The Uttar Pradesh Wizards (abbreviated as UPW) are a field hockey team based in

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that plays in the

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. It is owned by

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. Former

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coach Roelant Oltmans serves as coach for the team and former

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captain

Dhanraj Pillay Dhanraj Pillay (born 16 July 1968) is a retired Indian field hockey player and former captain of the Indian national team. He also looks after the Air India Sports Promotion Board as a Joint Secretary based in Mumbai. For the last 5 years, Dha ...

acts as the technical director of the team.

Franchisee Details

Ownership

The team is owned by Sahara Adventure Sports Limited, a group company of Sahara India, bought the franchise on 23 July 2012. Sahara India is also the chief sponsor of

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, the top-federation for

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in India. This was the first franchise of

to be bought. In December 2014,

Suresh Raina Suresh Raina (; born 27 November 1986) is an Indian former international cricketer. He occasionally served as stand-in captain for Indian men's national cricket team during the absence of the main captain. He played for Uttar Pradesh (UP) in ...

becomes the co-owner of Uttar Pradesh Wizards.

2017 squad

Statistics

Hat-tricks

Fixtures and Results

2013

* Goals For: 25 (1.79 per match) * Goals Against: 29 (2.07 per match) * Most Goals: 9 (Overall: 3rd) **

V. R. Raghunath Vokkaliga Ramachandra Raghunath (born 1 November 1988) is a former Indian professional field hockey player. He played as a fullback and was known for his abilities as a drag flicker. Early life Raghunath was born on 1 November 1988 to a forme ...

2014

2015

* Goals For: 13 (2.17 per match) * Goals Against: 9 (1.50 per match) * Most Goals:

(4)

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