A significant milestone for the sport as Major League Cricket begins in U.S.

Washington Cricket set to hit milestone with launch of Major League Cricket in US. Texas Super Kings face Los Angeles Knight Riders at Dallas on July 14. Six teams, 18 games, 7,200 seat stadium, highest international standards. Teams owned by Indian Americans, 4 best teams compete in playoffs and final. Star players from Afghanistan, South Africa, West Indies, Australia, England, Sri Lanka, New Zealand. Fans excited, tickets sold out. Historic night at Grand Prairie Stadium.

Cricket is all set to hit a significant milestone this week with the launch of Major League Cricket in the US as Texas Super Kings face off against Los Angeles Knight Riders at America's new premier venue in Dallas on July 14.

All six teams comprising some of the major cricket players and local American talents would play 18 games, leading up to the first-ever championship final on July 30.

Eleven matches will take place at Grand Prairie Stadium near Dallas in Texas, while seven games are scheduled to take place at Church Street Park in North Carolina.

All the tickets for the first match, at the cricket-specific stadium featuring 7,200 seats and a grass wicket meeting the highest levels of international standards, have been sold off, the organisers said.

The six teams are Los Angeles Knight Riders, MI New York, San Francisco Unicorns, Seattle Orcas, Texas Super Kings and Washington Freedom.

Most of the teams are owned by Indian Americans who are venture capitalists, in the IT and start-up sector.

The inaugural season will be played in a round-robin format with the four best performing teams competing in a multi-game playoff and final round to decide a champion, to be crowned on July 30, a media release said.