2025AppearanceAmateur
Immanuel plays Minor League Cricket for New Jersey Stallions
The leg-spinning all-rounder played for the New Jersey Stallions in Minor League Cricket in 2025, the route that led him to the Unicorns.
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Anirudh Immanuel’s story
A US leg-spinner who stepped up from Minor League Cricket to the Unicorns in 2026 and took 3-7 in the Global Super League final.
2025 — 2026 · in 2 chapters- 012025Minor League routeHe played Minor League Cricket for the New Jersey Stallions in 2025, the step before the Unicorns picked him.
- 022026Unicorns leg-spinnerDrafted in March, he bowled Kieron Pollard for his first MLC wicket, played 2 matches as the Unicorns topped the table, then took 3-7 in the Global Super League final in Guyana.
01Chapter 1 · 2025
Minor League route
He played Minor League Cricket for the New Jersey Stallions in 2025, the step before the Unicorns picked him.
1 moment ▾- 2025
02Chapter 2 · 2026
Unicorns leg-spinner
Drafted in March, he bowled Kieron Pollard for his first MLC wicket, played 2 matches as the Unicorns topped the table, then took 3-7 in the Global Super League final in Guyana.
5 moments ▾- 202623 Mar 2026SigningProfessional
Unicorns pick Anirudh Immanuel in the 2026 MLC draft
After the 2026 MLC draft on 23 March, San Francisco named the leg-spinning all-rounder among its domestic additions, stepping up from Minor League Cricket. The club's article spells his surname 'Imanuel'.
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That day: 1 more from teammate → - 8 Jul 2026AppearanceProfessional
MLC 2026 season: 1 wicket, Kieron Pollard's, in 2 matches
He played 2 MLC 2026 games for the Unicorns, scoring 3 runs and taking 1 wicket (Kieron Pollard) at an economy of 9.47. The Unicorns finished in the top two of the regular-season table, lost the Qualifier to LA Knight Riders by 7 runs (15 July, Oakland) and the Challenger to Washington Freedom by 7 runs (16 July, Oakland), so missed the final.
San Francisco UnicornsThat day: 1 more from teammate →
This moment is on a cardFuture Star - Anirudh ImmanuelIn SFU packs · from $45 - 8 Jul 2026MilestoneProfessionalThat day: 1 more from teammate →
Immanuel's first MLC wicket is Kieron Pollard
In only his second MLC appearance, he bowled Kieron Pollard for 16 for his first league wicket, in the Unicorns' nine-wicket win over MI New York at Grand Prairie (Wednesday 8 July; report published 9 July).
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Immanuel named in Unicorns squad for Global Super League
He was one of 14 players confirmed for the Unicorns' debut at the Global Super League in Guyana, the first MLC side to play it (23 July to 1 August).
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Immanuel takes 3-7 in the Global Super League final
The young leg-spinner took 3-7 as Guyana Amazon Warriors fell to 29-8 and finished on 85, but the Unicorns were all out for 79 and lost the final by six runs.
Global Super League