Dhruv Jurel of India bats during a India Session at Emirates Old Trafford on July 21, 2025 in Manchester, England

The latest season of the Uttar Pradesh T20 League gets underway on August 17. Here are the full squads and team lists for UPT20 2025.

When will UPT20 2025 be played?

A total of 30 group matches will be played between August 17 and September 1, followed by Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator on September 3, Qualifier 2 on September 4 and the final on September 6. All matches will take place at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

On single-match days, games will start at 7:30 pm local time. For double-headers, the first match will begin at 3 pm and the second at 7:30 pm local time.

The top two teams will compete in Qualifier 1, with the winners advancing directly to the final. The losing team gets another opportunity in Qualifier 2, where they'll face the winners of the Eliminator match between the third and fourth-ranked teams.

How many teams will play UPT20 2025?

Six teams that will participate in the third edition of the competition are Gaur Gorakhpur Lions (led by Dhruv Jurel), Lucknow Falcons (led by Priyam Garg), Kanpur Superstars (led by Sameer Rizvi), Meerut Mavericks (led by Rinku Singh), Kashi Rudras (led by Karan Sharma) and Noida Kings (led by Shivam Chaudhary).

India capped wrist-spinner Karn Sharma emerged as the highest-paid player in this year's mini auction, secured by Noida Kings for INR 17.5 lakh – 3.5 times his base price. Fast bowler Kartik Tyagi became the second-most expensive buy at INR 16.25 lakh (Meerut Mavericks), while wicketkeeper-batter Upendra Yadav rounded out the top three, acquired by Kashi Rudras for INR 13.5 lakh.

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UPT20 2025 squads: Full team lists for each team

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

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