The Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association has introduced an intra-state competition to be contested among six franchises hailing from as many cities in the Indian state.

Gorakhpur Lions, Kanpur Superstars, Kashi Rudras, Noida Super Kings, Lucknow Falcons and Meerut Mavericks will play between August 30 and September 16. All matches will be played at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur.

The first-ever UPT20 auction took place on August 20 as various talented cricketers across the region went under the hammer.

Kolkata Knight Riders’ skipper Nitish Rana and Indian new-ball bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar will play for Noida, and recent India debutant Rinku Singh for Meerut, while Dhruv Jurel, Mohsin Khan, Karan Sharma, Shivam Mavi, Yash Dayal and Priyam Garg are the other notable faces to feature in the flagship contest.

Former World Cup-winning India cricketer Suresh Raina is the official Brand Ambassador for the championship.

UPT20 League 2023 squads: Full team lists for each team

Gorakhpur Lions: Rishabh Bansal, Mohsin Khan, Divyansh Chaturvedi, Sameer Choudhary, Kaartikaya Singh, Shivam Sharma, Abdul Rehman, Abhishek Goswami, Anshuman Pandey, Siddharth Yadav, Ankit Rathi, Yashovardhan Singh, Rishav Rai, Karan Chaudhary, Vijay Kumar, Vivek Kumar, Puneet Gupta, Ankit Chaudhary, Sunil Kumar

Kanpur Superstars: Akshdeep Nath, Pranjal Saini, Ankit Rajpoot, Kushagra Sharma, Sameer Rizvi, Vivek, Aaqib Khan, Kartikeya Yadav, Ajay Kumar, Jashmer Dhankar, Rishabh Rajput, Ansh Yadav, Shivam Saraswat, Adarsh Singh, Rahul Rajpal, Vishal Pandey, Shubh Khanna, Shanu Saini, Prashant Chaudhary, Vineet Panwar

Kashi Rudras: Karan Sharma, Shivam Mavi, Prince Yadav, Shiva Singh, Rajat Singhwal, Atal Behari Rai, Kamil Khan, Abhishek Yadav, Boby Yadav, Akshay Dubey, Sachin Singh Bishem, Priyanshu Pandey, Mirza Shahbaz, Aranav Baliyan, Ajay Singh, Ankur Malik

Noida Super Kings: Nitish Rana, Shiven Malhotra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shantanu, Saurabh Kumar, Osho Mohan, Samarth Singh, Mohd Javed, Chaitanya Prashar, Almas Shaukat, Prashant Veer, Manish Solanki, Aditya Sharma, Rohit Dwivedi, Naman Tiwari, Arjun Bharadwaj, Nilotpalendu Pratap, Kunal Tyagi, Tarun Pawadia, Kishan

Lucknow Falcons: Priyam Garg, Yash Dayal, Anjaneya Suryavanshi, Vineet Dubey, Aaradhaya Yadav, Mohd. Amaan, Kartikeya Jaiswal, Satya Prakash, Harsh Tyagi, Sudhanshu Sonkar, Kritagya Singh, Pradeep Yadav, Zeeshan Ansari, Nadeem, Shaurya Singh, Shubhang Raj, Vishal Gaur, Mukesh Kumar, Sawan Singh, Vikrant Chaudhary

Meerut Mavericks: Rinku Singh, Akshay Sain, Kartik Tyagi, Yogendra Doyla, Divyansh Joshi, Abhinav Tiwari, Madhav Kaushik, Parth Jain, Kunal Yadav, Jamshed Alam, Swastik Chikara, Rohit Rajpal, Purnank Tyagi, Rajeev Chaturvedi, Shoaib Siddiqui, Vaibhav Chaudhary, Kuldeep Kumar, Yuvraj Yadav, Uvaish Ahmed, Rituraj Sharma