National Cricket League USA

National Cricket League USA

Countries	USA
Administrator	USA Cricket
Format	T10
First edition	2024
Next edition	2025
Tournament format	Double round robin and playoffs
Number of teams	6
Current champion	Chicago Cricket Club
Most runs	Chris Lynn (200 runs) Sam Billings (200 runs) [1]
Most wickets	Karthik Gatepalli (12 wickets) [2]
TV	Sony Sports Network Sony Max Geo Super Asian Television Network
Website	https://nclcricket.com//

National Cricket League or NCL is a T10 cricket franchise league which is sanctioned by USA Cricket co-owned by cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar. ^[3] Founded in 2024, the league operates as a single entity consisting of six city-based franchises, each run by individual investor groups ^[4]

Teams and squads

The following teams, squads and coaches were announced for the tournament. ^[5]

Team	Debut	Captain	Coach
Atlanta Kings	2024	Angelo Perera	Jagadeesh Arunkumar
Chicago Cricket Club	2024	Dilshan Munaweera	JP Duminy
Dallas Lonestar	2024	Samit Patel	Peter Moores
Houston Generals	2025	Nisarg Patel	Venkatesh Prasad
Los Angeles Waves	2024	George Munsey	Paul Nixon
New York Lions	2024	Wayne Parnell	Trevor Penney

Squads

Atlanta Kings	Chicago Cricket Club	Dallas Lonestar	Houston Generals	Los Angeles Waves	New York Lions
Sohail Tanvir (c) Angelo Perera Andre Russell Robin Uthappa Fabian Allen Michael Leask Asa Tribe Sushant Modani Zia Shahzad Kristopher Ramsaran Kavin Bandara Saideep Ganesh Jaffar Shahbuddin Manoj Acharya	Dilshan Munaweera (c) Sam Billings Wahab Riaz Rahul Sharma Heath Richards Gajanand Singh Naseer Jamali Elmore Hutchinson Uday Bhagwan Rajdeep Darbar Skanda Sharma Taha Badar Ujjwal Vinnakota Sami Sohail	Samit Patel (c) Colin Munro Chadwick Walton Kyle Mayers Odean Smith Raymon Reifer Andries Gous Aaron Jones Aaron Johnson Paul van Meekeren Mario Rampersaud Bhaskar Yadram Jandev Singh Ibrar Ahmed Rishi Ramesh Majid Zubair	Nisarg Patel (c) Saad Bin Zafar Jason Behrendorff Tom Abell James Fuller William Bosisto Kennar Lewis Toby Albert Pargat Singh Saiteja Mukkamalla Adil Bhatti Usman Rafiq Kwame Patton Jr Savnav Patel Viraj Patel Trevor Matthews	George Munsey (c) Kedar Jadhav Rumman Raees Sheshan Fernando Priyank Panchal Shehan Jayasuriya Tom Bruce Anop Santosh Sheldon Jackson Amshi de Silva Bhaskar Yadram Timil Patel Sagar Patel Ali Nadeem Syed Abdullah Raj Nannan Gauranshu Sharma	Wayne Parnell (c) Shimron Hetmyer Rahkeem Cornwall Pat Brown Jaskaran Malhotra Emilio Gay Dominique Rikhi Ritwik Behera Ben Raine Junaid Siddiqui Ritwik Behera Vatsal Vaghela Rehman Dar Michael Megs Shaurya Gaur Saad Humayun

Statistics

Most runs

Runs	Player	Team	Innings	High score
172	William Bosisto	Houston Generals	7	63
152	George Munsey	Los Angeles Waves	8	48
137	Aaron Johnson	Dallas Lonestar	7	47
119	Sheldon Jackson	Los Angeles Waves	8	31
118	Asa Tribe	Atlanta Kings	6	39

^[6]

Most wickets

Wickets	Player	Team	Innings	Best bowling
11	Rumman Raees	Las Angeles Waves	8	4/9
10	Paul van Meekeren	Dallas Lonestar	5	4/10
	Samit Patel		7	3/10
8	Saad Bin Zafar	Houston Generals	7	2/8
	Rahul Sharma	Chicago Cricket Club	6	2/11

^[7]

References

1. "Most Runs in National Cricket League T10 2024 | List of National Cricket League T10 2024 Most Runs". CricTracker.
2. "Most Wickets National Cricket League T10 2024 | Leading Wicket takers in National Cricket League T10 2024". CricTracker.
3. "Sachin Tendulkar joins America's National Cricket League ownership group". 6 October 2024 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
4. USA, National Cricket League (NCL). "National Cricket League Announces October 2025 Tournament Dates". www.newswire.ca.
5. "Teams".
6. https://www.crictracker.com/national-cricket-t10-league/stats/batting-most-runs/
7. https://www.crictracker.com/national-cricket-t10-league/stats/bowling-top-wicket-takers/