| Player Name | Role | Style | Jersey Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Power-hitting coach | Batting Style: Right-Handed Bowling Style: Right-Arm Fast | 12 | |
| Allrounder | Batting Style: Left-Handed Bowling Style: Right arm Medium | 89 | |
| Bowler | Batting Style: Right-hand bat Bowling Style: Right arm Medium fast | 52 | |
| Bowler | Batting Style: Left-handed Bowling Style: Left-Arm Fast | 45 | |
| Middle-order Batter | Batting Style: Left-handed Bowling Style: Right arm Medium fast | 50 | |
| Bowling Allrounder | Batting Style: Right Handed Bat Bowling Style: Right-arm medium-fast | 8 | |
| Batsman | Batting Style: Right-handed Bowling Style: Right-arm off-spin | 21 | |
| Bowler | Batting Style: Right-Handed Bowling Style: Right arm Fast medium | 23 | |
| Battter | Batting Style: Right-handed Bat Bowling Style: Right arm medium | 10 | |
| All-rounder | Batting Style: Left-handed Bowling Style: Right-arm offbreak | 74 | |
| Batsman | Batting Style: Right-handed Bowling Style: Right-arm off break | 33 | |
| Bowler | Batting Style: Right-handed Bowling Style: Right-arm fast | 20 |
Head coach – Phil Simmons
Assistant coach– Ryan Ten Doeschate
Bowling coach– Bharat Arun
Team Manager– Wayne Bentley
Analyst– AR Srikkanth
Physiotherapists– Prasanth Panchada Ruel Rigsby
Strength and conditioning coach– Sagar VM
CEO- Venky Mysore
The Los Angeles Knight Riders, aka the LA Knight Riders, is an American professional Twenty20 cricket team that competes in Major League Cricket (MLC). The team is based in
Los Angeles, California, and was originally announced in 2020 as a team to play in Major League Cricket. The team is owned by the Knight Riders Group. The team plans to have their home base at Great Park in Irvine, California. The stadium is expected to cost $30 million and seat upwards of 10,000 spectators once its completion around 2024 and 2025. The Knight Riders’ minor league affiliate – the Hollywood Master Blasters also separately play in MLC’s developmental league, Minor League Cricket. Before the launch of the official season, the MLC’s domestic draft was scheduled on March 19 2023. The Knight Riders selected Ali Khan as their first draft pick. In the draft, the Knight Riders picked up various players including the likes of Unmukt Chand, Corné Dry, and Saif Badar. The Knight Riders revealed their full squad on June 13, with England’s Jason Roy, Australia’s Adam Zampa, West Indies’ Sunil Narine, and New Zealand’s Lockie Ferguson are all in the mix. Mysore, upon the squad’s unveiling, stated that “we have assembled a strong and talented team for the debut season of MLC, who can compete at the highest level and bring joy to cricket fans around the world”. On July 10, team management announced that Narine would lead the team as the captain and that Phil Simmons would be the team’s head coach. Alongside Simmons, Bharat Arun and Ryan ten Doeschate were appointed as the team’s bowling and batting coaches, respectively.
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Major Stadium (Planned) | The planned home stadium for LAKR is the Great Park Cricket Stadium in Irvine, California, which is expected to hold 10,000 seats. |
| Current Training Venues | LAKR trains and plays at the stadiums used for the MLC season. Venues for the 2025 season included Oakland Coliseum, Grand Prairie Stadium, and Broward County Stadium. |
| Past Los Angeles Venue | The Leo Magnus Cricket Complex (Woodley Park) was mentioned as a potential venue for MLC but is not the Knight Riders' home ground. |
The Los Angeles Knight Riders (LAKR) have not won any major team trophies in the Major League Cricket (MLC) since their inception. In their first two seasons (2023 and 2024), they finished last and fifth, respectively, missing the playoffs both times.
Who owns Los Angeles Knight Riders?
Knight Riders Group is the owner of Los Angeles Knight Riders Major League cricket team 2023.
What is the value of Knight Riders group?
Currently, Knight Riders are the second-richest franchise in the league, with a net worth of INR 740 crore.
How many teams Shahrukh own?
Shah Rukh co-owns the Knight Riders Group with actor Juhi Chawla. Apart from Trinbago Knight Riders, they co-own three cricket teams together – Kolkata Knight Riders, Los Angeles Knight Riders, and Abu Dhabi Knight Riders
Who is in the Los Angeles Knight Riders team squad?
SQUADS: Los Angeles Knight Riders: Andre Russell, Sunil Narine (C), Unmukt Chand, Jaskaran Malhotra, Jason Roy, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Adam Zampa, Rilee Rossouw, Spencer Johnson, Ali Khan, Nitish Kumar, Corne Dry, Ali Sheikh, Saif Badar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Bhaskar Yadram, Gajanand Singh.
