)
Usman Ghani 35 (16)
Anwar Ali Khan 2/26 (4)
Hammad Azam 53 (23)
Carmi Le Roux 2/41 (3.1)
Chicago Kingsmen won by 4 Wickets
Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas
Umpires: Bryan Caine and Harshvardhan Uppaluru
Player of the match: Hammad Azam (Chicago Kingsmen)
  • Chicago Kingsmen won the toss and elected to bowl

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player Team Mat Inns Runs Ave SR HS 100 50 4s 6s
Sujith Gowda East Bay Blazers 12 12 446 37.17 131.18 94 0 4 45 20
Syed Saad Ali Chicago Kingsmen 11 11 423 47 137.79 80 0 5 36 19
Tajinder Singh Chicago Kingsmen 11 9 395 65.83 146.30 80 0 4 33 14
Ruben Clinton Seattle Thunderbolts 9 9 380 47.50 121.02 92 0 3 37 13
Sujit Nayak Seattle Thunderbolts 11 9 354 59 150.64 84 0 3 20 15
Source: Minor League Cricket

Most wickets

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Player Team Mat Inns Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Sankirth Batthula Dallas Xforia Giants 10 10 20 3/14 12.20 6.42 11.4 0 0
Rushil Ugarkar East Bay Blazers 12 12 19 3/13 16 6.76 14.2 0 0
Vikash Mohan East Bay Blazers 12 11 18 3/16 10.22 5.47 11.2 0 0
Mario Lobban NYC Titans 8 8 18 4/10 10.39 5.94 10.5 1 0
Hammad Azam Chicago Kingsmen 11 11 18 3/1 13.67 5.41 13.3 0 0
Source: Minor League Cricket

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Rotich, Judy (September 4, 2024). "Minor League Cricket Collaborates with IRA Sportswear". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  3. ^ Patel, Smit (October 1, 2024). "Minor League Cricket 2024: Teams brace for Super 8s". Cricbuzz. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
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