The auction for the second edition of the Uttar Pradesh T20 League was held on Sunday (July 28) - Here is all you need to know about the UPT20 League 2024 squads, the full team lists of the six participating teams in the tournament.

When will UPT20 2024 be played?

The Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association, which introduced an intra-state competition among six city-based franchises last year, will host its second season.

Gorakhpur Lions, Kanpur Superstars, Kashi Rudras, Noida Super Kings, Lucknow Falcons and Meerut Mavericks will contest the event between August 25 and September 14. All matches will be played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar breaks the bank

Among 171 shortlisted candidates for the auction, 91 were snapped up by various franchises. Veteran India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the most expensive player in the league, having fetched an INR 30.25 lakh deal from the Lucknow Falcons.

Another India international, Shivam Mavi, who entered with a base price of INR 7 lakh, was picked up for INR 20.50 lakh by the Kashi Rudras. Mavi became the second-highest-paid player in the competition.

Kashi Rudras are the current title-holders, having beaten Meerut Mavericks in last year's final by seven wickets.

UPT20 2024 squads: Full team lists for each team

Lucknow Falcons: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Priyam Garg, Aaradhya Yadav, Harsh Tyagi, Kritagya Kumar Singh, Sameer Choudhary, Samarth Singh, Vipraj Nigam, Ankur Chauhan, Prashant Choudhary, Kamil Khan, Parth Palawat, Kirti Vardhan Upadhyay, Shubhang Raj, Akshu Bajwa, Parv Singh, Aditya Kumar Singh

Gorakhpur Lions: Dhruv Jurel, Abhishek Goswami, Shivam Sharma, Siddharth Yadav, Yash Dayal, Saurabh Kumar, Ankit Chaudhary, Yashu Pradhan, Vaibhav Chaudhary, Akshdeep Nath, Ankit Rajpoot, Aryan Jurel, Abdul Rehman, Hardeep Singh, Rohit Dwivedi, Ansh Dwivedi, Vineet Dubey, Kaartikaya Singh

Kashi Rudras: Karan Sharma, Shiva Singh, Atal Behari Rai, Shivam Mavi, Shivam Bansal, Jasmer Dhankar, Prince Yadav, Yashovardhan Singh, Almas Shaukat, Arnanav Baliyan, Vansh, Sunil Kumar, Harsh Payal, Ajai Singh, Ghanshyam Upadhiya, Manish Singh Solanki, Karan Chaudhary, Mohammad Shavaz

Kanpur Super Stars: Sameer Rizvi, Vineet Panwar, Mohsin Khan, Shoaib Siddiqui, Shaurya Singh, Adarsh Singh, Aaqib Khan, Shubham Mishra, Nadeem, Mohammad Aashiyan, Rishabh Rajput, Ankur Malik, Inzamam Hussain, Osho Mohan, Kuldeep Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Asif Ali, Sudhanshu Sonkar

Meerut Mavericks: Rinku Singh, Madhav Kaushik, Swastik Chikara, Uvaish Ahmed, Rituraj Sharma, Divyansh Joshi, Vijay Kumar, Yash Garg, Md. Jamshed Alam, Yogendra Doyla, Dipanshu Yadav, Akshay Sain, Shubhanker Shukla, Rajat Sanserwal, Yuvraj Yadav, Divyansh Rajput, Zeeshan Ansari, Shiven Malhotra

Noida Super Kings: Nitish Rana, Prashant Veer, Aditya Sharma, Bobby Yadav, Mohd. Sharim, Kavya Teotia, Piyush Chawla, Mohd. Amaan, Naman Tiwari, Shanu Saini, Kunal Tyagi, Kartikeya Yadav, Ajay Kumar, Vishal Pandey, Rahul Rajpal, Manav Sindhu, Rahul Raj, Shivam Saraswat

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