Watch your favourite players in the inaugural UP T20 league 2023 starting from 30th August, Tickets are Available Now    

Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) is all set to organise its first-ever T20 league. It will be played from 30th August 2023 to 16th September 2023. This intra-state tournament consists of six teams competing to become champions of Uttar Pradesh.

The fans eagerly want to know the UP T20 2023 schedule because the tournament is going to feature many star players like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh and more.

The tournament will kick off on 30th August with the first match to be played between Kanpur Superstars and Noida Super Kings. You should note that the UP T20 league in 2023 marks the rise of domestic intra-state T20 tournaments in India. UP is going to be the 10th state in India to organize such a tournament.

Uttar Pradesh (UP) T20 2023 Overview

Name of the tournament	UP T20 2023
Schedule	30th August 2023 to 16th September 2023
Organiser	Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA)
Number of teams	6
Brand Ambassador	Suresh Raina
Venue	Kanpur (Green Park Stadium)
Match Timing	3:30 PM for day matches and 7:30 PM onwards for night

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UP T20 2023 Schedule

Match No.	Date	Match	Timings
1	August 30th	Kanpur Superstars Vs Noida Super Kings	7:30 PM
2	August 31st	Gorakhpur Lions vs Lucknow Falcons	3:30 PM
3	August 31st	Kashi Rudras vs Meerut Mavericks	7:30 PM
4	September 1st	Meerut Mavericks vs Kanpur Superstars	3:30 PM
5	September 1st	Gorakhpur Lions vs Noida Super Kings	7:30 PM
6	September 2nd	Lucknow Falcons vs Noida Super Kings	3:30 PM
7	September 2nd	Kanpur Superstars vs Kashi Rudras	7:30 PM
8	September 3rd	Meerut Mavericks vs Gorakhpur Lions	3:30 PM
9	September 3rd	Kanpur Superstars vs Lucknow Falcons	7:30 PM
10	September 4th	Gorakhpur Lions vs Kanpur Superstars	3:30 PM
11	September 4th	Kashi Rudras vs Lucknow Falcons	7:30 PM
12	September 5th	Noida Super Kings vs Meerut Mavericks	3:30 PM
13	September 5th	Kashi Rudras vs Gorakhpur Lions	7:30 PM
14	September 6th	Noida Super Kings vs Kashi Rudras	3:30 PM
15	September 6th	Lucknow Falcons vs Meerut Mavericks	7:30 PM
16	September 7th	Noida Super Kings vs Kanpur Superstars	3:30 PM
17	September 7th	Lucknow Falcons vs Gorakhpur Lions	7:30 PM
18	September 8th	Kanpur Superstars vs Meerut Mavericks	3:30 PM
19	September 8th	Noida Super Kings vs Gorakhpur Lions	7:30 PM
20	September 9th	Meerut Mavericks vs Kashi Rudras	3:30 PM
21	September 9th	Lucknow Falcons vs Kanpur Superstars	7:30 PM
22	September 10th	Noida Super Kings vs Lucknow Falcons	3:30 PM
23	September 10th	Gorakhpur Lions vs Meerut Mavericks	7:30 PM
24	September 11th	Kashi Rudras vs Kanpur Superstars	3:30 PM
25	September 11th	Meerut Mavericks vs Noida Super Kings	7:30 PM
26	September 12th	Lucknow Falcons vs Kashi Rudras	3:30 PM
27	September 12th	Kanpur Superstars vs Gorakhpur Lions	7:30 PM
28	September 13th	Gorakhpur Lions vs Kashi Rudras	3:30 PM
29	September 13th	Meerut Mavericks vs Lucknow Falcons	7:30 PM
30	September 14th	Kashi Rudras vs Noida Super Kings	7:30 PM
31	September 15th	Semi-Final 1	3:30 PM
32	September 15th	Semi-Final 2	7:30 PM
33	September 16th	Final	7:30 PM

UP T20 Teams and Players 2023

Here are the six teams and their players who are going to take part in UP T20 2023.

• 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 and Rituraj Sharma.
• 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 and Kishan.
• 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 and 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 and Ankur Malik.
• Gorakhpur Lions: Dhruv Chand Jurel, Mohsin Khan, Sameer Choudhary, Shivam Sharma, Abhishek Goswami, Siddharth Yadav, Yashovardhan Singh, Vijay Kumar, Karan Chaudhary, Ankit Chaudhary, Sunil Kumar, Rishabh Bansal, Divyansh Chaturvedi, Kaartikaya Singh, Abdul Rehman, Anshuman Pandey, Ankit Rathi, Rishav Rai, Vivek Kumar and Puneet Gupta.
• 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 and Vikrant Chaudhary.

Brand Ambassador

Through its Twitter account, UPCA announced that Suresh Raina is going to be the brand ambassador of UP T20 2023. Suresh Raina is a retired World Cup winning player of the Indian Cricket Team. Hailing from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, Raina played 226 ODIs and 78 T20 international matches for India.

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Venue and Tickets

All 33 matches of the UP T20 tournament will be played at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. The sale of tickets will start from 25th August 2023. To ensure the availability of tickets, authorities have provided both online and offline ticket-buying options.

Ticket Price and Free Entry For School Students

The auction for this season’s UP T20 tournament was completed on 20th August 2023. Each team had a budget of Rs. 1 crore to build a team. They distributed this amount by categorising players into the following groups.

• Marquee Players – 10 Lakh Rupees Each – These are top players who have represented the Indian Cricket Team or have extensive experience playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL)
• Grade A Players- 5 Lakh Rupees Each – Top players in the Indian domestic cricket circuit.
• Grade B Player- 3 Lakh Rupees Each – Talented players regularly showcasing their skills in domestic tournaments organised by BCCI
• Grade C Player – 1.5 Lakh Rupees Each – New player included in the UP T20 draft.

The Marquee players for each team are as follows.

Team	Marquee Player
Lucknow Falcons	Yash Dayal
Meerut Mavericks	Kartik Tyagi
Gorakhpur Lions	Dhruv Chand Jurel
Noida Super Kings	Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Kashi Rudras	Shivam Mavi
Kanpur Superstars	Ankit Rajput

Where to Watch?

All matches of UP T20 2023 will be broadcast live on the Jio Cinema app and website.

Frequently Asked Questions

Question – 1: Nitish Rana is going to play for which team?

Answer: Noida Super Kings.

Question – 2: Who is the most experienced player in the league?

Answer:  Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Question – 3: What are the ticket prices for UP T20 2023?

Answer: The ticket prices start from Rs. 100/- depending on the seats.

Question – 4: Where can I watch the UP T20 2023 tournament?

Answer: On the Jio Cinema App and website.

Question – 5: How many teams are participating in the Uttar Pradesh T20 league?

Answer: 6

Image Source – Twitter (@t20uttarpradesh)