Washington Freedom

20 players announced for MLC 2026 · Captain: spd-smith · Head coach: Ricky Ponting · Opens 2026-06-18

• Andries Gous
  WK-BAT · retained · $75K
• Saurabh Netravalkar
  BOWL · retained
• Ian Holland
  AR · retained
• Yasir Mohammad
  BOWL · retained
• Obus Pienaar
  AR · retained
• Amila Aponso
  BOWL · retained
• Abhishek Paradkar
  BOWL · retained
• Asif Mehmood
  BOWL · retained
• Lahiru Milantha
  WK · retained
• Mukhtar Ahmed
  BAT · retained
• Steve Smith
  BAT · retained · overseas — captain (if fit; Maxwell led in 2025 due to Smith injury)
• Glenn Maxwell
  AR · retained · overseas — captained in 2025
• Rachin Ravindra
  AR · retained · overseas
• Mitchell Owen
  AR · retained · overseas
• Mark Chapman
  BAT · direct-signing · overseas — cover signing
• Lockie Ferguson
  BOWL · retained · overseas
• Marco Jansen
  AR · retained · overseas
• Ben Dwarshuis
  BOWL · direct-signing · overseas — new for 2026
• Jack Edwards
  AR · retained · overseas
• Nikhil Chaudhary
  AR · direct-signing · overseas

By season

2023 squad (12 players · 6 matches)

• A Nortje
• AGS Gous
• AJ Hosein
• AJ Pienaar
• DL Piedt
• GD Phillips
• JG Dill
• M Jansen
• MC Henriques
• Mukhtar Ahmed
• MW Short
• SN Netravalkar

2024 squad (18 players · 9 matches)

• AGS Gous
• AJ Hosein
• AJ Pienaar
• AJ Tye
• BKEL Milantha
• GJ Maxwell
• IG Holland
• J Edwards
• Jasdeep Singh
• JG Dill
• LH Ferguson
• M Jansen
• MA Aponso
• Mukhtar Ahmed
• R Ravindra
• SN Netravalkar
• SPD Smith
• TM Head

2025 squad (18 players · 11 matches)

• AA Paradkar
• AGS Gous
• AJ Pienaar
• BV Sears
• GD Phillips
• GJ Maxwell
• IG Holland
• J Edwards
• LH Ferguson
• MA Aponso
• MJ Owen
• MR Adair
• MS Chapman
• Mukhtar Ahmed
• MW Forde
• R Ravindra
• SN Netravalkar
• Yasir Mohammad

2026 squad (18 players · 13 matches)

• AGS Gous
• AJ Pienaar
• Asif Mehmood
• BJ Dwarshuis
• BKEL Milantha
• GJ Maxwell
• IG Holland
• J Edwards
• LH Ferguson
• M Jansen
• MA Aponso
• MJ Owen
• MS Chapman
• Mukhtar Ahmed
• Nikhil Chaudhary
• R Ravindra
• SN Netravalkar
• SPD Smith

Sources & methodology

Ball-by-ball data sourced from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org), licensed under CC BY 3.0. Per-season squad rosters derived from per-match ball-by-ball at build time — a player is listed in a season's squad if they took the field for Washington Freedomin at least one match that season.

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