Overview
- The tournament opened on June 18 with Texas Super Kings beating Seattle Orcas after Faf du Plessis scored a 45‑ball century, becoming the oldest man to hit a T20 hundred and setting an early competitive tone.
- MLC 2026 is a compact 34-match T20 season (30 league games plus qualifier, eliminator, challenger and final) played across Grand Prairie, Oakland and the new Knight Riders Cricket Field in Pomona.
- Ravichandran Ashwin has signed for the San Francisco Unicorns and is scheduled to make his first extended appearance outside India in the league this season.
- The Knight Riders Cricket Field debuts as the Los Angeles Knight Riders’ home ground and is presented as a legacy venue for cricket at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
- Broadcast rights are distributed by region — including Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, Willow in North America, Star/JioHotstar in India and Seven in Australia — as MLC aims to grow U.S. cricket while managing player availability from overlapping leagues.