Texas Super Kings Announces Squad For Inaugural MLC Season
Published on June 19, 2023
Texas Super Kings Announces Squad For Inaugural MLC Season, Faf du Plessis To Lead
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DALLAS - JUNE 19, 2023: The Texas Super Kings have announced the player signings for the inaugural season of Major League Cricket (MLC), naming Faf du Plessis as the captain.
The Super Kings also named Ambati Rayudu, Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, David Miller, Daniel Sams and Gerald Coetzee in the squad.
“We are excited to extend our long relationship with Faf du Plessis,” said K.S. Viswanathan, Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited CEO. “He led the Joburg Super Kings at SA20 from the front earlier this year and we’re confident of doing well under him in Texas as well. We are also happy to have signed Ambati Rayudu, Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo and Gerald Coetzee from the Super Kings family while also adding some exciting talent from the United States and around the world. The squad has a good balance and we will do our best.”
Texas Super Kings had earlier signed nine players in the initial player draft that was held on March 19 including Rusty Theron, Calvin Savage, Lahiru Milantha, Milind Kumar, Sami Aslam, Cameron Stevenson, Cody Chetty, Zia Shahzad and Saiteja Mukkamalla.
ABOUT TEXAS SUPER KINGS
Texas Super Kings is one of six teams in the MLC representing Texas, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington D.C. The team will be coached by Stephen Fleming, former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team and current head coach of Chennai Super Kings and Joburg Super Kings.
ABOUT MAJOR LEAGUE CRICKET
Major League Cricket will be the first professional Twenty20 cricket championship in the United States. Exclusively sanctioned by USA Cricket, Major League Cricket will feature top players from around the globe while also providing an opportunity for domestic cricketers to showcase their talents to a global audience, bringing world-class T20 cricket to America for the first time. For more information, visit www.majorleaguecricket.com and follow MLC on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MLCricket.
Texas Super Kings squad: Faf Du Plessis (c), Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, David Miller, Gerald Coetzee, Ambati Rayudu, Daniel Sams, Lahiru Milantha, Milind Kumar, Zia Shahzad, Sami Aslam, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Calvin Savage, Cameron Stevenson, Cody Chetty, Rusty Theron
Texas Super Kings Support staff: Head Coach - Stephen Fleming , Assistant Coach - Eric Simons, Assistant Coach - Albie Morkel, Strength & Conditioning Coach - Gregory King, Physiotherapist - Tommy Simsek, Team Manager - Russell Radhakrishnan, High Performance Analyst - Lakshminarayanan