The new season is in the corner, 4 new teams have been added this year. It is going to be a bigger and better than last four season in Pro Kabaddi league.
A total of 12 franchises from 11 states, playing more than 130 matches over 13 weeks just goes to prove the tremendous growth of the league. The newer teams are also gearing up themselves in branding their teams & players.
After Gujarat FortuneGiants, Haryana Steelers and Tamil Thalaivas the UP team has also named itself as “UP Yoddha”. UP yoddha team is been brought by GMR group who is also the owner of Delhi Daredevil team in IPL cricket league.
UP Yodda team has grabbed all eyeballs when they announce to invest NR 93 lakhs in acquiring the services of Nitin Tomar, which is the highest bid in the history of Pro Kabaddi. They also managed to get an experienced campaigner Jeeva Kumar for INR 52 lakhs, who will add solidarity to the defense. Also in the mix is Raider Rishank Devadiga, bought for INR 45.5 lakhs.
Team UP Yoddha in Pro Kabaddi League
| Raider | Defender | All Rounder |
| Rishank Devadiga | Jeeva Kumar | Rajesh Narwal |
| Nitian Tomar | Hadi Tajik | Pankaj |
| Sulieman Kabir | Nitesh Kumar | Sunil |
| Mahesh Goud | Santosh BS | Sagar B Krishna |
| Surendra Singh | Rohit Kumar | |
| Gulveer Singh | Sanoj Kumar | |
| Ajvender Singh |
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