Wikipedia - MI New York

MI New York (pronounced as My New York) is a franchise Twenty20 cricket team, which plans to be based in New York, New York, that plays in the Major League Cricket (MLC). It was founded in 2023 by Indiawin Sports, which also owns the Mumbai Indians (MI). MINY has a minor league affiliate, Manhattan Yorkers, which competes in Minor League Cricket (MiLC).

The team plans to build its homeground in Marine Park with an expected capacity of 10,000. Until then, the team will be playing all of its matches in the Grand Prairie stadium in Texas.

MI New York are the inaugural champions of Major League Cricket 2023.

History

Background

In March 2023, it was confirmed that the Indiawin Sports, which also owns teams like Mumbai Indians, MI Cape Town, and MI Emirates, will be venturing into developing cricket in America, as they introduced MI New York. MI are one of the four IPL teams that have bought a team in MLC.

Speaking about expanding the MI family, Mrs. Nita Ambani said “I am thrilled to welcome our New York franchise to the growing MI Family! With our entry into the first T20 franchise cricket league in the US, I hope we are able to establish Mumbai Indians as a global brand of fearless and entertaining cricket! This is another new beginning for MI and I look forward to the exciting journey ahead.”

2023 season

The first MLC draft was held on March 19, 2023 in NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston. MINY picked American batter Steven Taylor as their first draft pick. They haven't signed any overseas player yet, all of their nine picks were from the domestic circuit. They also picked the United States national team captain, Monank Patel.

MI New York announced their full squad on June 14, with Afghanistan's Rashid Khan, New Zealand's Trent Boult, and South Africa's Kagiso Rabada, and appointed West Indies' Kieron Pollard as their team's captain.

MINY progressed into the playoffs, after finishing the league stage with 2 wins from 5 matches. They faced Washington Freedom in the Eliminator on 27 July 2023, Nicholas Pooran took over the captaincy, as Pollard was rested due to an arm injury. They defeated Washington by 16 runs, and moved on to face Texas Super Kings in the Challenger. MINY defeated Super Kings by 6 wickets to enter the Championship Final of the Inaugural season.

In the Final, New York were set a target of 184. Courtesy of captain Nicholas Pooran's century, they defeated Seattle Orcas to clinch their first MLC title.