UPT20 2026 Auction: Full List Of Sold, Retained Players, Top Buys

UPT20 2026 Auction [Source: AFP and X]

The UP T20 League (UPT20 2026) auction for the 4th season took place in Agra on Friday, with 282 cricketers from across Uttar Pradesh going under the hammer. A total of 6 franchises competed to fill 45 vacant spots in their squads ahead of the new season. 

Notably, the participating teams were Kanpur Superstars, Kashi Rudras, Noida Super Kings, Lucknow Falcons, Meerut Mavericks and Gorakhpur Lions.

Meanwhile, the UPT20 2026 tournament is scheduled to be held from August 14 to September 6, 2026. The 24-day competition will feature 34 matches, including 13 double-header days and eight single-header days, as announced by the organisers.

It is important to note that 10 players were placed in Category A, with a base price of Rs 5 lakh. Some of the biggest names in this category included Anchit Yadav, Shivam Chaudhary (Ghaziabad), Shoaib Siddiqui (Saharanpur), Karan Chaudhary (Bulandshahr), Harsh, and Kunal Yadav.

Meanwhile, 33 players were listed in Category B, carrying a base price of Rs 3.5 lakh each. The remaining cricketers were placed in Category C, with a base price of Rs 2.5 lakh.

UPT20 2026 Auction Top Buys

As the auction progressed, experienced leg-spinner Karn Sharma became the most expensive player of the event. Notably, he was bought by Kanpur Superstars for Rs 23 lakh. 

It is important to note that Shubham Gautam was another major signing, with Noida Super Kings securing his services for Rs 21.5 lakh. Among the other top purchases, Shivam Chaudhary was picked up by Gorakhpur Lions for Rs 21 lakh.

UPT20 2026 Sold Players

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UPT20 2026 Auction Retained Players

Kashi Rudras Retained Players: Karan Sharma, Abhishek Goswami, Upendra Yadav, Atal Bihari Rai, Shubham Chaubey, Kartik Yadav, Sunil Kumar, Saksham Rai, Uvais Ahmad, Rishabh Rajput, Deepanshu Yadav, Arnav Baliyan

Lucknow Falcons Retained Players: Priyam Garg, Aaradhya Yadav, Kritagya Kumar Singh, Md. Saif, Ali Zafir Mohsin, Vipraj Nigam, Akshu Bajwa, Satyam Pandey, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhinandan Singh, Navneet Kumar Kishan Kumar Singh

Kanpur Superstars Retained Players: Sameer Rizvi, Adarsh Singh, Aaqib Khan, Vineet Panwar, Shubham Mishra, Pankaj Kumar

Meerut Mavericks Retained Players: Rinku Singh, Swastik Chikara, Akshay Dubey, Rituraj Sharma, Divyansh Joshi, Divyansh Rajput, Ritik Vats, Kartik Tyagi, Vijay Kumar, Zeeshan Ansari, Yash Garg Vishal Chaudhary

Gorakhpur Lions Retained Players: Aryan Juyal, Siddharth Yadav, Prince Yadav, Hardeep Singh, Nishant Kushwaha, Shivam Sharma, Vishal Nishad, Ankit Chaudhary, Sparsh Jain, Yash Dayal, Teerath Singh, Vasu Vats

Noida Kings Retained Players: Prashant Veer, Aditya Sharma, Naman Tiwari, Kunal Tyagi, Anivesh Chaudhary, Kartik Siddhu, Ravi Singh, Madhav Kaushik (Transfer).

Team-wise Full Squads After UPT20 2026 Auction

Lucknow Falcons Squad: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (30.25 lakh), Priyam Garg (15 lakh), Kritagya Kumar Singh (13.75 lakh), Sameer Choudhary (11.75 lakh), Aaradhya Yadav (10 lakh), Mohammad Saif (5.80 lakh), Kaartikaya Singh (3.50 lakh), Rohit Dwivedi (3.50 lakh), Sudhanshu Sonkar (3.50 lakh), Vipraj Nigam (3.50 lakh), Yashu Pradhan (3.50 lakh), Navneet Kumar (3 lakh), Abhinandan Singh (2.50 lakh), Akshu Bajwa (2.50 lakh), Ali Zafir Mohsin (2.50 lakh), Krishn Kumar Saroj (2.50 lakh), Satyam Pandey (2.50 lakh).

Kanpur Superstars Squad: Karn Sharma (23 lakh), Mohsin Khan (19.25 lakh), Sameer Rizvi (15 lakh), Vineet Panwar (7.50 lakh), Priyanshu Pandey (6.60 lakh), Yashovardhan Singh (6.60 lakh), Adarsh Singh (6.20 lakh), Aaqib Khan (5 lakh), Shubham Mishra (4.50 lakh), Mohd Amaan (3.50 lakh), Shivam Bansal (3.50 lakh), Ajay Kumar (2.50 lakh), Arjun Kumar Singh (2.50 lakh), Inzamam Hussain (2.50 lakh), Pankaj Kumar (2.50 lakh), Satyam Sangu (2.50 lakh), Saubhagya Mishra (2.50 lakh), Shakti Verma (2.50 lakh).

Noida Kings Squad: Shubham Gautam (21.50 lakh), Shiva Singh (17.50 lakh), Shoaib Siddiqui (11.25 lakh), Madhav Kaushik (10 lakh), Aditya Sharma (7.50 lakh), Prashant Veer (7.50 lakh), Naman Tiwari (6.20 lakh), Kunal Tyagi (5.20 lakh), Anchit Yadav (5 lakh), Deepak Rajput (3.50 lakh), Rajat Sanserwal (3.50 lakh), Shaurya Singh (3.50 lakh), Vansh (3.50 lakh), Anivesh Chaudhary (3 lakh), Kartik Siddhu (2.50 lakh), Piyush Singh (2.50 lakh), Ravi Singh (2.50 lakh), Siddharth Chaudhary (2.50 lakh).

Meerut Mavericks Squad: Kartik Tyagi (16.25 lakh), Rituraj Sharma (15.25 lakh), Rinku Singh (15 lakh), Swastik Chikara (15 lakh), Divyansh Joshi (7.80 lakh), Vijay Kumar (7 lakh), Yash Garg (7 lakh), Karan Chaudhary (5 lakh), Kunal Yadav (5 lakh), Yuvraj Nagar, (3.50 lakh), Divyansh Rajput (3 lakh), Aarush Goel (2.50 lakh), Akshay Dubey, (2.50 lakh), Ishu Sharma (2.50 lakh), Ritik Vats (2.50 lakh), Vishal Chaudhary (2.50 lakh), Waseem Mirza (2.50 lakh), Zeeshan Ansari (2.50 lakh).

Gorakhpur Lions Squad: Shivam Chaudhary (21 lakh), Siddharth Yadav (15.50 lakh), Abhay Pratap Singh (14.25 lakh), Shivam Sharma (10 lakh), Prince Yadav (7.20 lakh), Ankit Choudhary (6.60 lakh), Aryan Juval (5 lakh), Rahul Sharma (5 lakh), Vasu Vats (5 lakh), Nishant Kushwaha (4.60 lakh), Abdul Rehman (4 lakh), Hardeep Singh (3.70 lakh), Abhinav Singh (2.50 lakh), Aryan Chaudhary (2.50 lakh), Parth Palawat (2.50 lakh), Sparsh Jain (2.50 lakh), Teerath Singh (2.50 lakh), Vishal Nisad (2.50 lakh).

Kashi Rudras Squad: Mohammad Sharim (17.50 lakh), Karan Sharma (15 lakh), Upendra Yadav (13.50 lakh), Uvais Ahmad (10.25 lakh), Atal Bihari Rai (7 lakh), Abhishek Goswami, (6.40 lakh), Shubham Chaubey (6 lakh), Vijay Yadav (5.20 lakh), Vaibhav Choudhary (5 lakh), Deepanshu Yadav (4 lakh), Rishabh Rajput (4 lakh), Arnav Baliyan (3.50 lakh), Kishan Kumar Singh (3.50 lakh), Sahab Yuvraj Singh (3.50 lakh), Saksham Rai (3 lakh), Sunil Kumar (2.70 lakh), Kartik Yadav (2.50 lakh), Virat Jaiswal (2.50 lakh).

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