NEW DELHI: As the United States gears up for the inaugural version of Major League Cricket, the organisers on Wednesday unveiled the championship trophy in Dallas.
Texas Super Kings tackle the Los Angeles Knight Riders within the event opener at Grand Prairie Stadium on Thursday.
The captains of the six franchises additionally assembled on the eve of season’s first recreation, posing with the glittering silverware.
Texas skipper Faf du Plessis lauded the ‘spectacular’ work that has gone into getting the Grand Prairie Stadium prepared the event.
“I see myself, in 10 or 15 years, coming into American sports and you can see the American feel watching the game of cricket which is unique to anywhere else in the world,” du Plessis stated.
Texas Super Kings tackle the Los Angeles Knight Riders within the event opener at Grand Prairie Stadium on Thursday.
The captains of the six franchises additionally assembled on the eve of season’s first recreation, posing with the glittering silverware.
Texas skipper Faf du Plessis lauded the ‘spectacular’ work that has gone into getting the Grand Prairie Stadium prepared the event.
“I see myself, in 10 or 15 years, coming into American sports and you can see the American feel watching the game of cricket which is unique to anywhere else in the world,” du Plessis stated.
“Based on how much cricket has been played here, it will be high quality with all these international players feeding information to the youngsters – it will grow from strength to strength,” stated Los Angeles Knight Riders Captain Sunil Narine.
“We are blown away about the amount of people that turned up. Having the opportunity to speak to young cricketers was brilliant,” stated San Francisco Unicorns Captain Aaron Finch.
The inaugural season of Major League Cricket will run from July 13 to 30 and can have a complete of 15 leagues video games adopted by the knockouts.
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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com