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The US Masters T10 League Player Draft was held in Raleigh, North Carolina, where all six teams participating in the tournament constructed their line-ups for the upcoming event. The teams competing in the league are Atlanta Fire, California Knights, Morrisville Unity, New Jersey Legends, New York Warriors, and Texas Chargers.
The New Jersey Legends have secured the services of three players who were part of the 2011 World Cup-winning Indian team: Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, and Yusuf Pathan. They will be joined by Liam Plunkett, Albie Morkel, Naman Ojha, Jesse Ryder, Chris Barnwell, Stuart Binny, RP Singh, Bipul Sharma, Craig McMillan, Tim Ambrose, Rajesh Bishnoi, Abhimanyu Mithun, and Monty Panesar.
Atlanta Fire will be led by Robin Uthappa and David Hussey, who will bring their explosive batting skills to the team. The line-up also includes Lendl Simmons, Muhammad Irfan, Dwayne Smith, Farhad Raza, Hammad Azam, Chaturanga De Silva, Elias Sunny, Nasir Hossain, Kamrul Islam, Junaid Siddique, Grant Elliot, Amila Aponso, Hamilton Masakadza, and S. Sreesanth.
Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, and Mohammad Kaif, former Indian international stars, will feature prominently for the California Knights. They will be joined by Aaron Finch, Peter Siddle, Jacques Kallis, Ricardo Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Ben Laughlin, Ashley Nurse, Rusty Theron, Anureet Singh, Pawan Suyal, Devendra Bishoo, Jesal Karia, and Sudeep Tyagi.
The Morrisville Unity has secured the services of the hard-hitting Chris Gayle and Indian legend Harbhajan Singh, along with Kevin O'Brien, Parthiv Patel, Corey Anderson, Rahul Sharma, Calvin Savage, Parvinder Awana, Andries Gous, Najaf Shah, Angelo Perera, Dane Piedt, Vikas Tokas, Dilshan Munaweera, Nuwan Kulasekara, and Makhaya Ntini.
Former Pakistan stars Shahid Afridi and Misbah-ul-Haq will lead the charge for the New York Warriors. They will be supported by Johan Botha, Kamran Akmal, TM Dilshan, Jonathan Carter, Umaid Asif, Sohail Khan, Murali Vijay, Jerome Taylor, William Perkins, Abdur Rehman, Munaf Patel, Cody Chetty, Chamara Kapugedera, and Dhammika Prasad.
The Texas Chargers have assembled a team consisting of Ben Dunk, Mohammad Hafeez, Ross Taylor, Isuru Udana, Thisara Perera, Neil Broom, Fidel Edwards, Umar Gul, Upul Tharanga, Pragyan Ojha, Jeevan Mendis, Siddharth Trivedi, Phil Mustard, Noor Ali Zadran, Praveen Kumar, and Paul Adams.
The Chairman of T Ten Sports Management, Shaji-Ul-Mulk, expressed his excitement about the well-balanced teams and the presence of former international stars, promising an exciting competition for cricket fans worldwide. Ritesh Patel, CEO of SAMP Group and one of the main organizers of the American edition, shared his anticipation for closely contested matches in the inaugural season of the US Masters T10 League.
The first season of the US Masters T10 League is scheduled to take place from August 18th to August 27th, 2023.
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