The US will host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup along with West Indies in the year 2024. USA Cricket is a member of the International Cricket Council. MLC has joined hands with USA Cricket for this T20 league. The investment will transform the face of professional cricket infrastructure in the country and the US can host international events over the next decade, MLC said in a statement.
who invested
MLC claims that the world’s best cricketers will play in its league. In the first round, MLC has raised funds of $ 44 million. The fund has been raised from Satya Nadella and other businessmen. Also, $76 million more funds can be raised in the next 12 months. Apart from Nadella, the first phase investors in MLC include Soma Somasegar (MD of Madrona Venture Group), Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan (founding partners at Milliways Ventures and Rocketship VC), Sanjay Govil (CEO of Zyter), Anurag Jain (Petol). Jain’s Managing Partner), Tanveer Ahmed (CEO of PAK Foods) and Honor Baheti Family of YASH Technologies.
Also included are Mihir Vora, Pritish Nijhawan, Manish Parikh, Vikram Ramani, Shankar Kaliaperumal, Digha Shekharan, Sameer Bodas, Sanjay Parthasarathy. Satya Nadella is a part-owner of Major League Soccer’s Seattle Sounders team. Satya Nadella is a big fan of cricket. The history of cricket in America is older than baseball. There is a mention of cricket matches being played in Georgia in the year 1737 and in Baltimore in 1734. Cricket historians say that cricket was mentioned in the debate held at the Independence Hall in 1776. Then John Adams objected to calling the head of the new country the president. He said that the President belongs to the Fire Brigade and the Cricket Club.
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