---
type: research
title: The State of MLC 2025
description: Complete ball-by-ball analysis of MLC 2025. MI New York champions (33 matches, 109 players, 7,736 deliveries). Three-season context — 75 matches, 166 players, 17,413 balls from Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.
resource: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/research/state-of-mlc-2025
status: active
last_verified: 2026-06-18
timestamp: 2026-06-18
license: CC-BY-4.0
source_system: CricketStudio
source_boundary: public_open_data
entity_id: cricketstudio:research:state-of-mlc-2025
canonical_page: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/research/state-of-mlc-2025
dataset_version: "2026-06-11"
tags:
  - research
  - MLC
  - MLC-2025
  - season-analysis
  - champions
  - Major-League-Cricket
  - Cricsheet
related:
  - ../scorebook/leagues/major-league-cricket.md
  - mlc-three-seasons.md
  - toss-effect-mlc.md
  - death-overs-mlc.md
  - ../metrics/orange-cap.md
  - ../metrics/purple-cap.md
  - ../sources/cricsheet.md
provenance:
  source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 · MLC 2023–2025 · 75 matches · 17,413 deliveries
  confidence: high
  snapshot: CricketStudio internal dataset (2026-06-11)
  notes: All ball-by-ball data from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) CC BY 3.0. No scraping — every claim traces to a licensed ball-by-ball record.
---

# 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)."

## Related Concepts

- [Three Seasons of MLC](mlc-three-seasons.md)
- [Major League Cricket](../scorebook/leagues/major-league-cricket.md)
- [Cricsheet source](../sources/cricsheet.md)
- [Death Overs Intelligence: MLC](death-overs-mlc.md)
