After IPL, World Cup, Lucknow all set for super UPT20 frenzy
Lucknow: As soon as singer Badshah came on the stage in red attire singing ‘Tainu Kala Kala Chashma Jacha Hai…’, the audience sitting in the stadium started dancing. The entire stadium echoed with whistles and noise. After this, when actress Kriti Sanon danced on ‘Bidi Jalaile…Jigar Se Piya’, the entire atmosphere echoed with noise. Badshah, actress Kriti Sanon and actor Ayushman Khurana added glory to the season-2 of UP T20 Cricket League at Ekana Stadium on Sunday evening with their performance.
The hosting of Aparshakti Khurana also won the hearts of the audience. The league was inaugurated by BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla. On this occasion, many celebrities including the league’s brand ambassador Suresh Raina, UPCA President Nidhipati Singhania, UP T20 League Chairman DS Chauhan, Ekana Sports City MD Uday Sinha were present. Everyone unveiled the trophy of UP T20 League.
The ceremony started with the spectacular performance of Bollywood stars. Actor Ayushmann Khurrana and actress Kriti Sanon won the hearts of the audience present in the stadium with their dance performance. Ayushmann Khurrana’s lively presence and Kriti Sanon’s charming style made the ceremony even more special.
Their performance not only mesmerized the sports lovers. Singer Badshah stole the show by singing super hit songs like ‘Tainu Kala-Kala Chashma Jachda Hai’, ‘Haye Garmi’, ‘Naachoon Tere Pyar Jugnu Banke’, ‘DJ Wale Babu’. His songs forced the audience to dance. Thousands of spectators danced enthusiastically to the tune of music, making this wonderful evening even more colorful. The spectators present in the ceremony were eagerly waiting for the start of this new season of cricket. This grand start of the UP T20 League once again proved how a special occasion can be made even more special by combining sports and entertainment.
This league is an important step not only for the state but also for Indian cricket. This will help in nurturing new talents and will play an important role in the sports development of Uttar Pradesh said Rajiv Shukla, Vice President, BCCI.
The second season of the UP T20 League is starting today (25 August). The first match will be played between Kashi Rudras and Meerut Mavericks at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. This time a total of 6 teams are participating in the second season of the UP T20 League tournament. It includes the teams of Gorakhpur Lions, Kanpur Superstars, Kashi Rudras, Noida Kings, Lucknow Falcons and Meerut Mavericks.
Here is the squad of all the teams of UP T20 League 2024
Meerut Mavericks: Divyansh Joshi, Divyansh Rajput, Madhav Kaushik, Manu Kashyap, Nalin Mishra, Rinku Singh (captain), Rituraj Sharma, Swastik Chikara, Akshay Sain, Kovid Jain, Prashant Yadav, Rajat Sanserwal, Shubhankar Shukla, Akshay Dubey (wicketkeeper), Uwais Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Deepanshu Yadav, Jamshed Alam, Shivan Malhotra, Vasu Vats, Vijay Kumar, Vishal Chaudhary, Yash Garg, Yogendra Doyla, Yuvraj Yadav, Zeeshan Ansari.
Kanpur Superstars: Adarsh Singh, Kuldeep Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Osho Mohan, Sameer Rizvi (captain), Sudhanshu Sonkar, Sumit Agarwal, Yuvraj Pandey, Abhishek Singh Yadav, Ankur Malik, Faiz Ahmed, Mohammad Ashiyan, Saubhagya Mishra, Shaurya Singh, Inzamam Hussain (wicketkeeper), Shoaib Siddiqui (wicketkeeper), Aqib Khan, Asif Ali, Mohsin Khan, Nadeem, Pankaj Kumar, Rishabh Rajput, Shubham Mishra, Vineet Panwar.
Noida Kings: Kavya Tewatia, Manav Sindhu, Mohammad Aman, Rahul Raj, Rahul Rajpal, Shivam Saraswat, Ajay Kumar, Mohammad Sharim, Nitish Rana (captain), Prashant Veer, Vishal Pandey, Aditya Sharma (wicketkeeper), Bobby Yadav, Kartikeya Yadav, Kunal Tyagi, Naman Tiwari, Piyush Chawla, Shanu Saini.
Gorakhpur Lions: Akshdeep Nath, Hardeep Singh, Kartikeya Singh, Siddharth Yadav, Yash Pradhan, Abhishek Goswami, Saurabh Kumar, Shivam Sharma, Vineet Dubey, Aryan Juyal (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (captain/wicketkeeper), Abdul Rehman, Ankit Chaudhary, Ankit Rajput, Ansh Dwivedi, Rohit Dwivedi, Vaibhav Chaudhary, Yash Dayal.
Kashi Rudras: Almas Shaukat, Arnav Baliyan, Ghanshyam Upadhyay, Manish Solanki, Yashovardhan Singh, Harsh Payal, Karan Sharma (captain), Mohammad Shavaz, Prince Yadav, Vansh, Shivam Bansal (wicketkeeper), Ajay Singh, Bihari Rai, Jasmer Dhankad, Karan Choudhary, Shiva Singh, Shivam Mavi, Sunil Kumar.
Lucknow Falcons: Ali Zafar, Kamil Khan, Parth Palawat, Priyam Garg, Samarth Singh, Sameer Choudhary, Shubhangi Raj, Abhay Chauhan, Akshu Bajwa, Kritagya Singh, Mohammad Shibli, Navneet, Vipraj Nigam, Aradhya Yadav (wicketkeeper), Kirtivardhan Upadhyay (wicketkeeper), Pranjal Saini (wicketkeeper), Abhinandan Singh, Aditya Kumar Singh, Ankur Chauhan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (captain), Harsh Tyagi, Kartikeya Jaiswal, Kishan Kumar Singh, Parv Singh, Prashant Choudhary.
UP T20 League Schedule
25 August: Opening Ceremony (6:30 pm) Kashi Rudras Vs Meerut Mavericks (7:30 pm)
26 August: Gorakhpur Lions Vs Noida Kings (3 pm) and Lucknow Falcons Vs Kanpur Superstars (7:30 pm)
27 August: Kashi Rudras Vs Gorakhpur Lions (3 pm) and Kanpur Superstars Vs Meerut Mavericks (7:30 pm)
28 August: Lucknow Falcons Vs Noida Kings (3 pm) and Kashi Rudras Vs Kanpur Superstars (7:30 pm)
29 August: Gorakhpur Lions Vs Lucknow Falcons (3 pm) and Noida Kings Vs Meerut Mavericks (7:30 pm)
30 August: Lucknow Falcons Vs Kashi Rudras (3 PM) and Kanpur Superstars Vs Noida Kings (7:30 PM)
August 31: Gorakhpur Lions Vs Meerut Mavericks (3 PM) and Noida Kings Vs Kashi Rudras (7:30 PM)
September 1: Lucknow Falcons Vs Meerut Mavericks (3 PM) and Gorakhpur Lions Vs Kanpur Superstars (7:30 PM)
September 2: Meerut Mavericks Vs Kashi Rudras (3 PM) and Noida Kings Vs Gorakhpur Lions (7:30 PM)
September 3: Kanpur Superstars Vs Lucknow Falcons (3 PM) and Gorakhpur Lions Vs Kashi Rudras (7:30 PM)
September 4: Meerut Mavericks Vs Kanpur Superstars (3 PM) and Noida Kings Vs Lucknow Falcons (7:30 PM)
September 5: Kanpur Superstars Vs Kashi Rudras (3 PM) and Lucknow Falcons Vs Gorakhpur Kings (7:30 PM) from)
06 September: Meerut Mavericks Vs Noida Kings (from 3 PM) and Kashi Rudras Vs Lucknow Falcons (from 7:30 PM)
07 September: Noida Kings Vs Kanpur Superstars (from 3 PM) and Meerut Marvex Vs Gorakhpur Lions (from 7:30 PM)
08 September: Kashi Rudras Vs Noida Kings (from 3 PM) and Meerut Mavericks Vs Lucknow Falcons (from 7:30 PM)
09 September: Kanpur Superstars Vs Gorakhpur Kings (from 7:30 PM)
11 September: First Qualifier and Second Eliminator (from 7:30 PM)
12 September: Second Qualifier (from 7:30 PM)
14 September: Closing Ceremony (from 6:30 PM) and Final (from 7:30 PM)
