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Champions of the erstwhile 2 Ranji Trophy editions – Jammu & Kashmir and Vidarbha – person been clubbed unneurotic on with Madhya Pradesh successful the aforesaid radical arsenic the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI) announced the elaborate calendar for the forthcoming home season.
While defending champion Jammu & Kashmir volition beryllium hoping to support its crown by finishing successful apical 2 successful Group A, Karnataka is 1 of the 3 confederate teams to beryllium placed successful Group B on with acquainted foe Saurashtra. Tamil Nadu, aft a mediocre run successful the past season, volition person to upstage home elephantine Mumbai on with accordant sides similar Uttarakhand, Haryana and Railways successful a bid to marque it to the knockouts from Group D.
The seven-month-long play volition statesman with the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence successful Bengaluru hosting the Duleep Trophy and headdress disconnected with the Women’s Inter-Zonal Multi-Day tourney connected March 28 mext year.
The BCCI has altered the Under-23 (A) constricted overs tourney from 50-overs-a-side to a T20 tournament. The tournament, scheduled to statesman connected December 1, volition frankincense connection an further accidental for the Indian Premier League franchisees’ endowment scouts to witnesser promising home cricketers up of the IPL Auction.
The groups: Ranji Trophy: Elite: Group A: Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Baroda, Uttar Pradesh, Pondicherry, Goa, Bihar.
Group B: Karnataka, Andhra, Saurashtra, Chhattisgarh, Hyderabad, Tripura, Punjab, Assam.
Group C: Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Services, Gujarat, Kerala, Delhi, Odisha.
Group D: Uttarakhand, Mumbai, Haryana, Railways, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh.
Plate: Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh.
Vijay Hazare Trophy:
Elite:
Group A: Vidarbha, Madhya Pradesh, Baroda, Railways, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andhra, Bihar.
Group B: Saurashtra, Mumbai, Haryana, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Hyderabad, Services.
Group C: Punjab, Delhi, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Rajasthan, Chandigarh.
Group D: Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Bengal, Tripura, Odisha, Assam, Pondicherry.
Plate: Sikkim, Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy:
Elite:
Group A: Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Baroda, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Mizoram.
Group B: Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Railways, Tamil Nadu, Saurashtra, Bihar.
Group C: Andhra, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Kerala, Assam, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh.
Group D: Hyderabad, Mumbai, Goa, Gujarat, Vidarbha, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh.
Plate: Services, Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh.t
Major men’s tournaments for 2026-27
Duleep Trophy: August 23 to September 10 (Bengaluru, CoE); Irani Cup: October 1 to October 5 (Jammu oregon Srinagar); Ranji Trophy: League signifier limb 1: October 11 to November 5; Leg 2: January 17 to February 4, 2027; Knockouts: February 9 to March 3; Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: League stage: November 14 to 26 (Mumbai, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata, Mohali, Dimapur); November 30 to December 6 (Nagpur). Vijay Hazare Trophy: League Stage: December 14 to 29 (Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Ranchi, Rajkot, Indore); Knockouts: January 2 to 8, 2027 (Visakhapatnam).
Major women’s tournaments
Senior Women’s T20 Trophy: League stage: October 26 to November 6 (Lucknow, Pune, Delhi, Mohali); Knockouts: November 14 to 20 (Ahmedabad); Senior Women’s Inter-Zonal T20 Trophy: November 24 to December 4 (Guwahati); Senior Women’s One-Day Trophy: League stage: December 19 to 31 (Cuttack, Jaipur, Baroda, Raipur), Knockouts: January 4 to 10 (Chennai); Senior Women’s Inter-Zonal One-Day Trophy: February 17 to 27, 2027 (Chennai). Senior Women’s Inter-Zonal Multi-Day Trophy: March 13 to 28, 2027 (Dehradun).
