Travis Head, Pat Cummins published as franchise announces retained lists of players in front of the draft
Travis Head and Pat Cummins are among the big Australian players who were released on the eve of the Major League Crickket (MLC). In addition to these players, big South African names such as David Miller and Kagiso Rabad were also not retained in MLC draft.
Head was the highest scorer in Washington Freedom last year. His edition was a big surprise because he was one of the key players in the franchise win last year.
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Washington Freedom Release Travis Head
The draft for the upcoming MLC season will be held on February 19. The Washington Freedom Champion Defense will retain a total of 15 players, which is also the most among all teams. However, they let go of Travis their heads.
Together with these players, the franchise also posted a fast bowler Andrew Tye and Spinner Left Hand Akeal Hosein. Head and Smith were jointly the second biggest runners last season with 336 rides in 9 games.
Seattle Orcas retained only seven players, which is the least among all MLC franchises. They only retained two foreign players in the form of Ryan Rickelton and Heinrich Klaasena. Both are Gun T20 players with Rickelton enjoy a successful stay in the international crisis since the last season of MLC.
They published seven foreign players involving Quinton de Kock, Michael Bracewell, Obed McCoy and Nandre Burger. Among these players, only Quinton de Kock withdrew from the International Crown.
We New York edition of South African Quicks
We New York kept Kieron Pollard, as well as like Trent Boult, Nicholas Poran and Rashid Khan. Pollard has been associated with the franchise for a long time. Mumbaj Indians chose him to IPL after his heroes for Trinidad & Tobago.
While retaining these players, we New York also released the South African fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje. Tim David and Dewald Brevis also did not retain the franchise on the eve of this year’s MLC draft.
La Knight Riders retained only three foreign players in the form of Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Spencer Johnson. Published by Jason Roy, David Miller, Adam Zamp and Shakib Al Hasan. There will probably be a difficult job at auction.
Texas Super Kings retain the opening combination
For Texas Super Kings, Faf du Plexis and Devon Conway is likely to keep their combination in the next season. Super Kings also kept Marcus Stoinis and Noor Ahmad. DU Plexis also appeared as the highest runner of ML 2024 with 420 runs in 8 matches on average 52.50 and a strike rate of 171.42.
However, they published Daryl Mitchell, Matheesha Passion, Mitchell Santner and Noteen-Ul-Haq among foreign players. The edition of the Passerian, which is one of the best T20 bowlers moving around, was a big surprise ahead of the upcoming MLC draft.
List of players retained for MLC 2025
La Knight Riders: Ali Khan, Adithya Ganesh, Unmukt Chand, Nor Kumar, Corne Dry, Saif Badar, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Matthew Tromp, Spencer Johnson, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine
Mi New York: Ehsan Adil, Nostush Kenjige, Monank Patel, Heath Richards, Rushil Ugarkar, Sunny Patel, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Rashid Khan, Trent Boult
San Francisco Unicorn: Corey Anderson, Hassan Khan, Liam Plunkett, Carmi Le Roux, Brody Couch, Empresses, Juanoy Dryysdale, Sanjay Krishnumurti, Haris Rauf, Finn Allen, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Short 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 Plexis, Devon Conway, Noor Ahmad, Marcus Stoinis
Washington Freedom: Anders Gous, Mukhtar Ahmed, Velika Pienaar, Saurabh Netralawark, Ian Holland, Amila Aponso, Justin Dill, Lahir Milantha, Yasir Mohammad, Marco Jansen, Glenn Maxwell, Bachin, Rachin Ravdra, Sterardrdal