The Uttar Pradesh (UP) T20 League is set to shift its base from Kanpur to Lucknow for the upcoming season. All matches, from the league stage to the final, will be held at the state-of-the-art Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.

The tournament, aimed at nurturing young cricketing talent, will see six teams – Gorakhpur Lions, Kanpur Superstars, Kashi Rudras, Lucknow Falcons, Meerut Mavericks and Noida Super Kings  – battle it out for the coveted title from August 25 to September 14.

Defending champions Kashi Rudras will look to retain their crown, while the other teams, including the Noida Super Kings, who parted ways with veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, will be eager to lift the trophy. Interestingly, Bhuvi has found a new home in the league, becoming the most expensive buy at the auction, snapped up by Lucknow Falcons for a hefty INR 30.25 lakh.

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The move to Lucknow is expected to generate significant interest in the league, with the city’s growing cricketing fanbase eager to witness the action live.

UPT20 2024: Here are full squads of each team

Gorakhpur Lions: Dhruv Jurel (c), 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

Kanpur Super Stars: Sameer Rizvi (c), 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

Kashi Rudras: Karan Sharma (c), 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

Lucknow Falcons: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (c), 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

Meerut Mavericks: Rinku Singh (c), 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 (c), 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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