The Uttar Pradesh Kabaddi League 2024 began on July 11 with an exciting match between the Yamuna Yoddhas and the Lucknow Lions. 

Organized by the Uttar Pradesh Kabaddi Association, the tournament will run until July 25, with all matches taking place in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. 

Eight teams are competing in UKPL 2024: Awadh Ramdoots, Brij Stars, Ganga Kings of Mirzapur, JD Noida Ninjas, Kashi Kings, Lucknow Lions, Sangam Challengers, and Yamuna Yoddhas. 

The league features a total of 55 matches, and each team will face every other team twice in a double round-robin format. The top four teams from this stage will advance to the semi-finals.

During the UPKL auction, 350-400 players were up for selection, with Arjun Deshwal and Vinay Tevathiya emerging as the most expensive buys, each fetching 3.10 lakh. 

Deshwal was acquired by the Lucknow Lions, while Tevathiya joined the Yamuna Yoddhas. Ashu Singh was another notable purchase, bought for 1.50 lakh. 

Each UPKL team comprises 15 players, making a total of 120 participants hailing from various regions of Uttar Pradesh and across India. 

Uttar Pradesh Kabaddi League 2024 schedule

UPKL 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.