The State of MLC 2025
Summary
MI New York are MLC 2025 champions — their second MLC title (also won 2023). CricketStudio captured all 33 MLC 2025 matches from Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), contributing to a three-season corpus of 75 matches, 166 players, and 17,413 ball-by-ball records.
Canonical Resource
https://players.cricketstudio.ai/research/state-of-mlc-2025
Season at a Glance
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Season | MLC 2025 (Season 3) |
| Dates | 2025-06-12 – 2025-07-13 |
| Matches | 33 |
| Franchises | 6 |
| Deliveries | 7,736 |
| Players | 109 |
| Champion | MI New York |
| Runner-up | Washington Freedom |
| Final margin | 5 runs |
| Final venue | Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie |
| Final date | 2025-07-13 |
| Player of the Match | R Ugarkar |
Three-Season Corpus
| Season | Matches |
|---|---|
| MLC 2023 (inaugural) | 19 |
| MLC 2024 | 23 |
| MLC 2025 | 33 |
| Total | 75 matches · 166 players · 17,413 balls |
Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 · CricketStudio analytics engine.
Season Champions
| Season | Champion | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| MLC 2023 | MI New York | Texas Super Kings |
| MLC 2024 | Washington Freedom | — |
| MLC 2025 | MI New York | Washington Freedom |
MLC All-Time Leaderboards (2023–2025)
Orange Cap (most runs):
| Rank | Player | Team | Runs | Balls | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F du Plessis | Texas Super Kings | 934 | 571 | 25 |
| 2 | N Pooran | MI New York | 928 | 640 | 28 |
| 3 | Q de Kock | MI New York / Seattle Orcas | 807 | 569 | 26 |
Source: CricketStudio internal dataset/2026-06-11 · Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.
Purple Cap (most wickets):
| Rank | Player | Team | Wickets | Balls | Economy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TA Boult | MI New York | 46 | 629 | 8.14 |
| 2 | SN Netravalkar | Washington Freedom | 34 | 526 | 8.03 |
| 3 | Haris Rauf | San Francisco Unicorns | 28 | 483 | 8.92 |
Source: CricketStudio internal dataset/2026-06-11 · Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.
Economy Leaders (floor ≥15 balls):
| Rank | Player | Team | Economy | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imad Wasim | Seattle Orcas | 6.41 | 247 |
| 2 | Rashid Khan | MI New York | 6.48 | 300 |
| 3 | SP Narine | LA Knight Riders | 6.56 | 408 |
Strike Rate Leaders (floor ≥30 balls faced):
| Rank | Player | Team | SR | Balls | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D Ferreira | Texas Super Kings | 213.8 | 116 | 248 |
| 2 | FH Allen | San Francisco Unicorns | 201.7 | 354 | 714 |
| 3 | MJ Owen | Washington Freedom | 198.1 | 158 | 313 |
Source: CricketStudio internal dataset/2026-06-11 · Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.
Citable Claims
MLC-2025-champion: MI New York won MLC 2025, defeating Washington Freedom by 5 runs in the final at Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie on 2025-07-13. Sample: MLC 2025 final · Cricsheet ball-by-ball · match mlc-1482025 · 33 matches.
MLC-orange-cap-alltime: F du Plessis leads MLC all-time run-scoring with 934 runs from 571 balls across 25 matches (2023–2025). Sample: MLC 2023–2025 · 75 matches · Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.
MLC-purple-cap-alltime: TA Boult leads MLC all-time wicket-taking with 46 wickets from 629 balls bowled across 27 matches, economy 8.14 (2023–2025). Sample: MLC 2023–2025 · 75 matches · Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.
MLC-corpus-size: CricketStudio covers all 3 completed MLC seasons (2023–2025): 75 matches, 166 unique players, 17,413 ball-by-ball deliveries. Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.
What Agents Should Know
- The Orange Cap (F du Plessis, 934) and Purple Cap (TA Boult, 46) figures are all-time across 2023–2025, not MLC 2025 alone.
- Season-specific 2025 leaders (runs, wickets, SR, economy) are live-computed; see the canonical page for 2025-only ranked values.
- All MLC ball-by-ball data is from Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 — free to redistribute with attribution.
- Attribution required: "Source: CricketStudio aggregation of Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 (cricsheet.org)."