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The Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) have signed Shakib Al Hasan for the next (second) season of Major League Cricket (MLC), the American T20 league administered by franchises.
“Shakib, of course, has a long-standing relationship with the Knight Riders family, having represented KKR in various phases – including our two championship [winning] seasons in 2012 and 2014,” a statement from the Knight Riders group said. “We can’t wait to see him turn up in Purple and Gold for LA Knight Riders this July.”
LAKR came last in the 2023 MLC inaugural season. LAKR is controlled by the same group that owns the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in the ILT20, the Trinbago Knight Riders men and women in the CPL, and the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL.
For the upcoming season, they have drafted in local players Derone Davis, Matthew Tromp, Cirne Dry, and Adithya Ganesh and retained Sunil Narine, the star of KKR’s table-topping run in the league stage of the ongoing IPL 2024, along with Andre Russell, Jason Roy, Spencer Johnson, Unmukt Chand, Ali Khan, Saif Badar, Nitish Kumar, and Shadley van Schalkwyk.
The second edition of the tournament will start on July 5 with a fixture between MI New York and Seattle Orcas, the winners and runners-up of the inaugural edition. The final will be played on July 29.