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Head Coach– Shane Watson
Owner- Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan
The San Francisco Unicorns is an American franchise cricket team based in San Francisco,
California that competes in Major League Cricket (MLC). In 2023, it was announced as one of
the six teams to participate in the league’s inaugural season. The team is owned by Anand
Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan, co-founders of Cambrian ventures.
At the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, there are plans to construct a stadium. The stadium
is expected to have a capacity of 15,000 people. During the first MLC season the team will
play at Grand Prairie stadium in Texas. In March 2023, Cricket Victoria announced their
partnership with the Unicorns for the opening season.
The Unicorns signed — Former Australian skipper Aaron Finch as their first overseas player
in the inaugural MLC. He was then appointed as the captain. Corey Anderson, Liam Plunkett,
Tajinder Singh and Smit Patel were prominent names picked in the domestic round of the
draft. Australian allrounder Marcus Stoinis was also picked as another overseas signing by
the Unicorns. In May 2023, the team revealed direct signing of South African pacer, Lungi
Ngidi.
On 20 June 2023, Unicorns stated former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson as their head
coach for the 2023 season.

SAN FRANCISCO UNICRONS SQUAD 2023

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PLAYER NAME	COUNTRY	ROLE	BATTING /BOWLING
Finn Allen	New Zealand	Batter	Right-hand Bat, Slow Left arm Orthodox
Aaron Finch	Australian	Batter	Left-hand Bat, Right arm Medium fast
Mackenzie Harvey	Australian	Batter	Left-hand Bat, Right arm Medium
Smit Patel†	Indian	Batter	Left-hand Bat, Left arm Medium fast
Matthew Wade†	Australian	Batter	Right-hand bat
David White	New Zealand	Batter	Right-hand Bat, Slow Left arm Orthodox
Corey Anderson	New Zealand	All-rounder	Right-hand Bat, Right arm Medium fast
Chaitanya Bishnoi	Indian	All-rounder	Right-hand Bat, Legbreak
Sanjay Krishnamurthi	United States	All-rounder	Left-hand Bat, Slow Left arm Orthodox
Shadab Khan	Pakistan	All-rounder	Right-hand Bat, Right arm Medium
Marcus Stoinis	Australian	All-rounder	Right-hand Bat, Right-arm offbreak
Tajinder Singh	Indian	All-rounder	Right-hand Bat, Slow Left arm Orthodox
Amila Aponso	Sri Lankan	Bowler	Left-hand Bat, Right arm Medium
Brody Couch	Australian	Bowler	Right-hand Bat,Right arm Fast
Haris Rauf	Pakistan	Bowler	Right-hand Bat, Left arm Medium fast
Carmi le Roux	South African	Bowler	Right-hand Bat, Right arm Fast
Lungi Ngidi	South African	Bowler	Right-hand Bat, Right arm Fast
Liam Plunkett	England	Bowler	Right-hand Bat, Legbreak
Qais Ahmad	Afghanistan	Bowler	Right-hand Bat, Right arm Fast medium

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