Sri Lanka names in the USA Minor League Cricket (MiLC) 2021
Key: No. / Name / Team
1. Shehan Jayasuriya - Silicon Valley Strikers
2. Amila Aponso - Atlanta Fire
3. Dhyan Ranatunga - Hollywood Master Blasters
4. Shehan Fernando - Hollywood Master Blasters
5. Ruvindu Gunasekara - New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers CC
6. Isuru Kuruvitage - Ft. Lauderdale Lions
7. Roy Silva - Ft. Lauderdale Lions
8. Peter Vittachi - SoCal Lashings
9. Gayan Fernando - SoCal Lashings
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Shehan Jayasuriya[/caption]
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Amila Aponsu[/caption]
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Dhyan Ranatunga[/caption]
Former Sri Lanka cricketers Shehan Jayasuriya and Amila Aponso have been chosen to the inaugural USA Minor League Cricket (MiLC) tournament which will be conduct by the America Cricket Enterprises, on behalf of USA Cricket, from 31 July.
The US Minor League Cricket has announced the initial 16-player rosters for all 27 teams for the inaugural season of MiLC in 2021.
The Minor League Cricket player draft took place recently via video conference calls and was phased across seven geographic zones. In total, more than 400 players, including 80 international and first-class cricketers in the world, have already been selected out of a total of about 2,000 players.
Along with former Sri Lanka cricketers Jayasuriya and Aponso, Dhyan Ranatunga, son of legendary World Cup winning Captain Arjuna Ranatunga, Shehan Fernando, Ruvindu Gunasekara, Roy Silva, Isuru Kuruvitage, Gayan Fernando, and Peter Vittachi have too been picked for six teams in the 2021 MiLC.
The 27 teams in 2021 MiLC: