2023 UP T20 League

The 2023 UP T20 League was the inaugural edition of the UP T20 , a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in Uttarpardesh, India.The league was organised by the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) in 2023.[1]The tournament was played between 27 August to 16 September 2023.[2][3]

2023 UP T20 League
File:JIOUPT20.jpg
Dates27 August – 16 September 2023
Administrator(s)Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and playoffs
Host(s)Kanpur, India
ChampionsKashi Rudras (1st title)
Runners-upMeerut Maverick
Participants6
Matches played33
Player of the seriesKaran Sharma
Most runsKaran Sharma (606)
Most wicketsAtal Bihari Rai (26)
Official websitehttps://twitter.com/t20uttarpradesh

TeamsEdit

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Team City Coach Captain
Gorakhpur Lions Gorakhpur Dhruv Jurel
Kanpur Superstars Kanpur W1P5r Rizvi
Kashi Rudras Varanasi Karan Sharma
Noida Super Kings Noida Nitish Rana
Lucknow Falcons Lucknow Priyam Garg
Meerut Maverick Meerut Rinku Singh

SquadsEdit

  • Gorakhpur Lions Squad

Abhishek Goswami (Captain), Rishabh Bansal, Mohsin Khan, Divyansh Chaturvedi, Sameer Choudhary, Kaartikaya Singh, Shivam Sharma, Abdul Rehman, Anshuman Pandey, Siddharth Yadav, Ankit Rathi, Yashovardhan Singh, Rishav Rai, Karan Chaudhary, Vijay Kumar, Vivek Kumar, Puneet Gupta, Ankit Chaudhary, Sunil Kumar

  • Kanpur Superstars Squad

Akshdeep Nath (Captain), 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, Vineet Panwar

  • Kashi Rudras Squad

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, Ankur Malik

  • Noida Super Kings Squad

Nitish Rana (Captain), 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, Kishan

  • Lucknow Falcons Squad

Priyam Garg (Captain), 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, Vikrant Chaudhary

  • Meerut Mavericks Squad

Madhav Kaushik (Captain), Rinku Singh, Akshay Sain, Kartik Tyagi, Yogendra Doyla, Divyansh Joshi, Abhinav Tiwari, Parth Jain, Kunal Yadav, Jamshed Alam, Swastik Chikara, Rohit Rajpal, Purnank Tyagi, Rajeev Chaturvedi, Shoaib Siddiqui, Vaibhav Chaudhary, Kuldeep Kumar, Yuvraj Yadav, Uvaish Ahmed, Rituraj Sharma

Gorakhpur Lions Kanpur Superstars Kashi Rudras Noida Super Kings Lucknow Falcons Meerut Maverick

VenuesEdit

Uttar Pradesh
Kanpur
Green Park Stadium
Coordinates: 26°28′55″N 80°20′52″E / 26.48194°N 80.34778°E / 26.48194; 80.34778Coordinates: 26°28′55″N 80°20′52″E / 26.48194°N 80.34778°E / 26.48194; 80.34778
Capacity: 32,000
Matches: 33
 

Points tableEdit

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Meerut Mavericks (R) 10 7 2 1 15 1.370
2 Noida Super Kings 10 6 3 1 13 0.172
3 Lucknow Falcons 10 4 4 2 10 −1.091
4 Kashi Rudras (C) 10 5 5 0 10 0.083
5 Kanpur Superstars 10 3 6 1 7 0.145
6 Gorakhpur Lions 10 2 7 1 5 −0.689
Source: Crictraker
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up.
  •   The top four sides advanced to the semi-finals.
  • Points – Win 2, No Result 1. One additional point is awarded for a win when the run rate difference is 1.25 greater than the opposing side's.

League stageEdit

Match 1
2023 (D/N)
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Match 2
2023 (D/N)
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Match 3
2023 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 4
2023 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 5
2023 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 6
2023 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 7
2023 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 8
2023 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 9
2023 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 10
2023 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Knockout stageEdit

Semi-finals Final
      
1 1st Placed Team
4 4th Placed Team
SFW1 Kashi Rudras
SFW2 Meerut Maverick
2 2nd Placed Team
3 3rd Placed Team

Semi-finalsEdit

15 September 2023
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
1st Placed Team
v
4th Placed Team

15 September 2023
19:00
Scorecard
2nd Placed Team
v
3rd Placed Team

FinalEdit

16 September 2023
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kashi Rudras
150/3 (19.1)Overs
v
Meerut Maverick
146/8 (20) Overs
Karan Sharma 76 (57)
Kartik Tyagi 3/45 (4) Overs
Rituraj Sharma 53 (39)
Atal Bihari Rai 3/32(4)Overs
Kashi Rudras won by 7 wickets.
Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Umpires: Anurag Rathaur (India), AP Singh (India)
Player of the match: Karan Sharma
  • Kashi Rudras elected to bowl

StatisticsEdit

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Most runs
Batsmen Team Runs
As of 16 September 2023
Most wickets
Bowler Team Wkts
As of 16 September 2023
Most Sixes
Batsmen Team 6s
As of 16 September 2023

Most runsEdit

Player Team Mat Inns Runs Ave SR HS 50 6s 4s 100
Last Updated: 16 September 2023

Most wicketsEdit

Player Team Mat Inns Wkts Ave Econ BBI SR
Last Updated: 16 September 2023

Prizes and awardsEdit

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Category Amount Winner Performance
Champion 1 crore (US$110,000) Kashi Rudras
Runner-up 60 lakh (US$69,000) Meerut Maverick -
Most Sixes 50,000 Sameer Rizvi 35 (6s)
Emerging Player of the Season 75,000 Swastik Chikara
Jio Most Valuable Player of the Season 1,00,000 Karan Sharma
Dream Set Go Orange Cap of the Season 50,000 Karan Sharma
Dream Set Go Purple Cap of the Season 50,000 Atal Bihari Rai
Pulse Tangy Moment of the Season 50,000
Most Economical Bowler of the Season 50,000 Bhuneshwar kumar

NewsEdit

  • This tournament is such an immense opportunity for young players", said the league's two-time centurion, Sameer Rizvi said.

[8]

  • Rinku Singh smashes 3 sixes in a row in Super Over to help his team win in UP T20 match.[9]


  • UPT20 2023: Sensational Samarth Singh guides Noida Super Kings to victory in tournament opener.[10]
  • Cricket fever grips Uttar Pradesh with UPT20 set to get off the mark.[11]

External linksEdit

Season home at Crictraker

Series home at Fancode

ReferencesEdit

  1. "Six teams participating in UPT20 2023". The Sports News. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  2. "UP T20League2023". India cricket Schedule. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. "UP T20League2023 Fixtures". Crictraker. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  4. "UP T20League Teams". Crictraker. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  5. "UP T20League Statistics". Crictraker. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. "UP T20League final match winner prize money, awards winners list, most runs and wickets". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  7. "UP T20League Awards". Facebook. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  8. "New heroes of UP, Swastik Chikara and Sameer Rizvi reign in UPT20". Crictraker. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  9. "Rinku Singh scored 18 runs in the Super Over for the Meerut Mavericks". Crictraker. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  10. "Sensational Samarth Singh guides Noida Super Kings to victory in tournament opener". Crictraker. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  11. "Cricket fever grips Uttar Pradesh with UPT20 set to get off the mark". CricTracker. Retrieved 27 August 2023.