The 2025 Minor League Cricket (MiLC) season remains the best platform for developing cricket talent in the United States. It features 26 teams divided into four divisions: East, Central, West, and South.
With a dynamic mix of emerging domestic players and international stars, the league provides highly competitive regional rivalries and serves as the vital talent provider for Major League Cricket. The MiLC has established itself as the backbone of American cricket development in just four editions.
Get the teams and their squad information in this blog.
MiLC Groups And Their Teams
Notably, there are 26 teams in the 5th edition of MiLC, which are divided into four groups. Each team is included in a group based on its location.
| East Division | Central Division | West Division | South Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan Yorkers | MetroPlex Tracers | East Bay Blazers | Atlanta Fire |
| New England Eagles | Chicago Tigers | Los Angeles Lashings | Atlanta Lightning |
| New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers | Chicago Kingsmen | San Diego Surf Riders | Baltimore Royals |
| New Jersey Stallions | Dallas Xforia Giants | San Ramon Grizzlies | Fort Lauderdale Lions |
| NYC Titans | Kings XI Dallas | Seattle Thunderbolts | Morrisville Raptors |
| The Philadelphians | Lone Star Athletics | Silicon Valley Strikers | Orlando Galaxy |
| Michigan Cricket Stars | |||
| St. Louis Americans |
Squad Of All 26 MiLC 2025 Teams
Here is a complete squad of all 26 teams participating in the Minor League Cricket 2025.
Manhattan Yorkers Squad
Adit Kappa, Arya Garg, Danesh Patel, Deep Patel, Derick Narine, Devansh Sheth, Dhruv Pawar, Ishan Sharma, Javein Thomas, Laksh Parikh, Manoj Acharya, Prannav Chettipalayam, Preet Shah, Raahil Mehta, Rahul Mishra, Yasir Mohammad
New England Eagles Squad
Amit Patil, Apurva Maheshram, Aryan Joshi, Ashwath Gurumurthy, Hammad Tanveer, Imrul Hashib, Krish Patel, Navneeth Oruganti, Nikhil Nikhil Nethaji Reddy Mallepally, Noman Iftikhar, Prathamesh Ajay Pawar, Rishikesh Bodugum, Rizwan Mazhar, Vaibhav Sankaran, Vandit Prajapati, Vasudeva Reddy Mallepally
New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers Squad
Abdullah Ghazi, Ali Imran, Bilal Shah, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Gajanand Singh, Kevin Christian, Meet Shah, Muhammad Kamal, Muhammad Usman Saeed, Najaf Shah, Pooranjay Yadav, Rishi Shimpi, Sakshey Vij, Salman Nazar, Salman Shah, Syed Abdullah, Vraj Tarak Desai, Waleed Khan
New Jersey Stallions Squad
Akshay Homraj, Aman Patel, Anirudh Immanuel, Dominique Rikhi, Jasdeep Singh, Kavin Govindaraju, Nil Patel, Rushik Rajendra Patel, Sachin Mylavarapu, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Samarth Tiwari, Siddarth Matani, Stephen Wiig
NYC Titans Squad
Emanuel Seecharran, Gauranshu Sharma, Hamza Khan, Hassan Awais, Jaladh Dua, Jaykishan Plaha, Jeremy Samuel, Keshav Raval, Mario Lobban, Muhammad Naseem, Nirmith Shashidhar, Pinak Ghosh, Ravish Khanchi, Ryan Shun, Sahir Bhatia
The Philadelphians Squad
Aayush Tejash Patel, Akeem Dewar, Corne Dry, Deveshwari Prashad, Jaykishan Parwani, Liam Plunkett, Omkar Zope, Raymond Ramrattan, Ryan Scott, Shrey Sethi, Sivaram Chowdary, Supreet Madaan, Surya Kiran, Vishal Reddy, Yadram Bhaskar
East Bay Blazers Squad
Aarnav Iyer, Harikrishnan Nair, Rushil Ugarkar, Sujith Gowda, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Abhishek Paradkar, Khyber Wali, Carmi Le Roux, Angelo Perera, Vikash Mohan, Suliman Arabzai, Aditya Narayanan, Faisal Khan Ahmadzai, Hizbullah Durrani, Fitratullah Khawarai, Sabawoon Banoori, Saideep Ganesh
Los Angeles Lashings Squad
Abhimanyu Rajp (vc), Achilles Browne, Ajayveer Hundal, Akmal Hajizada, Amirhamza Hotak, Anshuman Chowdhury, Aryan Chowdhury, Daksh Prabhu, Deepak Gosain, Elmore Hutchinson, Gayan Fernando, Harpreet Singh, Kirstan Kallicharan (c), Mayank Raghav, Mohammed Ishaq, Rubal Raina, Zahid Zakhil
San Diego Surf Riders Squad
Abheyender Singh, Abhinay Reddy Vanipally, Ajaay Sharrma, Javed Zadran, Kunj Bhagat, Pranav Reddy, Sabrish Prasad, Shehan Fernando, Siddharth Menon, Snell Patel, Sukhwant Sekhon, Supransh Kumar
San Ramon Grizzlies Squad
Aakash Sundaresan, Aaron Johnson, Adnesh Tondale, Advaith Krishna, Aryan Sidhu, Ayan Desai, Harish Kakani, Kevin Stoute, Kranthi Kumar, Mohammad Tahir Adil, Mohit Nataraj, Rahul Jariwala, Sahil Garg, Vatsal Vaghela, Vedant Jain
Seattle Thunderbolts Squad
Rishab Mohan, Ritish Mohindru, Cinci Siegertsz, Rahul Nama, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Krish Katre, Lahiru Milantha, Ian Chauhan, Shashwat Kohli, Shreyas Chitneni, Honest Ziwira, Sujit Nayak, Mayura Lakshmikanth, Abinav Sudershanum
Silicon Valley Strikers Squad
Pranay Suri, Avik Dixit, Naman Patil, Gary Graham, Amogh Arepally, Shivam Mishra, Shehan Jayasuriya, Yuvraj Samra, Kristopher Ramsaran, Tarun Adada, Raymon Reifer, Yousuf Zazai, Kamran Hotak, Bilal Muhammad Basheer
Atlanta Fire Squad
Aaron Jones, Aksh Dave, Ansh Dave, Ansh Patel, Aryan Patel, Azeem Charania, Jahmar Neville Hamilton, Juanoy Drysdale, Parth Patel, Paul Palmer, Ridwan Palash, Rishi Pandey, Steven Taylor, Sunny Patel, Venukalyan Madireddy, Viraj Vaghela
Atlanta Lightning Squad
Akhil Posa, Amila Aponso, Aran Chenchu, Dawood Azeem, Heath Richards, Jordan Warner, Mark Deyal, Mark Parchment, Monank Patel, Neive McNally, Nicholas Manohar, Nitish Sudini, Phani Simhadri, Ravendra Persaud, Soaeb Tai, Subash Sankar, Vivek Kanumuri
Baltimore Royals Squad
Aaryan Batra, Adil Bhatti, Agni Chopra, Jaskaran Malhotra, Mohammad Mohsin, Mukhtar Ahmed, Neil Narvekar, Rishi Dhawan, Rishi Ramesh, Sarbjeet Ladda, Sharad Lumba, Tanush Apte, Yevin Goonatilake
Ft Lauderdale Lions Squad
Arnab Mishra, Atish Gawand, Govind Mohandas, Hari Kishan, Mario Rampersaud, Mohib Siddiqui, Nehal Ashok Katakdho.., Rasesh Behera, Raunaq Sharma, Sarthak Mane, Sathwikk Patibandla, Shaurya Vanjari, Shuanak Marathe, Shubham Singh Gaur, Shubham Singh Gaur, Vinit Tagarse, Wesley Jackson
Morrisville Raptors Squad
Aditya Gupta, Ansh Rai, Arjun Patel, Arjun Sharma, Deepak Alagesan, George Baldwin, Murray Tyson, Pranav Gavali, Raj Nannan, Ritvik Appidi, Saharsh Shwethan, Sidhant Reddy Kunuthur, Trevon Griffith, Venkat Maheesh Kolahalam
Orlando Galaxy Squad
Danush Kaveripakam, Christopher Van Tull, Anirudh Bolisetty, Hardik Desai, Siddhant Shah, Bhaskar Gnanasakthi, Shuaib Syed, Taha Farooqi, Shuaib Syed, Pranav Bhattad, Manav Patel, Romario King, Tagenarine Chanderpaul (c), Rinyesh Jayachandran, Orrington Hamilton, Preston Clarke
Chicago Kingsmen Squad
Anwar Ali Khan, Aryan Satheesh, Asif Mehmood, Awais Zia, Ghulam Mudassar, Hammad Azam, Haseeb Azam, Hassan Khan, Hassan Mohsin, Pranay Balaji, Raj Singh, Rameez Raja, Syed Saad Ali, Tajinder Singh, Zia Ul Haq
Chicago Tigers Squad
Aryan Patel, Calvin Savage, Chirag Gandhi, Faizan Sohail, Jay Desai, Justin Dill (c), Karthik Gattepalli, Nikhil Mudaliar, Rahimullah Ghanizai, Rahul Basu, Shuja Naqvi, Vineet Sinha, Vishal Chechi, Yash Patel
Dallas Xforia Giants Squad
Abhimanyu Poswal, Abhinav Choudhary, Arjun Mahesh, Ehsan Adil, Firasuddin Syed, Hardeep Singh, Harmeet Singh, Jagroop Raina, Raza Hassan, Saurabh Patwal, Smit Patel, Yaqoob Haidery
Kings XI Dallas Squad
Adam Khan, Ali Sheikh, Amshi De Silva, Amshi De Silva, Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Jacobus Pienaar, Rehman Dar, Rishabh Shimpi, Ruben Clinton, Sanchit Sandhu, Saqlain Haider, Soorya Selvakumar, Taha Badar, Uday Bhagwan Singh, Unmukt Chand
Lone Star Athletics Squad
Aarin Nadkarni, Aarnav Patel, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Hamza Khalid, Hrrit Hinge, Imran Khan Jr., Kamran Sheikh, Kashyap Prajapati, Naqash Basharat, Nitish Kumar, Saad Humayun, Sharv Saraykar, Shreyan Satheesh, Sidhesh Pathare, Sushant Modani
MetroPlex Tracers Squad
Akhilesh Bodugum, Akhileshnandha Sudhakar, Akhtar Shah, Ansh Bhoje, Arshil Rajendra, Aryan Tummala, Dharshan Haribabu, Geeth Bolisetty, Gurnek Johal, Joshua Tromp, Matthew Tromp, Nosthush Kenjige, Shawn Jindal, Shubham Ranjane, Srishaan Reddy Battula, Suvir Gudipati, Vihaan Mehta
Michigan Cricket Stars Squad
Abdullah Quadri, Abhimanya Mithun, Abhinav Sikharam, Agasti Takpire, Ammad Alam, Khurram Nawaz, Kiran Kumar Reddy Vade, Milind Kumar, Muhammad Waqas Saleem, Ram Repala, Ritwik Behera, Shaheer Hassan, Shaik Noorbasha, Siddantham Praneeth Raj, Umar Farooq, Utkarsh Srivastava, Vedant Pathak, Zeeshan Maqsood
St. Louis Americans Squad
Maaez Veqar, Usman Rafiq, Rayaan Taj, Adnit Jhamb, Arya Kannantha, Arnav Jhamb, Naseer Jamali, Ujjwal Vinnakota, Nauman Anwar, Abhimanyu Lamba, Faraz Ali, Muhammad Ilyas, Saif Badar, Munir Kakar, Karan Anand, Joshua Kind
Key Players To Watch At MiLC 2025
Although it is a minor league, it features some of the top international players from around the world who can entertain us with their bats and balls throughout the tournament.
| Player Name | Team | Key Role / Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Monank Patel | Atlanta Lightning | USA Captain, 478 runs in MLC 2025 |
| Rushil Ugarkar | East Bay Blazers | Best U23 Player, reliable medium-pace bowler |
| Shehan Jayasuriya | Silicon Valley Strikers | Experienced middle-order batter |
| Shubham Ranjane | Metroplex Tracers | Consistent batter, middle-order anchor |
| Corey Anderson | Kings XI Dallas | Powerful all-rounder with international experience |
| Sanjay Krishnamurthi | East Bay Blazers | Key contributor with the bat, 253 runs in MLC 2025 |
| Tajinder Singh | Chicago Kingsmen | Explosive middle-order batter with big six hitting capabilities |
| Andries Gous | Kings XI Dallas | Reliable middle-order batsman |
| Obus Pienaar | Kings XI Dallas | Finisher, provides late-innings flourish |
| Unmukt Chand | Kings XI Dallas | Dashing opener, 302 runs in MLC 2025 |
| Harmeet Singh | Dallas Xforia Giants | Economical left-arm spinner |
| Shadley Van Schalkwyk | Seattle Thunderbolts | 14 wickets in MLC 2025 |
MiLC All Winners
The Minor League Cricket has completed its four editions, and every time, it has crowned a new champion. Silicon Valley Strikers won the inaugural season, and Chicago Kingsmen will play as the defending champion this season.
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Silicon Valley Strikers | New Jersey Stallions | Church Street Park, NC |
| 2022 | Seattle Thunderbolts | Atlanta Fire | Church Street Park, NC |
| 2023 | Dallas Mustangs | NJ Somerset Cavaliers | Grand Prairie Stadium, TX |
| 2024 | Chicago Kingsmen | East Bay Blazers | Grand Prairie Stadium, TX |
With 26 teams competing across four divisions, the league continues to produce top-tier players who feed into the Major League Cricket and strengthen the USA national team, with an emphasis on youth development and international talent.
By 2030, MiLC could become one of the premier domestic T20 leagues globally, serving as a critical platform for American cricket to shine on the international stage.
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