T20 Mumbai League 2025: Syriacumar Yadav, Knights of Zafer Mumbai will play for the North East

The T20 Mumbai League is building excitement while preparing for its highly anticipated third season. In a major development that determines the tone of the tournament, Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) officially announced the icon players for eight franchisees in Mumbai on Friday. Leading to the series full of stars, the India Team main basis, which will represent the Knights Triumph Knights Mumbai North East and Sobo Mumbai Falcons, respectively, the main basis of Surekumar Yadav and Shreyas Iyer. The announcement points to a significant milestone before the season 3 Mega auction planned to take place in Mumbai on May 7.

Each franchise signed a icon player with an RS20 Lakh price, which forms the basis to be built on his team.

The list of teams and icon players is as follows:

Prithvi Shaw – North Mumbai Panthers (Horizon Sports India Private Limited)

Shivam DUBE – Arcs andheri (Arcs Sports & Entertainment Private Limited)

Surekumar Yadav – Triumph knights Mumbai North East (Transcon Triumph Knights Private Limited)

Ajinkya Rahane – Bandra Blasters (PK Sports Ventures Private Limited)

Shardul Thakur – Eagle Than Strikers (Eagle Infra India Ltd.)

Sarfaraz Khan – Aakash Tigers Mumbai Western suburbs (World Star Premier League LLP)

Shreyas Iyer – Sobo Mumbai Falcons (Roadway Solutions India Infra Ltd.)

Tushar Deshpande – Mumbai Southern Central Central Maratha Royal (Royal Edge Sports and Entertainment)

“Today's event points to an important milestone in shaping the basic identity and vision of each franchise. Crickets.

These icon players, known for their success in both international and indigenous stages, bring extraordinary skills and star power to increase the profile and competitiveness of their teams.

When the icon players are now concluded, the focus moves to the highly anticipated Mega auction in Mumbai on May 7, with a talented player pool. The auction promises to ignite new competitions and prepare the ground for a violent competitive tournament.

The T20 Mumbai League, which has made a great return after a six-year break, will be held at Wankhede Stadium between 26 May and 8 June.

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