Born on 1st Dec. 1993, Uttar Pradesh's Lalit Upadhyay played in many junior international before making his senior debut for India at the 2014 Europe tour. Since then has cemented his place in the main team as an impact making forward. He hails from famous hockey city in India, Varanasi that produced players like Md. Shahid, Vivek Singh and others.  

LALIT UPADHYAY was part of the Indian men's National hockey team that took part at  the World Cup (2014, 2018); Asian Games (2018); Commmonwealth Games (2018); Asia Cup (2017); Hockey World League Tier 4 (Finals) (2017), Hockey World League Tier 3 (Round 3) (2015) & Champions Trophy (2014 & 2018). And many other Asian level  and invitational events. 

  His hockey careers now spans almost a decade.