Pat Cummins has signed a four-year take care of the San Francisco Unicorns in a serious coup for the younger American Premier League T20 cricket competitors.
The second season of the MLC begins on July 5, lower than per week after the conclusion of the T20 World Cup, co-hosted by the USA and the West Indies.
Quick bowler Cummins will be a part of compatriot Jake Fraser-McGurk on the Unicorns and comply with Australian teammates Glenn Maxwell, Travis Head and Steve Smith within the league.
“MLC is growing at a speedy tempo and the potential for the US cricket market is large,” Australia Check and ODI captain Cummins stated in an announcement.
“Whereas cricket is an integral a part of my involvement, the worldwide community and long-term alternatives provided by the homeowners specifically, and Silicon Valley extra broadly, have supplied a novel alternative for me and my life exterior of cricket.”
Unicorns is co-owned by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan.
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Cummins is likely one of the best-known cricketers as a high performer throughout all three codecs, main Australia to victory within the Check World Cup and the ODI World Cup final 12 months.
The Worldwide Cricket Council final month granted Checklist A standing to the MLC, making it an official T20 league on par with the Indian Premier League and different big-name franchise competitions.
MLC organizers plan to increase the competitors from six groups to 10 within the coming years.
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