The third edition of the Uttar Pradesh T20 League (UPT20 2025) will be held at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow from August 17 to September 6.
A total of 30 group-stage matches will be played between August 17 and September 1, followed by the playoffs:
- Qualifier 1 & Eliminator – September 3
- Qualifier 2 – September 4
- Final – September 6
On single-match days, games will begin at 7:30 pm IST, while double-headers will start at 3 pm and 7:30 pm IST.
Tournament Format
- The top two teams from the league stage will face off in Qualifier 1, with the winner advancing directly to the final.
- The losing team from Qualifier 1 will get another chance in Qualifier 2, where they’ll play the winner of the Eliminator between the third and fourth-placed sides.
Six Teams in the Fray
The competition will feature six teams, each led by a promising or established name:
- Gaur Gorakhpur Lions – Dhruv Jurel
- Lucknow Falcons – Priyam Garg
- Kanpur Superstars – Sameer Rizvi
- Meerut Mavericks – Rinku Singh
- Kashi Rudras – Karan Sharma
- Noida Kings – Shivam Chaudhary
Auction Highlights
The 2025 mini-auction saw experienced campaigners command big bids:
- Karn Sharma (Noida Kings) – ₹17.5 lakh (3.5x base price) – Highest-paid player
- Kartik Tyagi (Meerut Mavericks) – ₹16.25 lakh – Second-most expensive buy
- Upendra Yadav (Kashi Rudras) – ₹13.5 lakh – Third-highest bid
UPT20 2025 Squads
Gaur Gorakhpur Lions
Dhruv Jurel (c), Almas Shaukat, Anchit Yadav, Nishant Kushwah, Siddharth Yadav, Vijay Yadav, Akshdeep Nath, Prince Yadav, Shivam Sharma, Aryan Juyal, Hardeep Singh, Abdul Rehman, Ankit Chaudhary, Kunal Yadav, Purnank Tyagi, Rohit Dwivedi, Vishal Nishad, Yash Dayal
Lucknow Falcons
Priyam Garg (c), Akshu Bajwa, Mohammad Saif, Samarth Singh, Sameer Choudhary, Ankur Chauhan, Kishan Singh, Kritagya Singh, Sumit Agarwal, Vipraj Nigam, Aaradhya Yadav, Pranjal Saini, Shoaib Siddiqui, Abhinandan Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Navneet Kumar, Nishant Gaud, Parv Singh
Kanpur Superstars
Sameer Rizvi (c), Adarsh Singh, Inzamam Hussain, Manav Sindhu, Yashu Pradhan, Saubhagya Mishra, Shaurya Singh, Shubhanker Shukla, Abhishek Pandey, Aaqib Khan, Bobby Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Pankaj Kumar, Priyanshu Gautam, Shubham Mishra, Vineet Panwar
Meerut Mavericks
Rinku Singh (c), Divyansh Joshi, Divyansh Rajput, Madhav Kaushik, Rituraj Sharma, Sachin Singh, Swastik Chikara, Ritik Vats, Vishal Chaudhary, Akshay Dubey, Aditya Kumar Singh, Kartik Tyagi, Rajat Sansarwal, Vaibhav Chaudhary, Vijay Kumar, Yash Garg, Zeeshan Ansari
Kashi Rudras
Karan Sharma (c), Abhishek Goswami, Aranav Baliyan, Shubham Chaubey, Sudhanshu Sonkar, Uvais Ahmad, Yashovardhan Singh, Amar Chaudhary, Rishabh Rajput, Saksham Rai, Upendra Yadav, Atal Bihari Rai, Bhavy Goyal, Deepanshu Yadav, Harsh Payal, Shiva Singh, Shivam Mavi, Sunil Kumar
Noida Kings
Shivam Chaudhary (c), Anivesh Choudhary, Kavya Teotia, Mohamed Amaan, Nalin Mishra, Priyanshu Pandey, Rahul Rajpal, Mohammed Aashiyan, Prashant Veer, Aditya Sharma, Ajay Kumar, Jasmer Dhankar, Karn Sharma, Kunal Tyagi, Mohammad Sharim, Naman Tiwari
