MCA's T20 League To Feature Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar, Shivam Dube: Here's Why

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) issued a diktat whereby all the players who have played for India in recent times must be available to take part in its league, Mumbai T20 League, starting right after the end of IPL 2025.

Players such as Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Ajinkya Rahane, Shardul Thakur, and Prithvi Shaw have been informed separately that they must play the league unless and until they are injured or are in India’s national team. 

To make sure that these players do turn up, the MCA has even arranged for an extra INR 15 Lakh as their appearance fee, which they will earn along with their auction price. 

“All Mumbai’s Indian players have been informed that they have to play the T20 Mumbai League which will begin after the IPL. It’s mandatory, unless those who have India commitment or injury issues, they can skip,” The Indian Express quoted an MCA official as saying. 

“The MCA will be paying Rs 15 lakh each to all Indian players as appearance fees besides their auction money. “Indian players will be paid 15 lakh separately by the association as a participation fee plus they will earn separately from the auction fees. We are working on the base price and other details,” the official added. 

So far, 2,800 local cricketers have registered for the league and after initially announcing that it would be a six-team league, MCA have now informed that they called for bids for two new teams, making it an 8-team season.  

“The response to Season 3 of the T20 Mumbai League has been phenomenal. The fact that over 2800 players have registered speaks volumes about both the popularity of the league and the undying cricket passion of Mumbaikars. We are thrilled to see such enthusiastic participation and remain committed to nurturing the next generation of cricket stars,” MCA secretary Abhay Hadap said in a statement.