The Uttar Pradesh T20 League (UPT20) 2026 player auction came to a high-voltage conclusion, with all six participating franchises successfully assembling their 18-member rosters for the upcoming season.
Veteran India international pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar emerged as the most expensive player of the entire auction, securing a massive ₹30.25 lakh bid from the Lucknow Falcons.
The intense bidding war reflected a heavy focus on experienced domestic campaigners and fast bowlers. Veteran leg-spinner Karn Sharma became the second-highest buy after being acquired by Kanpur Superstars for ₹23 lakh, while Shubham Gautam commanded ₹21.5 lakh from Noida Kings.
Among the top picks, Shivam Chaudhary went to Gorakhpur Lions for ₹21 lakh, while IPL stars Rinku
Singh (Meerut Mavericks), Sameer Rizvi (Kanpur Superstars), Priyam Garg (Lucknow Falcons), and Karan Sharma (Kashi Rudras) were each picked up for ₹15 lakh.
UPT20 2026 Key Auction Highlights
Most Expensive Player: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Lucknow Falcons) - ₹30.25 lakh
Biggest Purse Spent: Lucknow Falcons - ₹1.23 crore
Maximum Purse Remaining: Kashi Rudras - ₹9.95 lakh
Squad Size: 18 players per franchise
Lucknow Falcons
Total Spent: ₹1,23,05,000
Salary Cap Remaining: ₹1,95,000
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
Total Spent: ₹1,18,15,000
Salary Cap Remaining: ₹6,85,000
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
Total Spent: ₹1,18,65,000
Salary Cap Remaining: ₹6,35,000
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
Total Spent: ₹1,17,30,000
Salary Cap Remaining: ₹7,70,000
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
Total Spent: ₹1,16,85,000
Salary Cap Remaining: ₹8,15,000
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
Total Spent: ₹1,15,05,000
Salary Cap Remaining: ₹9,95,000
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).
