The Ayodhya Premier League 2026 starts on 11 March with eight teams fighting for Rs. 11 lakh in prize money.
Every match counts when the tournament runs through 26 March at Ayodhya’s Dr. B.R. Ambedkar International Cricket Stadium.
This isn’t just another local T20 event. The District Cricket Association runs it under UPCA supervision, giving regional players real stakes and exposure.
With 31 matches spread across 16 days and free streaming options, the APL 2026 brings professional cricket to Uttar Pradesh in a way that few cities outside major metros get to see.
Ayodhya Premier League 2026
What You Need to Know About APL 2026?
The Ayodhya Premier League 2026 kicks off with Betwa Blasters taking on Saryu Smashers at 12 PM on 11 March.
Eight franchise teams compete in a round-robin league format, with each side playing seven matches before the knockouts begin.
The tournament structure is simple. The league stage determines the top four teams.
Those four move into the semi-finals, then the final on 26 March. Every game is T20, which means 20 overs per side and quick results.
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Year | 2026 |
| Organizing Body | District Cricket Association, Ayodhya |
| Governing Authority | Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) |
| Format | T20 Franchise League |
| Venue | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar International Cricket Stadium, Ayodhya |
| Start Date | 11 March 2026 |
| End Date | 26 March 2026 |
| Total Teams | 8 |
| Total Matches | 31 |
Ayodhya Premier League 2026 Fixtures and Match Schedule
Most matches start at either 9:30 AM or 1:30 PM IST, giving fans two windows to catch the action each day. The schedule runs tight with double-headers on most days.
| Match No | Teams | Date | Day | Time (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betwa Blasters vs Saryu Smashers | 11 Mar 2026 | Wed | 12 PM |
| 2 | Chambal Chargers vs Ganga Warriors | 12 Mar 2026 | Thu | 9:30 AM |
| 3 | Gomti Thunder vs Yamuna Super Kings | 12 Mar 2026 | Thu | 1:30 PM |
| 4 | Hindon Titans vs Ganga Warriors | 13 Mar 2026 | Fri | 9:30 AM |
| 5 | Betwa Blasters vs Chambal Chargers | 13 Mar 2026 | Fri | 1:30 PM |
| 6 | Gomti Thunder vs Saryu Smashers | 14 Mar 2026 | Sat | 9:30 AM |
| 7 | Yamuna Super Kings vs Hindon Titans | 14 Mar 2026 | Sat | 1:30 PM |
| 8 | Chambal Chargers vs Hindon Titans | 15 Mar 2026 | Sun | 9:30 AM |
| 9 | Betwa Blasters vs Ganga Warriors | 15 Mar 2026 | Sun | 1:30 PM |
| 10 | Yamuna Super Kings vs Chambal Chargers | 16 Mar 2026 | Mon | 9:30 AM |
| 11 | Ganga Warriors vs Gomti Thunder | 16 Mar 2026 | Mon | 1:30 PM |
| 12 | Manorama Marvels vs Hindon Titans | 17 Mar 2026 | Tue | 9:30 AM |
| 13 | Betwa Blasters vs Yamuna Super Kings | 17 Mar 2026 | Tue | 1:30 PM |
| 14 | Saryu Smashers vs Chambal Chargers | 18 Mar 2026 | Wed | 9:30 AM |
| 15 | Manorama Marvels vs Gomti Thunder | 18 Mar 2026 | Wed | 1:30 PM |
| 16 | Ganga Warriors vs Yamuna Super Kings | 19 Mar 2026 | Thu | 9:30 AM |
| 17 | Hindon Titans vs Betwa Blasters | 19 Mar 2026 | Thu | 1:30 PM |
| 18 | Manorama Marvels vs Saryu Smashers | 20 Mar 2026 | Fri | 9:30 AM |
| 19 | Chambal Chargers vs Gomti Thunder | 20 Mar 2026 | Fri | 1:30 PM |
| 20 | Hindon Titans vs Saryu Smashers | 21 Mar 2026 | Sat | 9:30 AM |
| 21 | Manorama Marvels vs Betwa Blasters | 21 Mar 2026 | Sat | 1:30 PM |
| 22 | Gomti Thunder vs Hindon Titans | 22 Mar 2026 | Sun | 9:30 AM |
| 23 | Manorama Marvels vs Chambal Chargers | 22 Mar 2026 | Sun | 1:30 PM |
| 24 | Yamuna Super Kings vs Saryu Smashers | 23 Mar 2026 | Mon | 9:30 AM |
| 25 | Manorama Marvels vs Ganga Warriors | 23 Mar 2026 | Mon | 1:30 PM |
| 26 | Betwa Blasters vs Gomti Thunder | 24 Mar 2026 | Tue | 9:30 AM |
| 27 | Saryu Smashers vs Ganga Warriors | 24 Mar 2026 | Tue | 1:30 PM |
| 28 | Yamuna Super Kings vs Manorama Marvels | 25 Mar 2026 | Wed | 9:30 AM |
| 29 | TBC vs TBC | 26 Mar 2026 | Thu | 9:30 AM |
| 30 | TBC vs TBC | 26 Mar 2026 | Thu | 1:30 PM |
Manorama Marvels get their first match on 17 March against Hindon Titans.
That’s later than most teams, which could work in their favor if they study early games and adjust tactics.
The final two slots on 26 March are marked TBC. Those will be the semi-finals or final, depending on how the knockouts get scheduled.
All Eight Teams and Their Squads
The Ayodhya Premier League 2026 squads run deep. Each team carries 30+ players, giving coaches plenty of options to rotate and adapt.
Manorama Marvels
- Rao Rituraj, Ansh Patel, Manish Singh, Mohd Aqib, Divyansh Singh, Satish Yadav, Indresh Yadav, Karan Singh, Tushar Soni, Aman Ali, Mohd Sazid, Vaibhav Singh, Rohit Kumar, Shad Ahmad, Prince Verma, Kaif Khan, Abhay Pratap Singh, Rishendra Kumar, Yashvardhan Singh, Mratunjay Singh, Nikhil Singh, Satyam Dubay, Pankaj Kumar Sharma, Shakti Pratap Singh, Mueenuddin Niyazi, Tanishq Srivastava, Gauresh Shukla, Durgesh Singh, Abhay Yadav, Naman Yadav, Pandit Harish Sharma, Rohit Tripathi.
Hindon Titans
- Ritiq Vats, Yash Vardhan Singh, Bhaskar Mani, Akash Rana, Manik Sharma, Vikas Rai, Fahad Ahmad, Sachin Singh, Shashank Singh, Manish Yadav, Shivam Shukla, Kushagra Singh, Harendra, Prince Jaiswal, Naman Singh, Ankit Panday, Sreyansh Pal, Sanstut, Ronit Madan, Shailendra Panday, Aryan Singh, Satyam Sahu, Arvivind Nath, Akash, Ayush Tripathi, Sajid, Abhinav Singh, Hement, Nikhil Panday, Saubhagya Mishra, Harshit Singh.
Saryu Smashers
- Dhyan Pratap Singh, Mohd Javed, Pranav Diwedi, Naitiq Singh, Ankit Sharma, Divyaprakash Singh, Anurag Nishad, Shardool, Divyansh Yadav, Munnidra Maurya, Manish Yadav, Vijay Pratap Singh, Amit Vishwakarma, Aman Yadav, Pratiq Manucha, Abhishek Yadav, Ambuj Sharma, Anurag Singh, Akash Kaushal, Vaibhav Tiwari, Vijay Pratap Singh I, Sachin Tiwari, Abiraj Singh, Mangal Singh, Ashutosh Mishra, Satyaprakash Mishra, Amit Yadav, Sangyan Tiwari, Aadarsh Gupta, Ritesh Mishra, Adarsh Singh, Shivam Srivastava.
Ganga Warriors
- Dhurve Pratap Singh, Abhishek Yadav, Pratham Mishra, Rohit Rajpal, Krishna Yadav, Pankaj Vishwakarma, Vaibhav Pal, Saurabh Tripathi, Anuj Singh, Vikas Kumar, Ravi Pratap Mishra, Pryas Agarwal, Krishna Sahu, Vishesh Tewatiya, Priyanshu Rana, Chitransh Srivastav, Prabhakar Sahni, Parth Rawat, Sumit Mandal, Kartikyan Shukla, Utkarsh Singh, Anubhav Srivastav, Aman Rai, Umesh Tiwari, Raghvendra Shukla, Risabh Tiwari, Sohail Ansari, Sagar Shukla, Akarsh Prihar, Yuvraj Singh, Ujjwal Kumar Chaturvedi.
Betwa Blasters
- Amar Chaudhry, Krishna Singh, Vinay Yadav, Ghanshyam Upadhya, Murari Yadav, Sudhanshu Sonkar, Radhika Yadav, Abhishek Singh, Parth Patel, Ashutosh Upadhya, Shivansh Tiwari, Vishal Chaudhry, Asmit Verma, Ayush Yadav, Ashutosh Verma, Prakhar Singh, Shashank Sekhar Upadhya, Anshuman Pathak, Tripuresh Mishra, Aaditya Yadav, Aditya Krishna Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Lucky Singh, Arunoday Pratap Singh, Aman Dubay, Vikas Yadav, Rahul Yadav, Vyas Shukla, Nikhil Tiwari, Ambikeshwar Mishra, Anshuman Pandey, Dhananjay Singh, Kautilya Devtalla, Subham Pandey.
Yamuna Super Kings
- Subh Khanna, Suraj Maurya, Risabh Rajput, Anurag Yadav, Anuj Singh, Satyendra Yadav, Salman Khan, Himanshu Diwadi, Kratagya Singh, Brijesh Gupta, Vinayak Nigam, Atul Singh, Talib, Annant Yadav, Shivendra Pratap Singh, Rudra Pratap Singh, Vijay Pratap Tiwari, Hasan Akhtar, Surya Pratap Singh, Shaturanajay Upadhya, Gopal Yadav, Krishna Kumar, Veer Singh, Akash Mishra, Abhishek Diwedi, Himanshu Rai, Shivam Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Abhishek Tiwari, Harsh Singh, Utkarsh Singh.
Chambal Chargers
- Saksham Rai, Satyam Sanghu, Divyansh Rajput, Sachin Chaudhry, Saurabh Yadav, Ankit Chaudhry, Mohd Amir, Vikas Kumar, Vatsal Singh, Abhishek Panday, Subham Sharma, Hitesh Kumar, Vipin Kumar, Mohd Sahid, Ravi Pratap, Sachin Tiwari, Utkarsh Singh, Prshant Gaur, Saurabh Dubay, Navneet Patel, Vatsalya Srivastava, Aakash Gaur, Priyansh Agarwal, Ritesh Mishra, Jayant Singh, Rudransh, Adarsh Pradhan, Aditya Panday, Talha, Anshuman Singh, Nikhil Singh, Risabh Yadav.
Gomti Thunder
- Shiva Singh, Akshdeep Nath, Anurag Gautam, Priyanshu Panday, Vinay Upadhya, Abhishek Singh, Hargun, Ritiq Srivastava, Sarvan Jaiswal, Aftab Khan, Aftab Ahmad, Arryan Ujjwaj, Samrat Tiwari, Vishal Chaudhry, Shivansh Kapoor, Gaurank, Avanindra Verma, Navneet Chaturvedi, Anant Gupta, Jatin Sharma, Shivashish Mishra, Ishan, Ankit Gupta, Dipanshu Pal, Vibhav Singh, Mohd Rafeeq, Aatif Sazid, Kunal, Ravi Singh, Sachin Shukla, Aman Siddiqui.
Squad depth matters in T20. Teams that rotate well and manage workloads across 16 days usually finish stronger in knockout games.
Where does the Tournament Happens?
All 31 Ayodhya Premier League 2026 matches take place at one venue: the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar International Cricket Stadium in Ayodhya.
This is the first major T20 tournament at the newly built facility.
The stadium setup includes modern infrastructure, better pitch quality than older regional grounds, and seating capacity that handles local crowds.
For Uttar Pradesh cricket, this venue pushes Ayodhya into the conversation as a viable tournament host.
Single-venue tournaments remove travel variables. Teams stay in one city, get familiar with pitch conditions, and don’t deal with constant logistical changes.
Ayodhya Premier League 2026 Live Streaming
You don’t need a paid subscription to watch APL 2026. Multiple platforms carry the tournament, and several are completely free.
| Platform | Cost |
|---|---|
| FanCode | Free or paid pass (check FanCode app for APL 2026 pricing) |
| Dafabet | Free after sign-up |
| YouTube (Official APL Channel) | Free |
| Facebook, Instagram, and X | Free |
FanCode might offer both free and premium options. The exact pricing structure for APL 2026 will show up in their app closer to the tournament start.
Dafabet requires sign-up, but streams for free after that. The official APL YouTube channel provides another no-cost option without registration barriers.
Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and X also carry live coverage. That gives fans without apps or subscriptions a way to follow match action in real time.
Current Standings
The Ayodhya Premier League 2026 points table will update as matches finish. Right now, every team sits at zero points with no games played.
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | NR | PTS | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manorama Marvels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 2 | Hindon Titans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 3 | Saryu Smashers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 4 | Ganga Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 5 | Betwa Blasters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 6 | Yamuna Super Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 7 | Chambal Chargers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
| 8 | Gomti Thunder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
Points accumulate through wins. Two points per win, zero for losses, one for no results. Net run rate (NRR) becomes the tiebreaker if teams finish level on points.
In a seven-match league stage, consistency matters more than one big performance. Teams that win four or five matches lock in semi-final spots without sweating tiebreakers.
Expert View: Why APL 2026 Matters
Regional T20 leagues give players outside urban cricket hubs actual exposure and financial opportunity.
The Rs. 11 lakh winner’s prize and Rs. 5.5 lakh for the runner-up isn’t IPL money, but they’re real stakes for local cricketers.
Uttar Pradesh has talent. What it hasn’t always had is structured platforms where players compete in professional setups, get noticed, and build track records that matter for selection elsewhere.
The Ayodhya Premier League changes that equation.
Eight teams, proper organization under UPCA, and live streaming mean scouts, coaches, and other franchises can actually watch these matches. Performances here create data points that didn’t exist before.
Single-venue tournaments also test depth better than you’d think. When everyone plays on the same pitch, adaptability shows up fast.
Teams that read conditions and adjust tactics pull ahead. Teams that stick to one approach regardless of what the surface does struggle by week two.
FAQs
- When does the Ayodhya Premier League 2026 start?
The tournament begins on 11 March 2026 with Betwa Blasters taking on Saryu Smashers at 12 PM IST.
- When does APL 2026 end?
The tournament concludes on 26 March 2026 with the playoff finals.
- Where are the APL 2026 matches being played?
All matches are held at the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar International Cricket Stadium in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
- How many teams are in APL 2026?
Eight teams compete: Manorama Marvels, Hindon Titans, Saryu Smashers, Ganga Warriors, Betwa Blasters, Yamuna Super Kings, Chambal Chargers, and Gomti Thunder.
- Where can I watch APL 2026 live?
FanCode, Dafabet (free after sign-up), YouTube (Official APL Channel), Facebook, Instagram, and X all carry live coverage.
What Comes Next?
The Ayodhya Premier League 2026 opens up professional cricket opportunities in a part of Uttar Pradesh that hasn’t hosted this level of tournament before.
With Rs. 11 lakh on the line and 31 matches across 16 days, every team enters with real stakes.
Watch for which sides adapt fastest to the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stadium pitch.
Teams that figure out conditions early and rotate squads intelligently should push into the top four and playoff contention.
Stay updated with match results and live scores as the Ayodhya Premier League 2026 schedule unfolds from 11 March onward.
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