Major League Cricket (MLC) announced today a media rights partnership that will see the first-ever edition of the landmark competition air exclusively in India on Viacom18’s sports network. The multi-platform coverage will include live streaming on JioCinema and broadcast television coverage on Sports18, starting on Thursday, July 13, when the Texas Super Kings take on the Los Angeles Knight Riders at Grand Prairie Stadium near Dallas, TX.

 
 
 
 
 
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MLC will feature top-class international talent playing alongside America’s best players for the Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings and Washington Freedom. The inaugural season will be played in a round-robin format with the four best performing teams competing in a multi-game playoff and final round to decide a champion, to be crowned on July 30.

“JioCinema continues to change the landscape of sports consumption, and with Major League Cricket, fans will watch their favorite T20 cricketers and cheer for teams affiliated to their favourite franchisees,” said Viacom18 Sports Head of Strategy, Partnerships & Acquisitions Hursh Shrivastava. “Indian viewers love T20 cricket, and we expect them to enjoy the action from the inaugural edition of the league across JioCinema and Sports18.”

“We are delighted to partner with Viacom18 and ensure that the world class T20 action Major League Cricket will feature is widely available in India, streamed on JioCinema and broadcast on Sports18,” said Vijay Srinivasan, co-Founder, Major League Cricket. “Our six teams feature T20 superstars fans in India love to watch, and there’s no better partner to showcase world class sports broadcasts in the world’s largest cricket market than Viacom18’s channels.”

Four of the six teams in the league feature investors from owners of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises including MI New York (five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians), the LA Knight Riders (two-time IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders), the Texas Super Kings (five-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings) and the Seattle Orcas (Delhi Capitals co-owenr GMR Group). Fans will witness a slew of their favourite IPL stars featuring in MLC.

The addition of the Major League Cricket strengthens Viacom18’s portfolio of world-class sporting events, including the Indian Premier League, SA20, India’s Tour of West Indies 2023, the Paris Olympics 2024, Ultimate Table Tennis, the World Padel League, the Global Chess League, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 ™, the NBA, Diamond League, LaLiga, Serie A, Ligue 1, and top BWF events.

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Date 
(India)

Day

Start Time (Indian Standard Time)

Fixture

Stage

1

14-Jul

Fri

6:00 AM

Texas Super Kings vs LA Knight Riders

League

2

15-Jul

Sat

2:00 AM

MI New York vs San Francisco Unicorns

League

3

15-Jul

Sat

6:00 AM

Seattle Orcas vs Washington Freedom

League

4

16-Jul

Sun

6:00 AM

San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas

League

5

17-Jul

Mon

2:00 AM

Texas Super Kings vs Washington Freedom

League

6

17-Jul

Mon

6:00 AM

LA Knight Riders vs MI New York

League

7

18-Jul

Tue

6:00 AM

Texas Super Kings vs MI New York

League

8

19-Jul

Wed

6:00 AM

LA Knight Riders vs San Francisco Unicorns

League

9

21-Jul

Fri

3:00 AM

Washington Freedom vs LA Knight Riders

League

10

22-Jul

Sat

3:00 AM

Seattle Orcas vs Texas Super Kings

League

11

23-Jul

Sun

3:00 AM

Washington Freedom vs San Francisco Super Kings

League

12

23-Jul

Sun

11:00 PM

LA Knight Riders vs Seattle Orcas

League

13

24-Jul

Mon

3:00 AM

MI New York vs Washington Freedom

League

14

25-Jul

Tue

3:00 AM

San Francisco Unicorns vs Texas Super Kings

League

15

26-Jul

Wed

3:00 AM

MI New York vs Seattle Orcas

League

16

28-Jul

Fri

2:00 AM

Team 3 vs Team 4

Eliminator

17

28-Jul

Fri

6:00 AM

Team 1 vs Team 2

Qualifier

18

29-Jul

Sat

6:00 AM

Loser match 16 vs Winner Match 17

Challenger

19

31-Jul

Mon

6:00 AM

Winner match 16 vs Winner Match 18

Final