India Legend Ravichandran Ashwin To Join Us-based Major League Cricket

India awesome Ravichandran Ashwin signed a statement to play for nan San Francisco Unicorns successful Major League Cricket, nan squad announced Saturday.

Modeled connected nan hugely celebrated Indian Premier League, MLC is an yearly Twenty20 tourney that launched 3 years ago successful a bid to pat into nan US market.

The 39-year-old allrounder retired from world cricket successful December 2024 aft having played 106 tests for India, taking 537 wickets and hitting six trial hundreds.

The Unicorns’ announcement said Ashwin will go nan first-ever India-capped subordinate to compete successful nan league, a monthlong tourney that starts 18 June.

A spinner, Ashwin made 65 appearances successful T20 world matches.

In nan IPL, he played for his hometown Chennai Super Kings and respective different franchises.

“Signed for his world-class rotation bowling and beardown tactical acumen, Ashwin brings nan Unicorns a important activity plus connected and disconnected nan pitch, arsenic good arsenic being a family sanction group to thrill Major League Cricket and resonate powerfully pinch nan Bay Area’s ample South Asian community, further strengthening nan franchise’s relationship to 1 of cricket’s astir passionate instrumentality bases,” nan Unicorns said successful their announcement.

Ashwin added: “My absolute attraction is to thief this franchise triumph games and push for its first championship, while besides putting connected a spectacular marque of cricket for nan Bay Area fans.”

The convention is comprised of six teams – nan Unicorns, Los Angeles Knight Riders, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings, MI New York and Washington Freedom. Games, however, are played successful conscionable 3 locations: Grand Prairie Stadium adjacent Dallas; nan Oakland Coliseum; and Knight Riders Cricket Field successful Pomona, California.

Several of nan MLC teams person IPL ownership links. There’s liking successful nan different direction, too, arsenic American investors are buying stakes successful 2 IPL teams.

Cricket has been added to nan Olympic programme for nan 2028 Los Angeles Games.