MI New York (Playing XI): Steven Taylor, Monank Patel, Nicholas Pooran(w), Shayan Jahangir, Tim David, Kieron Pollard(c), Rashid Khan, Ruben Clinton, Ehsan Adil, Trent Boult, Anrich Nortje

MI New York have won the toss and have opted to field

14:30 Local Time, 18:30 GMT, 00:00 IST:

Preview

It's an early reunion for the finalists of the inaugural season of the MLC. On Day 1 of season 2, champions MI New York go up against finalists Seattle Orcas.

Though the Orcas played phenomenal cricket through the season and lost just one game on their way to the final, they made a lot of changes to their international roster.

With Dasun Shanaka, Dwayne Pretorius and Shimron Hetmyer being seen as surplus to requirements, the franchise looked to fill in obvious gaps in their roster. Pakistan death bowling specialist Zaman Khan and Proteas' new pace sensation are a couple of key signings for the Orcas this year to aid captain Wayne Parnell at the fag end of an innings. Ryan Rickleton joins De Kock and Klaasen in an already South Africa-heavy set-up. Orcas also bring in some Kiwi flavour with off-spinning allrounder Michael Bracewell in their bowling mix in addition to Imad Wasim.

MINY have largely called upon their core group of players that have served them elsewhere under the MI banner. MI talisman Kieron Pollard will pull up his socks yet again for a franchise he has served for more than 14 seasons. Tim David and Nicholas Pooran will be back in MI colours looking to emulate their inaugural season heroics. They have also roped in West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd to add to their middle order muscle who is also an adequate backup for their jacked up pace attack in Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult and Anrich Nortje.

When: MI New York vs Seattle Orcas, July 06 at 03:30 PM LOCAL, 1:00 AM IST

Where: Church Street Park, Morrisville

Teams

MI New York

Probable XI: Monank Patel, Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Nosthush Kenjige, Ehsan Adil.

Seattle Orcas

Probable XI: Quinton De Kock, Nauman Anwar, Shehan Jayasuriya, Heinrich Klaasen, Ryan Rickleton, Imad Wasim, Harmeet Singh, Shubham Ranjane, Zaman Khan, Wayne Parnell, Cameron Gannon

Squads:

MI New York Squad: Dewald Brevis, Steven Taylor, Monank Patel, Nicholas Pooran(w), Kieron Pollard(c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Rashid Khan, Nosthush Kenjige, Trent Boult, Ehsan Adil, Shayan Jahangir, Heath Richards, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Rushil Ugarkar, Ruben Clinton

Seattle Orcas Squad: Quinton de Kock(w), Nauman Anwar, Shehan Jayasuriya, Heinrich Klaasen, Michael Bracewell, Imad Wasim, Shubham Ranjane, Wayne Parnell(c), Obed McCoy, Nandre Burger, Zaman Khan, Hammad Azam, Harmeet Singh, Cameron Gannon, Ryan Rickelton, Lance Morris, Aaron Jones, Nathan Ellis, Ali Sheikh, Ayan Desai