MLC Draft 2025: Jasdeep Singh Becomes Number One Pick in Major League Cricket Domestic Players Draft

MLC Draft 2025: Two-time MLC winner Jasdeep Singh was the top pick of the Major League Cricket season 3 domestic players draft, which took place earlier in the week with 16 United States talents up for grabs.

Jasdeep, who won the title with MI New York and Washington Freedom, became the number 1 pick after the Seattle Orcas signed the USA pacer for $75,000. The 32-year-old was passed on in the 2024 draft before being picked up mid-season by Freedom as a replacement player.

Seattle Orcas, who came into the draft with a near clean slate, also signed Sujit Nayak ($40,000) and rookie Rahul Jariwala as well as current USA players Steven Taylor ($25,000) and Shayan Jahangir ($20,000).

MI New York, meanwhile, drafted in four players in the form of Mizoram's opening batter Agni Chopra ($50,000) as well as batters Tajinder Singh Dhillon ($50,000), Kunwarjit Singh ($20,000) and Sharad Lumba ($15,000).

Texas Super Kings signed pace all-rounder Shubham Ranjane ($75,000) in the top category, while they also roped in left arm seamer Stephen Wiig ($15,000) and handed a rookie contract to young leg spinner Adam Khan.

Los Angeles Knight Riders, San Francisco Unicorns and Washington Freedom signed Kartik Gattepalli ($15,000), Abhishek Paradkar ($10,000) and Hammad Azam ($10,000) respectively. Freedom also signed Achilles Brown as a rookie. Here is a look at the draft signing and retention players list:

Domestic Players Signed in MLC 2025 Draft

Seattle Orcas 2025 Draft Picks - SEO Domestic Players

• Jasdeep Singh
• Sujit Nayak
• Steven Taylor
• Shayan Jahangir
• Rahul Jariwala

MI New York 2025 Draft Picks - MINY Domestic Players List

• Agni Chopra
• Tajinder Singh Dhillon
• Kunwarjit Singh
• Sharad Lumba

Texas Super Kings 2025 Draft Picks - TSK Domestic Players List

• Shubham Ranjane
• Stephen Wiig
• Adam Khan

Washington Freedom 2025 Draft Picks - WSF Domestic Players

• Hammad Azam
• Achilles Brown

San Francisco Unicorns 2025 Draft Picks - SF Domestic Players

• Abhishek Paradkar

Los Angeles Knight Riders 2025 Draft Picks - LAKR Domestic Players

• Kartik Gattepalli

Before the draft on February 19, there were several retentions made in the domestic players category after unlimited retentions was allowed by the Major League Cricket organizers. Here is a look at the players retained:

MLC 2025 Retained Domestic Players List

• Los Angeles Knight Riders 2025 Retained Players: Ali Khan, Adithya Ganesh, Unmukt Chand, Nitish Kumar, Corne Dry, Saif Badar, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Matthew Tromp.
• MI New York 2025 Retained Players: Ehsan Adit, Nosthush Kenjige, Monank Patel, Heath Richards, Rushil Ugarkar, Sunny Patel.
• San Francisco 2025 Retained Players: Corey Anderson, Hassan Khan, Liam Plunkett, Carmi le Roux, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Brody Couch, Karima Gore, Juan Drysdale.
• Seattle Orcas 2025 Retained Players: Harmeet Singh, Aaron Jones, Ayan Desai, Cameron Gannon, Ali Sheikh.
• Texas Super Kings 2025 Retained Players: Joshua Tromp, Calvin Savage, Milind Kumar, Mohammad Mohsin, Zia-ul-Haq, Saiteja Mukkamalla.
• Washington Freedom 2025 Retained Players: Andries Gous, Saurabh Netravalkar, Mukhtar Ahmed, Amila Aponso, Obus Pienaar, Justin Dill, Ian Holland, Lahiru Milantha, Yasir Mohammad.