2025 Major League Cricket players' draft


The 2025 Major League Cricket players' draft was held on February 20, 2025, ahead of the 2025 Major League Cricket season for teams to pick domestic players. Like the previous year, the draft was held virtually and not by broadcast. The results of the draft were released by Major League Cricket via their social media platforms.
The format of the draft was same as the previous season, it was conducted over 10 rounds divided on the basis of salary cap, using the "snake" format. A total of 16 picks were made in the final draft.

Salary cap

The draft had fixed salary caps for each round, with the highest being $75,000 in the first round and the lowest being $10,000 in the tenth round.
  • First Round – $75,000
  • Second Round – $65,000
  • Third Round – $60,000
  • Fourth Round – $50,000
  • Fifth Round – $40,000
  • Sixth Round – $35,000
  • Seventh Round – $25,000
  • Eighth Round – $20,000
  • Ninth Round – $15,000
  • Tenth Round – $10,000

Retained players

The retention window for the third season was open till February 13, 2025, and the teams were allowed retain any number of domestic players within this deadline. Ahead of the draft, many teams decided to let go of marquee players like Travis Head, Kagiso Rabada, and Daryl Mitchell. The Freedom had the most retentions with 15 players, while the Orcas had the least retentions with just 7.

Draft selections

Domestic draft

No players were drafted by the teams in the third, fourth and fifth rounds. So, the 6th pick of the draft was directly made in the sixth round.
PickPlayerTeamMiLC Team
1Jessy SinghSeattle OrcasNew Jersey Stallions
2Shubham RanjaneTexas Super KingsDallas Xforia Giants

PickPlayerTeamMiLC Team
3Agni ChopraMI New York–
4Tajinder SinghMI New YorkChicago Kingsmen

PickPlayerTeamMiLC Team
5Sujit NayakSeattle OrcasSeattle Thunderbolts

PickPlayerTeamMiLC Team
6Steven TaylorSeattle OrcasAtlanta Fire

PickPlayerTeamMiLC Team
7Shayan JahangirSeattle OrcasSilicon Valley Strikers
8Kunwarjit SinghMI New York–

PickPlayerTeamMiLC Team
9Karthik GattepalliLA Knight RidersHouston Hurricanes
10Sharad LumbaMI New York–
11Stephen WiigTexas Super KingsNew Jersey Stallions

PickPlayerTeamMiLC Team
12Hammad AzamSan Francisco UnicornsChicago Kingsmen
13Abhishek ParadkarWashington FreedomEast Bay Blazers

PickPlayerTeamMiLC Team
14Rahul JariwalaSeattle OrcasGolden State Grizzlies
15Adam KhanTexas Super KingsFt. Lauderdale Lions
16Achilles BrowneSan Francisco UnicornsFt. Lauderdale Lions

Overseas signings

The following players were directly signed by teams ahead of the 2025 season.
PlayerNationalityTeamRef.
Alex HalesLos Angeles Knight Riders–