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The Texas Super Kings are an American professional Twenty20 cricket team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex that competes in Major League Cricket (MLC).[4] The team’s home ground is Grand Prairie Stadium.[5] The stadium has a capacity of 7,200; it can be expanded to seat 15,000 for major events.[6]

The team was announced in 2023 as one of six inaugural teams to play in the league.[7] The team has two minor league affiliates – the Dallas Mustangs and the Dallas Xforia Giants, which both compete in Minor League Cricket (MiLC) alongside 24 other teams.[8] The franchise is co-owned by Chennai Super Kings Cricket, Ross Perot Jr., and Anurag Jain.[9]

The team is coached by Stephen Fleming[10] and is captained by South African Faf du Plessis.[11]

Franchise history

Background

In November 2020, USA Cricket announced that ACE had acquired a 15-year lease for a former Minor League Baseball stadium to be renovated into a fully-fledged cricket stadium, which would host the Dallas franchise Major League Cricket team.[12][13] Plans were reaffirmed two years later in December 2022, where MLC officially announced its 2023 season and the name of the Texas franchise home ground, Grand Prairie Stadium.[14]

In May 2022, it was formally announced during a Series A and A1 fundraising round for Major League Cricket that Anurag Jain and Ross Perot Jr. – who were among many big-name investors such as Satya Nadella and Sanjay Parthasarathy – would co-own the Texas franchise cricket team.[15][16]

In the buildup to the 2023 draft – which was held on March 19, the Texas franchise announced its partnership with the Chennai Super Kings.[17] Following the draft, the team held a press conference wherein co-owner Anurag Jain, amongst Stephen Fleming and K.S. Viswanathan,[18] publicly announced their team name – the Texas Super Kings, logo and coach for the first time.[19] However, it was announced in late April that they had revamped their logo for it to look similar to the logos of the Chennai and Joburg Super Kings.[20]

2023 season

Prior to the launch of the official season, it was announced the MLC’s inaugural domestic draft would take place on March 19, 2023.[21] The Super Kings had the final pick of the first round draft and selected Rusty Theron,[22] before adding Sami Aslam, Calvin Savage, and Milind Kumar with later selections.[23] In June 2023, the Super Kings announced seven of their nine overseas signings, including Ambati Rayudu, Devon Conway, and Dwayne Bravo. In addition, they announced their full support staff lineup, including Albie Morkel and Eric Simons, among others.[24] They subsequently announced that former South African skipper, Faf du Plessis, would captain the team[11] and on July 5, selected Mohammad Mohsin as their domestic wildcard pick.[25]

Rayudu withdrew from the tournament following the Board of Control of Cricket in India‘s proposal of a year-long “cooling-off period” for recently retired players[26] and his place taken by Imran Tahir.[27]

In the opening match of the tournament on July 13, the Super Kings recorded a 69-run win over the Los Angeles Knight Riders.[28][29] This was followed by a 6-run defeat to the Washington Freedom in their second match,[30][31] a 17-run victory over MI New York[32] and an 8-wicket defeat to the Seattle Orcas.[33][34]

A three-wicket win over the San Francisco Unicorns ensured a top-two finish going into the playoffs,[35] but losses to both Seattle and New York saw the team eliminated.[36][37]

2024 season

Ahead of the start of the 2024 season on July 5,[38][39] on February 15, 2024, the Super Kings released a list of retentions for overseas players, including captain Faf du Plessis, Devon Conway and Mitchell Santner.[40][41] During the domestic players’ draft, the Texas Super Kings selected Joshua Tromp and Raj Nannan.[42][43] Outside of the draft, the team announced a series of overseas signings from New Zealander Daryl Mitchell to Australian Marcus Stoinis.[44][45] Mitchell however, following an injury, was ruled out of the season and was replaced by Afghan cricketer Noor Ahmad.[46] The Super Kings reached the playoffs for the second time in a row after winning three of the seven group stage matches.

Current squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Faf du Plessis  South Africa (1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 (age 41) Right-handed Right arm Leg-break
Rilee Rossouw  South Africa (1989-10-09) 9 October 1989 (age 36) Left-handed Right arm off break
Milind Kumar  United States (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Saiteja Mukkamalla  United States (2004-04-09) 9 April 2004 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Smit Patel  United States (1993-05-16) 16 May 1993 (age 32) Right-handed N/a
Donovan Ferreira  South Africa (1998-07-21) 21 July 1998 (age 27) Right-handed Right arm off break
All-rounders
Calvin Savage  United States (1993-01-04) 4 January 1993 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast
Shubham Ranjane  United States (1994-03-26) 26 March 1994 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Akeal Hosein  West Indies (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 32) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Wiaan Mulder  South Africa (1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Joshua Tromp  United States (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Amshi de Silva  United States (2001-11-11) 11 November 2001 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Bowlers
Hardus Viljoen  South Africa (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 37) Right-handed Right arm fast
Keshav Maharaj  South Africa (1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 36) Right-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
Adam Milne  New Zealand (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 33) Right-handed Right arm fast
Nandre Burger  South Africa (1995-08-11) 11 August 1995 (age 30) Left-handed Left arm fast-medium
Abhimanyu Lamba  United States (1995-10-31) 31 October 1995 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Mohammad Mohsin  United States (1996-04-15) 15 April 1996 (age 29) Left-handed Right-arm leg spin


Administration and support staff

Texas Super Kings staff[47]
Position Name
Head coach Stephen Fleming
Assistant coach Eric Simons
Assistant coach Albie Morkel
Team manager Russell Radhakrishnan
Strength and conditioning Greg King
Physiotherapist Tommy Simsek

Performance

Standings

Year League standing Final standing
2023 2nd Challenger
2024 3rd Challenger
2025 2nd Challenger
  •   C: champions
  •   RU: runner-up
  •   CH: team eliminated in the Challenger stage of the play-offs

Season summary[a]

Year Played Won Lost NR[b]
2023 7 3 4 0
2024 7 3 2 2
2025 10 7 3 0
Total 24 13 9 2
Source: ESPNCricinfo[48]

Notes

  1. ^ Play-offs/Knockout matches are not included
  2. ^ NR indicates “no result”, while abandoned matches are also indicated as “no result”.

See also

References

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