MI New York has an 18-member sturdy roster for the inaugural season of Major League Cricket (MLC). The Kieron Pollard-led facet opens its marketing campaign towards San Francisco Unicorns on Saturday.
The crew boasts of a star-studded abroad gamers line-up, which incorporates captain Pollard, Rashid Khan, Tim David, Nicholas Pooran, Trent Boult, amongst others.
While the squad could appear a little bit mild on batters, it has a deadly tempo duo comprising Boult and Kagiso Rabada and spin wizard Rashid. The facet will hope Pooran and David can present the ending touches with their big-hitting in direction of the top of the innings.
MI New York will depend on home gamers to do the heavylifting within the batting division, particularly early on within the innings. It has in its ranks the homegrown expertise of Steven Taylor, who’s a daily member of the USA nationwide crew and is a damaging batter with a T20I strike charge of 144.89.
MI NEW YORK BEST PLAYING XI
Steven Taylor, Monank Patel, Hammad Azam, Shayan Jahangir, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Tim David, Kieron Pollard (c), Rashid Khan, Trent Boult, Kagiso Rabada, Sarbjeet Ladda.
MI NEW YORK SQUAD
WICKETKEEPERS
Saideep Ganesh (home participant), Shayan Jahangir (home participant), Monank Patel (home participant), Nicholas Pooran (West Indies).
BATTERS
Steven Taylor (home participant).
ALL-ROUNDERS
Hammad Azam (home participant), Dewald Brevis (South Africa), Tim David (Australia), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Kieron Pollard (West Indies), David Wiese (Namibia).
BOWLERS
Ehsan Adil (home participant), Jason Behrendorff (Australia), Trent Boult (New Zealand), Nosthush Kenjige (home participant), Sarbjeet Ladda (home participant), Kagiso Rabada (South Africa), Jessy Singh (home participant).
Total gamers: 18
International gamers: 9
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com