Happy New Year to all the participants, parents, volunteers, officials and organizers who took part in the 2021 MLC Jr. Championship! We enjoyed an enormously successful tournament in 2021, and it would not be possible without your hard work and support. Today we take a look back at the championship and Honors List for each age category.
The MLC Jr. Championship 2021 by the numbers:
The 2021 MLC Jr. Championship saw amazing performances by more than one thousand players. The top five per cent of players (both batters and bowlers) were placed in the Chairman’s Honor List for 2021. Published below is the list of all players that are part of the Chairman’s honor list. We have also published the top 50 players in MLC Jr. Championship for each age category. Achievement certificates were awarded to all the players on the Chairman’s honors list.
“In 2020, we set a goal to provide a new platform for youth cricketers to showcase their talent, and we have seen that come to life at the 2021 MLC Jr. Championship. The quality of the competition and performances in MLC Jr. Championship 2021 is an illustration of the level of talent we have brewing in the country. Congratulations to all the talented youth cricketers who have performed well during the past year. We hope to see many more such performances in the future,” commented Sameer Mehta, Co-Founder of Major League Cricket and Chairman of MLC Jr. Championship.
U11 Age Category Honors List
A total of 231 players participated in the U11 age category in the 2021 MLC Jr. Championship, with great representation from teams across the country. Here are the top 5% batters and bowlers in the U11 age category:
Chairman’s Honor List (top 5% of batters)
| Rank | Player Name | Location | Matches | Runs Scored | 50s | 100s | HS | SR | Avg |
| 1 | Yuvan Vinodh | Seattle | 16 | 877 | 4 | 4 | 166 | 141.45 | 67.5 |
| 2 | Pooja Ganesh | St.Louis | 14 | 660 | 3 | 3 | 130 | 124.76 | 55.0 |
| 3 | Raghav Lakshmanan | New Jersey | 16 | 604 | 4 | 1 | 104 | 79.47 | 50.3 |
| 4 | Sohaan Bhatia | Seattle | 15 | 591 | 2 | 2 | 119 | 108.04 | 53.7 |
| 5 | Aaryav Seth | Seattle | 16 | 490 | 4 | 0 | 93 | 85.22 | 49.0 |
| 6 | Ved Kothari | St.Louis | 16 | 477 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 93.71 | 29.8 |
| 7 | Baladitya Kathula | Houston | 16 | 431 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 101.65 | 33.2 |
| 8 | Sameer Ladha | Dallas | 12 | 429 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 108.06 | 107.3 |
| 9 | Akshar Karri | Bay Area | 16 | 399 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 91.51 | 30.7 |
| 10 | Arjun Shah | Bay Area | 16 | 377 | 4 | 0 | 79 | 84.34 | 29.0 |
| 11 | Shiv Kambalapalli | Chicago | 16 | 356 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 66.17 | 22.3 |
- Here is the list of top 50 batters in the U11 age category
Chairman’s Honor List (top 5% of bowlers)
| Rank | Player Name | Location | Matches | Overs | Wickets | 5W | Mdns | Avg | Econ |
| 1 | Vela Muthupandian | Morrisville | 12 | 46.0 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 8.9 | 3.85 |
| 2 | Arpan Vijay | New Jersey | 12 | 45.2 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 9.5 | 3.97 |
| 3 | Krish Patel | St.Louis | 16 | 72.0 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 17.1 | 4.26 |
| 4 | Sharvik Shah | Bay Area | 16 | 57.3 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 17.9 | 4.97 |
| 5 | Akshar Karri | Bay Area | 16 | 72.1 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 20.9 | 4.64 |
| 6 | Niranjan Swaminathan | Bay Area | 12 | 46.3 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 15.3 | 4.95 |
| 7 | Alex Koshy | Chicago | 16 | 56.0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 15.4 | 4.13 |
| 8 | Tia Choudhary | Houston | 16 | 41.1 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 12.8 | 4.35 |
| 9 | Vihaan Karnik | Atlanta | 12 | 53.4 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 14.1 | 3.67 |
| 10 | Mahish Gupta | Atlanta | 12 | 52.1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 15.1 | 4.06 |
- Here is the list of top 50 Bowlers in the U11 age category
U13 Age Category Honors List
A total of 329 players participated in the U13 age category in MLC Jr. Championship. Here are the top 5% batters and bowlers in the U13 age category:
Chairman’s Honor List (top 5% of batters)
| Rank | Player Name | Location | Matches | Runs Scored | 50s | 100s | HS | SR | Avg |
| 1 | Amrinder Singh Gill | New Jersey | 13 | 741 | 3 | 3 | 121 | 115.2 | 105.86 |
| 2 | Adnit Jhamb | St.Louis | 14 | 669 | 3 | 2 | 131 | 122.5 | 55.75 |
| 3 | Saharsh Shwethan | Morrisville | 14 | 590 | 1 | 2 | 121 | 98.0 | 53.64 |
| 4 | Aryan Chowdhury | Bay Area | 14 | 573 | 5 | 1 | 104 | 101.1 | 57.3 |
| 5 | Vyas Sriman | Houston | 16 | 438 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 87.8 | 33.69 |
| 6 | Akhil Venkatesh | Bay Area | 14 | 426 | 2 | 1 | 110 | 127.9 | 35.5 |
| 7 | Hamza Shahab | Seattle | 15 | 425 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 91.2 | 47.22 |
| 8 | Devdatsinh Chudasama | New Jersey | 16 | 387 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 69.9 | 27.64 |
| 9 | Manan Tailor | Morrisville | 12 | 384 | 2 | 1 | 100 | 76.5 | 38.4 |
| 10 | Dharshan Haribabu | Houston | 16 | 359 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 87.8 | 25.64 |
| 11 | Adit Kappa | New Jersey | 16 | 347 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 59.6 | 31.55 |
| 12 | Naman Patil | Bay Area | 14 | 326 | 3 | 0 | 73 | 114.4 | 81.5 |
| 13 | Srikar Nemani | Seattle | 15 | 326 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 62.9 | 27.17 |
| 14 | Mayur Patil | Bay Area | 14 | 317 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 90.6 | 35.22 |
| 15 | Vivek Kanumuri | Atlanta | 8 | 308 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 81.5 | 51.33 |
- Here is the list of top 50 batters in the U13 age category
Chairman’s Honor List (top 5% of bowlers)
| Rank | Player Name | Location | Matches | Overs | Wickets | 5W | Mdns | Avg | Econ |
| 1 | Rayaan Taj | Seattle | 15 | 84.0 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 13.54 | 3.87 |
| 2 | Adit Kappa | New Jersey | 16 | 81.4 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 8.23 | 2.22 |
| 3 | Maadhav Parmar | New Jersey | 16 | 73.1 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 13.75 | 3.76 |
| 4 | Bishal Das | Bay Area | 14 | 59.2 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 12.28 | 3.72 |
| 5 | Yatin Mokana | Seattle | 15 | 72.0 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 16.67 | 4.17 |
| 6 | Aditya Chugh | Chicago | 14 | 50.5 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 19.83 | 7.02 |
| 7 | Nikhil Ganesh | St.Louis | 14 | 69.0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15.41 | 3.8 |
| 8 | Srihan Challa | Houston | 16 | 78.5 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 18.59 | 4.01 |
| 9 | Abhiram Gidugu | New Jersey | 16 | 44.3 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 9.81 | 3.53 |
| 10 | Aaditva Agrawal | New Jersey | 12 | 51.0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 11.75 | 3.69 |
| 11 | Om Vyas | New Jersey | 16 | 66.0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 17.13 | 4.15 |
| 12 | Dhruv Vijaykumar | Bay Area | 10 | 48.0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12.6 | 3.94 |
| 13 | Devdatsinh Chudasama | New Jersey | 16 | 57.2 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 13.33 | 3.49 |
| 14 | Abhiram Vellala | New Jersey | 15 | 63.5 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 18.33 | 4.31 |
- Here is the list of the top 50 Bowlers in the U13 age category
U15 Age Category Honors List
A total of 330 players participated in the U15 age category in the 2021 MLC Jr. Championship.
Chairman’s Honor List (top 5% of batters)
| Rank | Player Name | Location | Matches | Runs Scored | 50s | 100s | HS | SR | Avg |
| 1 | Siddarth Kappa | New Jersey | 17 | 1045 | 6 | 5 | 122 | 109.5 | 87.1 |
| 2 | Utkarsh Srivastava | Morrisville | 16 | 834 | 5 | 3 | 127 | 113.9 | 69.5 |
| 3 | Prannav Chettipalayam | New Jersey | 17 | 751 | 5 | 1 | 107 | 94.4 | 57.8 |
| 4 | Arjun Mahesh | Dallas | 18 | 734 | 5 | 1 | 103 | 113.3 | 61.2 |
| 5 | Sahil Garg | Bay Area | 17 | 706 | 8 | 0 | 99 | 103.5 | 58.8 |
| 6 | Manav Nayak | Bay Area | 14 | 663 | 4 | 2 | 120 | 121.0 | 55.3 |
| 7 | Aarin Nadkarni | Houston | 17 | 593 | 3 | 2 | 104 | 93.0 | 49.4 |
| 8 | Sanat Misra | Seattle | 16 | 561 | 3 | 1 | 102 | 122.0 | 40.1 |
| 9 | Shounak Sawant | Chicago | 16 | 554 | 2 | 2 | 130 | 102.8 | 42.6 |
| 10 | Ritish Gullapally | New Jersey | 12 | 542 | 2 | 2 | 143 | 115.6 | 67.8 |
| 11 | Surya Narayanan | Seattle | 16 | 535 | 3 | 1 | 111 | 91.1 | 41.2 |
| 12 | Arjun Vaidya | Bay Area | 18 | 511 | 5 | 0 | 71 | 89.3 | 31.9 |
| 13 | Sahil Sudame | Morrisville | 12 | 446 | 2 | 1 | 150 | 106.2 | 49.6 |
| 14 | Aran Chenchu | Atlanta | 12 | 429 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 104.6 | 53.6 |
| 15 | Mittansh Nithiyanandam | Chicago | 16 | 428 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 97.9 | 28.5 |
- Here is the list of the top 50 batters in the U15 age category.
Chairman’s Honor List (top 5% of bowlers)
| Rank | Player Name | Location | Matches | Overs | Wickets | 5W | Mdns | Avg | Econ |
| 1 | Siddhant Senthil | Bay Area | 18 | 110.0 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 15.7 | 3.99 |
| 2 | Dhruv Pawar | New Jersey | 17 | 93.0 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 16.4 | 4.41 |
| 3 | Surya Narayanan | Seattle | 16 | 53.4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 15.1 | 5.63 |
| 4 | Yash Patel | Chicago | 16 | 89.0 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 19.3 | 4.33 |
| 5 | Krish Katre | Seattle | 16 | 57.5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 21.5 | 7.42 |
| 6 | Karan Anand | Seattle | 13 | 72.5 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 16.7 | 4.35 |
| 7 | Amrinder Singh Gill | New Jersey | 16 | 75.4 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 20.5 | 5.15 |
| 8 | Akhileshnandha Sudhakar | Dallas | 16 | 65.0 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 18.7 | 5.17 |
| 9 | Ansh Rai | Morrisville | 16 | 71.0 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 14.1 | 3.37 |
| 10 | Arnav Jhamb | St.Louis | 16 | 81.5 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 23.8 | 4.95 |
| 11 | Devansh Trivedi | Bay Area | 15 | 74.3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 26.5 | 6.05 |
| 12 | Ritish Mohindru | Seattle | 16 | 92.0 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 28.2 | 5.21 |
| 13 | Abhiram Yeruva | Morrisville | 15 | 41.3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 12.5 | 4.82 |
| 14 | Parth Patel | St.Louis | 12 | 57.2 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 16.2 | 4.24 |
| 15 | Aarin Nadkarni | Houston | 17 | 70.3 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 33.9 | 7.22 |
- Here is the list of top 50 bowlers in the U15 age category.
U17 Age Category Honors List
A total of 236 players participated in the U17 age category in MLC Jr. Championship. Here are the top 5% batters and bowlers:
Chairman’s Honor List (top 5% of batters)
| Rank | Player Name | Location | Matches | Runs Scored | 50s | 100s | HS | SR | Avg |
| 1 | Bhavya Mehta | St.Louis | 16 | 632 | 3 | 1 | 110 | 83.71 | 45.1 |
| 2 | Aryan Shah | Morrisville | 12 | 362 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 90.95 | 36.2 |
| 3 | Viraj Vaghela | Atlanta | 11 | 358 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 87.53 | 44.8 |
| 4 | Siddarth Kappa | New Jersey | 11 | 356 | 2 | 1 | 113 | 78.76 | 39.6 |
| 5 | Rohan Phadke | Morrisville | 9 | 350 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 107.03 | 58.3 |
| 6 | Arjun Vajjalla | New Jersey | 13 | 339 | 2 | 0 | 99 | 76.35 | 42.4 |
| 7 | Rishi Ramesh | Dallas | 13 | 332 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 84.69 | 36.9 |
| 8 | Prannav Chettipalayam | New Jersey | 11 | 327 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 71.55 | 40.9 |
| 9 | Arir Ali | Houston | 13 | 322 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 89.2 | 26.8 |
| 10 | Kevin Philip | Morrisville | 13 | 315 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 78.55 | 28.6 |
| 11 | Anirudh Immanuel | New Jersey | 9 | 300 | 1 | 1 | 101 | 92.59 | 50.0 |
| 12 | Vignajith Rajesh | Seattle | 14 | 293 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 60.91 | 22.54 |
- Here is the list of the top 50 batters in the U17 age category.
Chairman’s Honor List (top 5% of bowlers)
| Rank | Player Name | Location | Matches | Overs | Wickets | 5W | Mdns | Avg | Econ |
| 1 | Dhruv Pawar | New Jersey | 11 | 66.0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 12.5 | 3.8 |
| 2 | Tanush Contractor | Seattle | 14 | 83.1 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 15.4 | 3.7 |
| 3 | Vaibhav Suresh | New Jersey | 13 | 83.3 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 15.7 | 3.6 |
| 4 | Nihal Desai | Bay Area | 10 | 57.0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 11.0 | 3.5 |
| 5 | Rohan Phadke | Morrisville | 9 | 55.0 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 15.8 | 4.9 |
| 6 | Arnav Jhamb | St.Louis | 12 | 36.2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 11.6 | 5.1 |
| 7 | Khush Bhalala | Bay Area | 10 | 63.5 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 14.7 | 3.7 |
| 8 | Surya Thurumella | New Jersey | 11 | 73.0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 17.1 | 3.8 |
| 9 | Arjun Vajjalla | New Jersey | 13 | 78.0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 20.1 | 3.9 |
| 10 | Siddhant Shah | St.Louis | 16 | 90.4 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 22.7 | 3.8 |
- Here is the list of the top 50 bowlers in the U17 age category.
U19 Age Category Honors List
A total of 117 players participated in the U19 age category in MLC Jr. Championship. Here are the top 5% batters and bowlers:
Chairman’s Honor List (top 5% of batters)
| Rank | Player Name | Location | Matches | Runs Scored | 50s | 100s | HS | SR | Avg |
| 1 | Viraj Vaghela | Atlanta | 11 | 304 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 78.35 | 30.4 |
| 2 | Chaitanya Parwal | New Jersey | 11 | 259 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 80.94 | 25.9 |
| 3 | Arjun Vajjalla | New Jersey | 8 | 245 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 83.05 | 30.6 |
| 4 | Kevin Philip | Morrisville | 8 | 211 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 68.73 | 30.1 |
| 5 | Shuaib Syed | Los Angeles | 11 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 66.78 | 22.1 |
- Here is the list of top 50 batters in U19 age category
Chairman’s Honor List (top 5% of bowlers)
| Rank | Player Name | Location | Matches | Overs | Wickets | 5W | Mdns | Avg | Econ |
| 1 | Anirudh Immanuel | New Jersey | 11 | 77.0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 17.7 | 3.68 |
| 2 | Munn Patel | St. Louis | 8 | 51.4 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 14.2 | 4.12 |
| 3 | Imran Mangal | New Jersey | 11 | 62.1 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 18.4 | 4.44 |
| 4 | Arjun Vajjalla | New Jersey | 8 | 40.5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 14.7 | 5.04 |
| 5 | Vedant Parwal | New Jersey | 11 | 50.4 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 18.1 | 4.99 |
- Here is the list of top 50 bowlers in the U19 age category.
“It was great to see such good performances by talented youth players on the ground. This year the resilience and hard work of all our players, parents, volunteers, and organizers ensured that we have had a tremendously successful MLC Jr. Championship. We hope to see such support and an even better and bigger tournament next year,” commented Jagan Nemani, Director of the MLC Jr. Championship.
With this we close out the MLC Jr. Championship in 2021. In 2022, we will be launching an expanded version of the MLC Jr. Championship and expect to see even more talented youth players compete hard to win the championship and grow their skills.