# 2024 Major League Cricket players' draft

The 2024 Major League Cricket players' draft was held on March 21, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Major League Cricket season. An additional "supplementary" draft was held on June 18, 2024 to complete the squads. Both drafts were held virtually and not broadcast. Recaps of the event were released by the Major League Cricket via their social media platforms.
The draft was conducted over 10 rounds divided on the basis of salary cap, using the "snake" format. Out of the 125 players in the draft list, 20 players were drafted. During the supplementary draft, teams were given 48 hours to strategize before selecting any players. A total of 3 players were ultimately selected.

## Rules

The draft is exclusive to domestic players, like the previous season, however teams are able to announce newly signed players during the draft.
Each team were allowed to have a minimum of nine domestic players and maximum of ten, with a mandatory U23 player in their squads. Until all the teams had passed, the draft round continued in the snake format. Each team could draft two players in each level, if they had enough purse available. Teams who had not yet completed their squads were free to do so during the supplementary draft, wherein teams were given 48 hours to strategize before selecting any further players.

## Salary cap

The draft had fixed salary caps for each round, with the highest being $75,000 in the first round and the lowest being $5,000 in the Rookie (U23) round.
* First Round – $75,000
* Second Round – $65,000
* Third Round – $60,000
* Fourth Round – $50,000
* Fifth Round – $40,000
* Sixth Round – $35,000
* Seventh Round – $25,000
* Eighth Round – $20,000
* Ninth Round – $15,000
* Tenth Round – $10,000
* Rookie Round – $5,000

## Draft order

The draft pick order was based on the reverse order of the teams' finishing positions in the 2023 season standings. Los Angeles Knight Riders had the first pick, if the team did not have enough purse to draft a player, they were automatically passed to the next team.

## Retained players

Teams were set a deadline for the end of February 2024 to announce overseas and domestic player retentions for the season, with a maximum of nine overseas slots allowed in each team. Any remaining domestic players would be available to be picked by teams during the main draft.
On February 15, 2024, the retained overseas players' lists were announced. On March 1, 2024, the domestic player retention list was announced.
Retained overseas players for the 2024 Major League Cricket season :
| Team | Player | Nationality |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | Spencer Johnson | Australia |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | Sunil Narine | West Indies |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | Jason Roy | England |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | Andre Russell | West Indies |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | Adam Zampa | Australia |
| MI New York | Trent Boult | New Zealand |
| MI New York | Dewald Brevis | South Africa |
| MI New York | Tim David | Australia |
| MI New York | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan |
| MI New York | Nicholas Pooran | West Indies |
| MI New York | Kieron Pollard | West Indies |
| MI New York | Kagiso Rabada | South Africa |
| San Francisco Unicorns | Finn Allen | New Zealand |
| San Francisco Unicorns | Haris Rauf | Pakistan |
| Seattle Orcas | Heinrich Klaasen | South Africa |
| Seattle Orcas | Quinton de Kock | South Africa |
| Seattle Orcas | Wayne Parnell | South Africa |
| Seattle Orcas | Imad Wasim | Pakistan |
| Texas Super Kings | Devon Conway | New Zealand |
| Texas Super Kings | Faf du Plessis | South Africa |
| Texas Super Kings | Mitchell Santner | New Zealand |
| Washington Freedom | Akeal Hosein | West Indies |
| Washington Freedom | Marco Jansen | South Africa |
Retained domestic players for the 2024 Major League Cricket season :
| Team | Player | Salary cap |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | Ali Khan | $75,000 |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | Unmukt Chand | $65,000 |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | Nitish Kumar | $40,000 |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | Saif Badar | $15,000 |
| Los Angeles Knight Riders | Shadley van Schalkwyk | $10,000 |
| MI New York | Steven Taylor | $75,000 |
| MI New York | Ehsan Adil | $50,000 |
| MI New York | Nosthush Kenjige | $40,000 |
| MI New York | Monank Patel | $35,000 |
| MI New York | Shayan Jahangir | $15,000 |
| San Francisco Unicorns | Corey Anderson | $75,000 |
| San Francisco Unicorns | Liam Plunkett | $65,000 |
| San Francisco Unicorns | Carmi le Roux | $35,000 |
| San Francisco Unicorns | Brody Couch | $25,000 |
| San Francisco Unicorns | Sanjay Krishnamurthi | $2,500 |
| Seattle Orcas | Harmeet Singh | $75,000 |
| Seattle Orcas | Shehan Jayasuriya | $65,000 |
| Seattle Orcas | Shubham Ranjane | $50,000 |
| Seattle Orcas | Cameron Gannon | $40,000 |
| Seattle Orcas | Nauman Anwar | $25,000 |
| Texas Super Kings | Calvin Savage | $65,000 |
| Texas Super Kings | Milind Kumar | $40,000 |
| Texas Super Kings | Cameron Stevenson | $25,000 |
| Texas Super Kings | Zia Shahzad | $10,000 |
| Texas Super Kings | Saiteja Mukkamalla | $2,500 |
| Texas Super Kings | Mohammad Mohsin | — |
| Texas Super Kings | Zia-ul-Haq | — |
| Washington Freedom | Andries Gous | $75,000 |
| Washington Freedom | Mukhtar Ahmed | $65,000 |
| Washington Freedom | Obus Pienaar | $50,000 |
| Washington Freedom | Saurabh Netravalkar | $40,000 |
| Washington Freedom | Justin Dill | $10,000 |
| Washington Freedom | Akhilesh Bodugum | $2,500 |

## Draft selections
### Domestic draft

No players were drafted by the teams in the third, fourth and fifth rounds. So, the 6th pick of the draft was directly made in the sixth round.
First round selections made during the draft :
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
| 1 | Adithya Ganesh | LA Knight Riders | Bay Blazers |
| 2 | Hassan Khan | San Francisco Unicorns | Chicago Kingsmen |
| 3 | Joshua Tromp | Texas Super Kings | Houston Hurricanes |
Second round selections made during the draft :
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
| 4 | Raj Nannan | Texas Super Kings | The Philadelphians |
| 5 | Ruben Clinton | MI New York | SoCal Lashings |
Sixth round selections made during the draft :
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
| 6 | Hammad Azam | Seattle Orcas | Chicago Kingsmen |
Seventh round selections made during the draft :
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
| 7 | Ian Holland | Washington Freedom | – |
| 8 | Amila Aponso | Washington Freedom | Atlanta Fire |
Eighth round selections made during the draft :
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
| 9 | Corné Dry | LA Knight Riders | Atlanta Fire |
| 10 | Heath Richards | MI New York | Atlanta Lightning |
Ninth round selections made during the draft :
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
| 11 | Tajinder Singh | San Francisco Unicorns | Chicago Kingsmen |
| 12 | Ali Sheikh | Seattle Orcas | Dallas Mustangs |
Tenth round selections made during the draft :
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
| 13 | Derone Davis | LA Knight Riders | New Jersey Stallions |
| 14 | Karima Gore | San Francisco Unicorns | New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers |
| 15 | Lahiru Milantha | Washington Freedom | Silicon Valley Strikers |
| 16 | Jahmar Hamilton | San Francisco Unicorns | Atlanta Fire |
Rookie (U23) round selections made during the draft :
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
| 17 | Matthew Tromp | LA Knight Riders | Houston Hurricanes |
| 18 | Yasir Mohammad | Washington Freedom | New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers |
| 19 | Ayan Desai | Seattle Orcas | SoCal Lashings |
| 20 | Rushil Ugarkar | MI New York | Dallas Mustangs |

### Supplementary draft

A total of 3 players were selected by teams during the supplementary draft.
Selections made during the supplementary draft :
| Pick | Player | Team | MiLC Team |
| 1 | Chaitanya Bishnoi | LA Knight Riders | Dallas Xforia Giants |
| 2 | Aaron Jones | Seattle Orcas | Atlanta Fire |
| 3 | Sunny Patel | MI New York | New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers |

## Overseas signings

The following players were directly signed by teams ahead of the 2024 season.
Overseas signings for the 2024 Major League Cricket season :
| Player | Nationality | Team |
| Michael Bracewell | New Zealand | Seattle Orcas |
| Matthew Short | Australia | San Francisco Unicorns |
| Anrich Nortje | South Africa | MI New York |
| Romario Shepherd | West Indies | MI New York |
| Rachin Ravindra | New Zealand | Washington Freedom |
| Steve Smith | Australia | Washington Freedom |
| Jake Fraser-McGurk | Australia | San Francisco Unicorns |
| Travis Head | Australia | Washington Freedom |
| Glenn Maxwell | Australia | Washington Freedom |
| Nandre Burger | South Africa | Seattle Orcas |
| Lockie Ferguson | New Zealand | Washington Freedom |
| Aiden Markram | South Africa | Texas Super Kings |
| Lance Morris | Australia | Seattle Orcas |
| Nathan Ellis | Australia | Seattle Orcas |
| Matt Henry | New Zealand | San Francisco Unicorns |
| Ryan Rickelton | South Africa | Seattle Orcas |
| Andrew Tye | Australia | Washington Freedom |
| Josh Inglis | Australia | San Francisco Unicorns |
| Sherfane Rutherford | West Indies | San Francisco Unicorns |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | Los Angeles Knight Riders |
| Joshua Little | Ireland | Los Angeles Knight Riders |
| David Miller | South Africa | Los Angeles Knight Riders |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | Afghanistan | Texas Super Kings |
| Obed McCoy | West Indies | Seattle Orcas |
| Waqar Salamkheil | Afghanistan | Los Angeles Knight Riders |
| Abrar Ahmed | Pakistan | San Francisco Unicorns |
| Pat Cummins | Australia | San Francisco Unicorns |
| Jack Edwards | Australia | Washington Freedom |
| Marcus Stoinis | Australia | Texas Super Kings |
| Withdrawn players ||||
| Daryl Mitchell | New Zealand | Texas Super Kings |
| Replacement players ||||
| Noor Ahmad | Afghanistan | Texas Super Kings |

## Administration changes

Administration changes ahead of the 2024 Major League Cricket season :
| Team | Name | Change | Role |
| Washington Freedom | Greg Shipperd | Resigned | Head Coach |
| Washington Freedom | Ricky Ponting | Appointed | Head Coach |