2024 Minor League Cricket season

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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 format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout
Champions Chicago Kingsmen (1st title)
Runners-up East Bay Blazers
Participants25
Matches113
Player of the series Saad Ali
Most runsSujith Gowda (446)
Most wicketsSankirth Batthula (20)
Official website minorleaguecricket.com
2023
2025

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]

Contents

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

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

Western Division

Central Division

Atlantic Conference

Eastern Division

Southern Division

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Morgan Hill
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Arroyo Park
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Canyonside Park
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Tollgate Farm Park
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Santa Clara
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Prairie View
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ACAC Park
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Kingsmen
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Tigers Park
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Hatfield Park
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Glenville
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Atlanta
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Param Veers
  • Orange pog.svg – Western Division (Pacific Conference)
  • DeepPink pog.svg – Central Division (Pacific Conference)
  • Lightgreen pog.svg – Eastern Division (Atlantic Conference)
  • Turquoise pog.svg – Southern Division (Atlantic Conference)

Squads

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

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

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

Atlantic Conference

Home \ AwayNEENJSC NJS ESTMYTP BR AFALFLLMROG
Eagles
Cavaliers
Stallions
Titans
Yorkers
Philadelphians
Royals
Fire
Lightning
Lions
Raptors
Galaxy1–1
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

Home \ Away SVS EBB SCL GSG SDR ST LSA CK CT DMDXG HH MCSSLA
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

Atlantic Conference

Southern Division

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1Baltimore Royals8413110.908
2Morrisville Raptors8413110.725
3Atlanta Fire8530101.248
4Atlanta Lightning84408−0.233
5Ft. Lauderdale Lions81524−0.922
6Orlando Galaxy80444−2.692
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

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1NJ Somerset Cavaliers8620121.919
2 New Jersey Stallions 8620121.062
3The Philadelphians8530100.684
4Manhattan Yorkers83506−0.622
5New England Eagles82604−1.458
6New York City Titans82604−1.551
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

Central Division

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 Chicago Kingsmen 8701152.030
2Dallas Xforia Giants8521110.955
3St. Louis Americans8521110.589
4 Houston Hurricanes 843190.209
5 Lone Star Athletics 82426−0.728
6 Chicago Tigers 81613−1.374
7Michigan Cricket Stars80711−1.742
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

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 East Bay Blazers 8620121.473
2 Seattle Thunderbolts 8620120.525
3 Silicon Valley Strikers 844080.528
4 San Diego Surf Riders 844080.165
5 Los Angeles Lashings 82604−0.738
6 Golden State Grizzlies 82604−2.001
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

Group 1

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 East Bay Blazers 321040.734
2New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers32104−0.003
3Morrisville Raptors31202−0.279
4Dallas Xforia Giants31202−0.462
Updated to match(es) played on January 30, 2025. Source: Minor League Cricket

Group 2

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 Chicago Kingsmen 330062.183
2Baltimore Royals321041.744
3Seattle Thunderbolts312020.471
4New Jersey Stallions30300−4.481
Updated to match(es) played on January 30, 2025. Source: Minor League Cricket

Final

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

Most runs

PlayerTeam Mat Inns Runs Ave SR HS 100 50 4s 6s
Sujith Gowda East Bay Blazers 121244637.17131.1894044520
Syed Saad Ali Chicago Kingsmen 111142347137.7980053619
Tajinder Singh Chicago Kingsmen 11939565.83146.3080043314
Ruben Clinton Seattle Thunderbolts 9938047.50121.0292033713
Sujit Nayak Seattle Thunderbolts 11935459150.6484032015
Source: Minor League Cricket

Most wickets

PlayerTeam Mat Inns Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Sankirth BatthulaDallas Xforia Giants1010203/1412.206.4211.400
Rushil Ugarkar East Bay Blazers 1212193/13166.7614.200
Vikash Mohan East Bay Blazers 1211183/1610.225.4711.200
Mario LobbanNYC Titans88184/1010.395.9410.510
Hammad Azam Chicago Kingsmen 1111183/113.675.4113.300
Source: Minor League Cricket

See also

References

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