MLC 2025: Glenn Maxwell to lead defending champions Washington Freedom; Steve Smith to step in for two games | Cricket News – Times of India

Australia’s Glenn Maxwell will lead the Washington Freedom in Major League Cricket 2025. (Sportzpics)

Glenn Maxwell has been named because the captain of the Washington Freedom for the upcoming season of the Major League Cricket in the USA. The Aussie will lead the franchise for the whole length of the month-lengthy event.Steve Smith, who had captained the Freedom final season, will take over the function through the two matches he’ll play for the franchise later in the season. Smith is lacking the beginning of the MLC due to a fixture conflict with the World Test Championship (WTC) Final towards South Africa at Lord’s.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Maxwell is one of the two new captains appointed on Tuesday in the USA. Recently-retired Nicholas Pooran will helm the MI New York.

Maxwell had just lately introduced his retirement from ODI cricket to consider the shortest format forward of subsequent yr’s T20 World Cup.In a social media submit, Maxwell stated, “Hey Freedom Fam! Your captain Glenn Maxwell is here.”Corey Anderson, who performed the bulk of his high-tier cricket for New Zealand earlier than shifting to the USA, will captain the San Francisco Unicorns. He is the one “local” captain in the six-workforce MLC which will get underway on June 12. Meanwhile, South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen has additionally been confirmed to proceed as captain of the Seattle Orcas.The different two groups in the MLC — Los Angeles Knight Riders and Texas Super Kings — are but to announce their captains. Sunil Narine and Faf du Plessis had captained them throughout MLC 2024.Washington Freedom are the defending MLC champions, having overwhelmed the San Francisco Unicorns in final season’s remaining. The new season will get underway on June 13 with a contest between Freedom and Unicorns on the Oakland Coliseum. The remaining is about to be performed on July 12.