The 2025 Men’s Uttarakhand Premier League Player Draft was successfully held in Dehradun, with seven participating teams—Dehradun Warriors, Haridwar Spring Elmas, Nainital Tigers, Pithoragarh Hurricanes, Rishikesh Falcons, Tehri Titans, and USN Indians—finalizing their squads.
Players from five major categories—Icon Player, Category A, Category B, Category C, and Uncapped Players—were chosen by each organisation to complete its roster. Now that the draft is over, the clubs are ready to start getting ready for the Men’s UPL, which starts on September 27, 2025.
The Dehradun Warriors selected Yuvraj Choudhary as their star player, marking the start of the draft’s selection of Icon Players. Next in line were the Pithoragarh Hurricanes, who selected former Rajasthan Royals batsman Prashant Chopra, the Rishikesh Falcons, who selected ace spinner Jagadeesha Suchith, the Haridwar Elmas, who selected fashionable batsman Kunal Chandela, and the Nainital Tigers, who selected fellow batsman Bhupen Lalwani. The USN Indians selected the daring batsman Avneesh Sudha, who scored the most runs in Season 1, while the Tehri Titans selected Akash Madhwal, who has played in the IPL for the Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals.
Each team draughted from a varied pool of players from the remaining categories, continuing the tradition of striking a balance between experience and up-and-coming talent. The draft included both seasoned cricket players and prospective youngsters. Strong squads that will try to win the Uttarakhand Premier League title in Season 2 were the result of the 18-round roster construction process.
Teams for the Uttarakhand Premier League in 2025
Dehradun Warriors
Aanjaneya Suryavanshi, Mayank Mishra, Sanskar Rawat, Devendra Bora, Harsh Rana, Sagar Rawat, Aditya Rawat, Rakshit Rohi, Aditya Naithani, Samarath Semwal, Ritik Duhoon, Yogesh Kandpal, Shivam Gupta, Pranjal Singh Raikwal, Shaurya Pratap Singh, Harshit Paliwal, and Naveen Kumar Singh in the role of Yuvraj Choudhary (Icon),
Haridwar Elmas
Neeraj Rathour, Prashant Kumar Bhati, Priyanshu Khanduri, Saurav Chauhan, Harjeet Singh, Abhay Chhetri, Vishal Dangwal, Sumit Juyal, Siddharth Gupta, Goldy Malik, Daksh Awana, Mohammad Uzair Malik, Rishabh Sharma, Himanshu Sony, Ayush Rawat, Ramanjot Singh, Abhishek
Nainital Tigers
Dikshanshu Negi, Satyam Baaliyan, Aarav Mahajan, Dhruv Pratap Singh, Tushar Kumar, Shivansh Gautam, Anmol Shah, Rajyavardhan, Sangam Bajpai, Shashank Shekhar Pant, Rahul Raj Namala, Nikhil Harsh, Aakash Kumar, Vishal Kumar Saini, Piyush Kumar, Bhupen Lalwani (Icon), and Dikshanshu Negi
Pithoragarh Hurricanes
Prashant Chauhan, Ravinder Negi, Piyush Joshi, Sanjeet Sajwan, Anay Basant Chhetri, Tushar Nautiyal, Vikas Bhati, Manish Gaur, Shahanshah Alam, Mohammad Suhail, Daksh Arora, Priyanshu Panwar, Sagar Ojha, Aaryan Godiyal, Arnav Bharadwaj, Vikas Rawat, and Aryan Kapoor; Prashant Chopra (Icon); Prashant Chauhan; Prashant Chauhan; Ravinder Negi; Piyush Joshi; Piyush Joshi; and
Rishikesh Falcons
Ankit Manori, Nikhil Pundir, Allen Chetan, Lakshya Raichandani, Riyansh Rawat, Poorvansh Dhruv, Abhishek Barthwal, Jaskaran Singh, Hardik Chaudhary, Aasham Gulati, Shikhar Baliyan, Manu Kumar, Gopal Singh, Rahul, Sunny Kashyap, Jagadeesha Suchith (Icon), and Jagmohan Nagarkoti
Tehri Titans
Hardik Brahmbhatt, Krish Sharma, Ishagra Jagoori, Ish Tyagi, Janmejay Joshi, Sumit Panwar, Aniket Malik, Ayush Deswal, Tejender Singh, Shiva Soni, Jagdish Singh Koshyari, Ashish Choudhary, Karanveer Kaushal, Vijay Sharma, Aryan Sharma, and Akash Madhwal (Icon)
USN Indians
Yash Chaudhary, Bhavya Deep Singh, Ashar Khan, Abhishek Dafouti, Jatin Sharma, Vanshaj Chauhan, Binay Singh Rawat, Sachin Bhati, Rahul Devnath, Adi Khan, Parvv Verma, Bhavya Sudha (Icon), Rajan Kumar, Prateek Pandey, Himanshu Bisht, Mukesh Gupta, Vishal Kashyap, Naveen Rana, Yash Chaudhary, Bhavya Sudha
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