MLC 2023: After CSK Stephen Fleming is set to coach Texas Super Kings in USA’s First-ever Major League Cricket
Former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming has been appointed as the coach of Major League Cricket (MLC) franchise Texas Super Kings, who have a partnership with IPL’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Fleming is now the coach of all three Super Kings franchises.
The 49-year-old has been the long-standing coach of the Super Kings in the IPL, helping them to four titles. He also served in the same capacity for the Joburg Super Kings in the inaugural edition of SA20 in South Africa his year.
Stephen Fleming is associated with CSK as a head coach
TSK said in a statement that CSK will bring “operational expertise” and help “Texas compete on the field”.
“The (Texas Super kings) team will be led by coach Stephen Fleming. Fleming is a former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team and head coach of Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings. He played in the first-ever Twenty20 international to be staged as captain of the New Zealand team in 2005,” said a TSK statement.
Fleming is associated with CSK as a head coach for a long time and has guided the Chennai-based franchise to four IPL titles.
CSK is the third IPL side after Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians to be associated with the six-team MLC, slated to get underway on July 13.
The six MLC teams are San Francisco Unicorns, Lost Angeles, MI New York, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings and Washington DC.
The remainder of each team’s player roster will be filled with top T20 cricketers from across the globe.
“Cricket is the second-most popular sport in the world with a global fan base of around 2.5 billion followers, but there has not been an opportunity for the sport to grow in the US,” said Anurag Jain, co-owner of the MLC Texas Super Kings.
“We look forward to having a professional team in Texas for the passionate local cricket community to root for and to introduce the sport to new fans across the country,” added Jain.
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