MLC 2023: Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has joined the Texas Super Kings and will serve as their captain for the debut season of Major League Cricket, America’s first professional T20 cricket league. The owner of Chennai Super Kings, the joint-most successful Indian Premier League team, are the franchise’s owners in Dallas. The team will be coached by veteran New Zealand cricketer Stephen Fleming, who also serves as the SA20 coach for Joburg Super Kings and CSK.
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TSK have also signed Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, Ambati Rayudu, and David Miller in addition to du Plessis for the upcoming MLC 2023. With Fleming, for whom Conway, Santner, and Rayudu won the IPL 2023 last month, they will one again play together. After that final, Rayudu retired from the IPL and will now play in his first franchise league outside of India.
Conway, who scored a 25-ball 47 in CSK’s winning chase of 171 in 15 overs in Ahmedabad, was named Player of the Match in the three-day final that was hampered by rain. Dwayne Bravo will make a comeback for the MLC 2023 after serving as the bowling coach for CSK during their recent journey to the IPL title.
Australia all-rounder Daniel Sams, who recently decided against signing a state contract with New South Wales in favour of better prospects in franchise T20 cricket, will join the IPL champions.
Head coach Fleming will have the assistance of Eric Simmons and Albie Morkel. The two had previously worked together with Fleming on the SA20, when Jo’burg Super Kings fell to Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the semifinal match in Centurion.
Six teams will compete in the MLC 2023 tournament, which will be place at Dallas, Texas’ Grand Prairie Stadium from July 14 to July 31. In the opening match of the competition, Super Kings will face Los Angeles Knight Riders.
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