The inaugural Uttar Pradesh Kabaddi League (UPKL) will start on July 11 and run till July 25 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. 

Organised by 1X Sports and the Uttar Pradesh Kabaddi Association, the Uttar Pradesh Kabaddi League 2024 will see as many as eight teams compete in a total of 55 matches over two weeks. 

Awadh Ramdoots, Brij Stars, Ganga Kings of Mirzapur, JD Noida Ninjas, Kashi Kings, Lucknow Lions, Sangam Challengers and Yamuna Yodhas are the eight franchises representing different regions of Uttar Pradesh that will compete for UPKL 2024 title. 

As per the UPKL 2024 schedule, each team will play the other seven sides in a double round-robin format. The top four teams in the standings will qualify for the semi-finals.

The winners of the two semi-finals will clash in the UPKL 2024 final on July 25.

All UPKL 2024 matches will be played at the Noida Indoor Stadium in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

Earlier, the UPKL 2024 player auction witnessed a total of 350-400 players go under the hammer on June 10.

These players were categorised under four categories: A, B, C, and D. The base price for Category A players was set at INR 1 lakh, while Category B players had a base price of INR 60,000. Category C and D players had base prices of INR 40,000 and INR 25,000, respectively.

Indian kabaddi stars Arjun Deshwal and Vinay Tevathiya became the most expensive buys in the UPKL 2024 player auction.

While Lucknow Lions roped in Arun Deshwal for INR 3.10 lakh, Yamuna Yodhas acquired Vinay Tevathiya for the same price of INR 3.10 lakh.

Young raider Abhijit Malik (INR 2.60 lakh) and defender Ashu Singh (INR 1.50 lakh) were the other expensive buys in the inaugural UPKL player auction.

Meanwhile, each UPKL team will have 15 players, with a total of 120 participants from across UP and other regions of India.

Where to watch Uttar Pradesh Kabaddi League 2024 live

The Uttar Pradesh Kabaddi League 2024 will be telecast live on Sony Sports Ten 3 and Sony Sports Ten 3 HD TV channels.

Live streaming of the UPKL 2024 will be available on the FanCode app and website.

Uttar Pradesh Kabaddi League 2024 schedule and live match start times

All match times are in India Standard Time (IST)

Thursday, July 11

Yamuna Yodhas vs Lucknow Lions - 5:00 PM

JD Noida Ninjas vs Kashi Kings - 6:00 PM

Ganga Kings of Mirzapur vs Sangam Challengers - 7:00 PM

Brij Stars vs Awadh Ramdoots - 8:00 PM

Friday, July 12

Awadh Ramdoots vs Sangam Challengers - 5:00 PM

Kashi Kings vs Yamuna Yodhas - 6:00 PM

Ganga Kings of Mirzapur vs Brij Stars - 7:00 PM

Lucknow Lions vs JD Noida Ninjas - 8:00 PM

Saturday, July 13

JD Noida Ninjas vs Yamuna Yodhas - 5:00 PM

Kashi Kings vs Lucknow Lions - 6:00 PM

Awadh Ramdoots vs Ganga Kings of Mirzapur - 7:00 PM

Sangam Challengers vs Brij Stars - 8:00 PM

Sunday, July 14

Kashi Kings vs Sangam Challengers - 5:00 PM

JD Noida Ninjas vs Ganga Kings of Mirzapur - 6:00 PM

Lucknow Lions vs Brij Stars - 7:00 PM

Awadh Ramdoots vs Yamuna Yodhas - 8:00 PM

Monday, July 15

JD Noida Ninjas vs Sangam Challengers - 5:00 PM

Brij Stars vs Yamuna Yodhas - 6:00 PM

Lucknow Lions vs Awadh Ramdoots - 7:00 PM

Ganga Kings of Mirzapur vs Kashi Kings - 8:00 PM

Tuesday, July 16

Brij Stars vs JD Noida Ninjas - 5:00 PM

Awadh Ramdoots vs Kashi Kings - 6:00 PM

Sangam Challengers vs Yamuna Yodhas - 7:00 PM

Lucknow Lions vs Ganga Kings of Mirzapur - 8:00 PM

Wednesday, July 17

Sangam Challengers vs Lucknow Lions - 5:00 PM

Brij Stars vs Kashi Kings - 6:00 PM

Awadh Ramdoots vs JD Noida Ninjas - 7:00 PM

Ganga Kings of Mirzapur vs Yamuna Yodhas - 8:00 PM

Thursday, July 18

Kashi Kings vs JD Noida Ninjas - 5:00 PM

Yamuna Yodhas vs Lucknow Lions - 6:00 PM

Sangam Challengers vs Ganga Kings of Mirzapur  - 7:00 PM

Awadh Ramdoots vs Brij Stars - 8:00 PM

Friday, July 19

JD Noida Ninjas vs Lucknow Lions - 5:00 PM

Kashi Kings vs Yamuna Yodhas - 6:00 PM

Brij Stars vs Ganga Kings of Mirzapur - 7:00 PM

Sangam Challengers vs Awadh Ramdoots - 8:00 PM

Saturday, July 20

Brij Stars vs Sangam Challengers - 5:00 PM

Kashi Kings vs Lucknow Lions - 6:00 PM

Ganga Kings of Mirzapur vs Awadh Ramdoots - 7:00 PM

JD Noida Ninjas vs Yamuna Yodhas - 8:00 PM

Sunday, July 21

JD Noida Ninjas vs Ganga Kings of Mirzapur - 5:00 PM

Kashi Kings vs Sangam Challengers - 6:00 PM

Brij Stars vs Lucknow Lions - 7:00 PM

Yamuna Yodhas vs Awadh Ramdoots - 8:00 PM

Monday, July 22

Yamuna Yodhas vs Brij Stars - 5:00 PM

Ganga Kings of Mirzapur vs Kashi Kings - 6:00 PM

Lucknow Lions vs Awadh Ramdoots - 7:00 PM

JD Noida Ninjas vs Sangam Challengers - 8:00 PM

Tuesday, July 23

JD Noida Ninjas vs Brij Stars - 5:00 PM

Sangam Challengers vs Yamuna Yodhas - 6:00 PM

Lucknow Lions vs Ganga Kings of Mirzapur - 7:00 PM

Awadh Ramdoots vs Kashi Kings - 8:00 PM

Wednesday, July 24

Semi-final 1 - 7:00 PM

Semi-final 2 - 8:00 PM

Thursday, July 25

UPKL 2024 final - 8:00 PM

Uttar Pradesh Kabaddi League 2024 teams and squads

Awadh Ramdoots: Ashu Singh, Ashish Nagar, Abhishek Singh, Navneet Nagar, Amit Nagar, Alok Kumar, Krishan Mavi, Utkarsh Pratap Singh, Vinod Thakur, Anand Yadav, Saurabh Singh, Vaibhav Singh, Vivek Singh, Yashwant Singh, Nagendra Yadav, Akash Kumar Singh, Manjeet, Suprabhat Yadav, Gaurav Pramar, Sachin Kumar

Brij Stars: Robin Chaudhary, Vikrant Chaudhary, Vishal Verma, Arjun Singh, Harsh Dhaka, Abhishek Dangi, Vipul Chaudhary, Navneet Sehrawat, Vishal Chaudhary, Karan Yadav, Lakshay Tomar, Vishal Chaudhary, Pankaj, Lucky Dhankar, Shivam Chaudhary, Viru Yadav, Ankit Yadav, Anuj Rai

Ganga Kings of Mirzapur: Anil Kumar, Anant Rana, Mohit Baliyan, Sangam Tevathiya, Uditraj, Vibhor Dutt, Raj Sahani, Abhishek Pandey, Vipin Malik, Pawan Bhati, Vijay Gaun, Vishal Katariya, Rupesh Tomar, Akash Nain, Aryadeep Deshwal, Govind Panwar, Gaurav, Rohit Panwar, Saurabh Singh, Ashwin Pal 

JD Noida Ninjas: Amit Nagar, Arvind Kumar, Kunal Bhati, Abhishek, Raj Kumar Singh, Arjun Sirohi, Ankit Bhati, Vishal, Anish Singh Yadav, Abhishek Kumar, Ravi, Krishan Nagar, Gaurav Bansal, Nikky Nagar, Akshat Jain, Vinod Kumar, Abhishek Rathi, Nishant Baliyan, Ashish Bhati, Varun Dhama

Kashi Kings: Sahul Kumar, Ravi Kumar, Harendra Kumar, Aniruddh, Vikram Pratap, Lavish Chaudhary, Anubhav Tomar, Uday Dabas, Ajay Rathi, Rinku Yadav, Lalit Chaudhary, Ankur Yadav, Sumit Gupta, Sushant Chaudhary, Arjun Singh, Kishan Kumar Singh, Deepak Pal, Deepak Kumar, Vikash Chaudhary, Subham Vaidhwan

Lucknow Lions: Suraj Tomar, Vikul Lamba, Vishav Chaudhary, Arpit Saroha, Abhijeet Dagar, Rahul Malik, Aditya Kumar, Shubham Kumar, Rahul Nain, Nitin Panwar, Sunil Kumar Yadav, Kishan Yadav, Vishu Chauhan, Mohd Amaan, Arjun Deshwal, Saurabh Yadav, Ritik Sharma

Sangam Challengers: Abhijeet Malik, Prince Sharma, Prince Mishra, Shivam Kumar, Mayank Malik, Gautam Singh, Aryan Sharma, Sandeep Kumar, Bhanu Pratap Tomor, Vijay Kumar, Manish Kumar, Prashant Kumar, Aditya Panwar, Nikhil Chaudhary, Arvind Yadav, Sudhir Yadav, Vishwas Baliyan, Raunak, Abhinav Jawla, Tushar

Yamuna Yodhas: Vinay Khatiyan, Ajvender Singh, Shivram, Mukul Chaudhary, Tarun, Gulveer Singh, Ronak Chaudhary, Vinit Jain, Amit Kumar, Lakshay Chaudhary, Uday Patel, Shubham Kumar, Vipul Chaudhary, Nikhil Nain, Chirag, Nitish Yadav, Akhil Chaudhary

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