The 91st edition of India’s premier First-Class competition, the Ranji Trophy, returns on October 15, 2025, marking the full-scale resumption of the domestic red-ball season. A total of 38 teams will compete across the country, with defending champions Vidarbha entering as firm favourites after their recent Irani Cup triumph in Nagpur. Over the next five months, as many as 138 matches will unfold in a packed domestic schedule that intersperses red-ball and white-ball action.
Ranji Trophy 2025-26: Format & Schedule
The tournament will follow a two-phase format, similar to last season. The opening leg runs from October 15 to November 19, followed by a break for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (November 26–December 18) and Vijay Hazare Trophy (December 26–January 18). The Ranji Trophy will then resume with the final two rounds of league matches from January 22 to February 1, 2026, before the knockout stages begin. The final is scheduled for February 28, 2026.
The 32 Elite teams are split into four groups of eight, with each team playing a single round-robin within its group. The top two from each group will advance to the quarter-finals. Meanwhile, six teams in the Plate division will battle in a round-robin format, with the top two playing the Plate final and the rest competing for ranking playoffs.
Ranji Trophy 2025-26: Groups and What’s at Stake
Elite Group A: Tamil Nadu, Baroda, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra, Nagaland Elite Group B: Saurashtra, Chandigarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Goa Elite Group C: Gujarat, Haryana, Services, Bengal, Railways, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Assam Elite Group D: Mumbai, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Hyderabad, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry Plate Group: Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, BiharRanji Trophy 2025-26: Squads of all the teams
TeamPlayersBarodaMitesh Patel, Shivalik Sharma, Vishnu Solanki, Atit Sheth (c), Bhargav Bhatt (vc), Raj Limbani, Lukman Meriwala, Rasikh Salem, Jyotsnil Singh, Akshay More, Sukirt Pandey, Nitya Pandey, Mahesh Pithya, Ninad Rathva, Shashwat RawatJammu & KashmirParas Dogra (c), Abdul Samad, Shubham Khajuria, Qamran Iqbal, Abid Mushtaq, Vivrant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Umran Malik, Yudhvir Singh, Auqib Nabi, Sunil Kumar, Lone Nasir, Mujtaba Yousuf, Musaif Ajaz, Sahil Lotra, Vanshaj Sharma, Umar Nazir Mir, Kanhaiya Wadhawan, Yawer HassanMaharashtraAnkeet Bawane (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prithvi Shaw, Arshin Kulkarni, Siddhesh Veer, Saurabh Nawale (wk), Mandar Bhandari (wk), Jalaj Saxena, Vicky Ostwal, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Pradeep Dadhe, Hitesh Walunj, Siddharth Mhatre, Harshal Kate, Rajneesh GurbaniMeghalayaKishan Lyngodh (c), Akash Choudhary (vc), Kush Agarwal, Arpit Bhatewara, Aryan Bora, Swastic Chettri, Rahul Dalal, Bijon Dey, Ajay Duhan, Jaskirat Singh Sachdeva, Aaron Nongrum, Dippu Sangma, Chengkam Sangma, Arien Sangma, Bamanbha ShangpliangMumbaiShardul Thakur (c), Ayush Mhatre, Akash Anand (wk), Hardik Tamore (wk), Siddhesh Lad, Ajinkya Rahane, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Tushar Deshpande, Sylvester D’Souza, Irfan Umair, Musheer Khan, Akhil Herwadkar, Royston DiasOdishaSubhranshu Senapati (c), Govinda Poddar, Swastik Samal, Anil Parida, Badal Biswal, Sambit Baral, Gourav Choudhury, Rajesh Dhuper, Sandeep Pattnaik, Rajesh Mohanty, Sunil Roul, Sumit Sharma, Aashirwad Swain, Tapas Das, Tarani SaServicesRajat Paliwal, Amarjeet Singh, Jayant Goyat, Irfan Khan, Mohit Jangra, Aditya Kumar, Devender Lochab, Mohit Ahlawat, Nakul Sharma, Pulkit Narang, Ravi Chauhan, Arjun Sharma, Amit Shukla, Vikas YadavTripuraBikramkumar Das, Rajat Dey, Manisankar Murasingh (c), Sridam Paul (vc), Vijay Shankar, Hanuma Vihari, Parvez Sultan, Sankar Paul, Rana Dutta, Ajay Sarkar, Swapnil Singh, Arjun Debnath, Bikramjit Debnath, Babul Dey, Subham Ghosh, Viki Saha, Abhijit Sarkar, Nirupam SenAndhraRicky Bhui (c), SK Rasheed, Ashwin Hebbar, Srikar Bharat, Saurabh Kumar, Prithvi Raj, Satyanarayana Raju, KV Sasikanth, Tripurana Vijay, Siraparapu Ashish, Karan Shinde, Abhishek Reddy, Revanth Reddy, Kavuri Salteja, Yara Sandeep, Cheepurapalli StephenGujaratArya Desai, Kshtij Patel, Urvil Patel, Chintan Gaja, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Ravi Bishnoi, Manan Hingrajia (c), Siddharth Desai, Abhishek Desai, Umang Kumar, Hemang Patel, Jaymeet Patel, Priyesh Patel, Rinkesh Vaghela, Vishal JayswalHimachal PradeshAnkush Bains, Innesh Mahajan, Ekant Sen, Nikhil Gangta, Akash Vashisht, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Dagar, Arpit Guleria, Aryaman Singh, Divesh Sharma, Ankit Kalsi, Mukul Negi, Pukhraj Mann, Sidhant Purohit, Ravi Thakur, Vipin SharmaHyderabadTilak Varma, Rahul Singh, C.V. Milind, Tanmay Agarwal, M. Abhirath Reddy, Himateja, Varun Goud, Tanay Thyagarajan, Rohit Rayudu, Saranu Nishant, Punnaiah, Aniketh Reddy, Kartikeya Kak, Ali Kachi Diamond (wk), Rahul Radesh (wk). Standbys: P. Nitish Reddy, Sai Pragnay Reddy, Rakshann Reddy, Nitesh Kanala, Mikhil JaiswalPuducherrySagar Udeshi (c), Ganga Sridhar Raju, Mohit Kale, Aman Khan, Jayant Yadav, Abin Mathew, Siddhant Addhatrao, A Aravinddaraj, Anand Bais, Vedant Bhardwaj, Puneet Datey, Gaurav Yadav, Marimuthu Vikneshwaran, Krishna Pandey, Ajay Rohera, Paras Ratnaparkhe, Sidak Singh, Murugaiyan Sivamurugan, Parandaman ThamaraikannanRajasthanSumit Godara, Kartik Sharma (wk), Kunal Singh Rathore (wk), Abhijeet Tomar, Mahipal Lomror (c), Deepak Hooda, Manav Suthar, Khaleel Ahmed, Kukna Ajay Singh, Akash Singh, Ashok Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Rahul Chahar, Ankit Chaudhary, Mukul ChoudharyUttarakhandPrashant Chopra, Bhupen Lalwani, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Mayank Mishra, Abhay Negi, Rajan Kumar, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kunal Chandela (c), Aarav Mahajan, Avneesh Sudha, Devendra Singh Bora, Shashwat Dangwal, Jagmohan Nagarkoti, Harsh Patwal, Sagar Rawat, Saurabh Rawat, Aanjaneya SuryavanshiVidarbhaAkshay Wadkar (c) (wk), Yash Rathod (vc), Danish Malewar, Aman Mokhade, R. Samarth, Dhruv Shorey, Nachiket Bhute, Harsh Dubey, Parth Rekhade, Atharva Taide, Praful Hinge, Akshay Karnewar, Darshan Nalkande, Aditya Thakare, Yash Thakur, Shivam Deshmukh (wk), Yash KadamBengalAbhimanyu Easwaran (c), Abishek Porel (vc) (wk), Sudip Kumar Gharami, Anustup Majumdar, Sudip Chatterjee, Sumanta Gupta, Saurabh Kumar Singh, Vishal Bhati, Mohammed Shami, Akash Deep, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Shakir Habib Gandhi (wk), Ishan Porel, Kazi Junaid Saifi, Rahul Prasad, Sumit Mohanta, Vikash SinghBiharPiyush Kumar Singh, Bhashkar Dubey, Sakibul Gani (c), Vaibhav Suryavanshi (vc), Arnav Kishor, Ayush Loharuka, Bipin Saurabh, Amod Yadav, Nawaz Khan, Sakib Hussain, Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Sachin Kumar Singh, Himanshu Singh, Khalid Alam, Sachin KumarHaryanaAnkit Kumar, Yuvraj Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Sumit Kumar, Parth Vats, Anshul Kamboj, Anuj Thakral, Lakshay Dalal, Dheeru Singh, Kapil Hooda, Aman Kumar, Nikhil Kashyap, Bhuwan Rohilla, Mayank Shandilya, Yashvardhan DalalKarnatakaMayank Agarwal (c), Karun Nair, R. Smaran, K.L. Shrijith (wk), K.V. Aneesh, Abhinav Manohar, Nikin Jose, V. Vyshak, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shreyas Gopal, Kruthik Krishna (wk), Shikhar Shetty, Mohsin Khan, Abhilash Shetty, M. VenkateshKeralaMohammed Azharuddeen (c), Ahammed Imran, Akshay Chandran, Rohan Kunnummal, Sachin Baby, Salman Nizar, Sanju Samson, Baba Aparajith, Eden Apple Tom, Ankit Sharma, Nedumankuzhy Basil, MD Nidheesh, Vathsal Govind, Shoun RogerMadhya PradeshRajat Patidar (c), Yash Dubey, Harsh Gawli, Shubham Sharma, Himanshu Mantri, Harpreet Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Sagar Solanki, Kumar Kartikey, Saransh Jain, Adhir Pratap, Aryan Pandey, Arshad Khan, Anubhav Agarwal, Kuldeep SenPunjabNaman Dhir (c), Anmolpreet Singh, Harnoor Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Uday Saharan, Nehal Wadhera, Gurnoor Brar, Raghu Sharma, Salil Arora, Ayush Goyal, Prerit Dutta, Harjas Singh, Jaskaranvir Singh Paul, Krish BhagatUttar PradeshAryan Juyal (vc), Abhishek Goswami, Priyam Garg, Madhav Kaushik, Rinku Singh, Karan Sharma (c), Aaqib Khan, Vipraj Nigam, Shivam Mavi, Aaditya Sharma, Aaradhya Yadav, Vaibhav Chaudhary, Kunal Tyagi, Shivam Sharma, Siddarth Yadav, Prashant Veer, Vijay KumarAssamDenish Das (c), Riyan Parag, Sibsankar Roy, Rahul Singh, Sumit Ghadigaonkar, Avinov Choudhury, Bhargab Lahkar, Ayushman Malakar, Mukhtar Hussain, Parvej Musaraf, Swarupam Purkayastha, Darshan Rajbongshi, Pradyun Saikia, Akash Sengupta, Abhishek ThakuriChandigarhManan Vohra (c), Raj Bawa, Bhagmender Lather, Abhishek Saini, Arjun Azad, Shivam Bhambri, Raman Bishnoi, Jagjit Singh, Vishu Kashyap, Ankit Kaushik, Kunal Mahajan, Mohit Soni, Nikhil Thakur, Nishunk Birla, Mayank SidhuChhattisgarhSanjeet Desai, Ajay Mandal, Aditya Sarwate, Shashank Singh, Arafat Khan, Amandeep Khare, Shubham Agarwal, Ashutosh Singh, Ayush Pandey, Shashank Chandrakar, Ashish Chouhan, Sourabh Majumdar, Ravi Kiran, Sahban Khan, Anuj Tiwary, Vashudev Bareth, Prateek YadavDelhiAyush Badoni (c), Yash Dhull (vc), Arpit Rana, Sanat Sangwan, Anuj Rawat (wk), Sumit Mathur, Shivam Sharma, Rounak Waghela, Navdeep Saini, Simarjeet Singh, Money Grewal, Siddhant Sharma, Dhruv Kaushik, Pranav Rajvanshi (wk), Nitish Rana, Himmat Singh, Ayush Doseja, Rahul Dagar, Hrithik Shokeen, Priyansh Arya, Tejasvi (wk), Vaibhav Kandpal, Rohan Rana, Aryan Rana (subject to fitness)JharkhandIshan Kishan (c) (wk), Virat Singh (vc), Kumar Kushagra (wk), Rishav Raj, Anukul Roy, Sushant Mishra, Manishi, Shikhar Mohan, Jatin Pandey, Sahil Raj, Aryaman Sen, Sharandeep Singh, Shubham Singh, Aditya Singh, Kumar Suraj, Vikas Kumar, Vikash SinghRailwaysPratham Singh (c), Suraj Ahuja, Vivek Singh, Upendra Yadav, Karn Sharma, Aryan Chaudhuri, Shivam Chaudhary, Kunal Yadav, Bhargav Merai, Mohammad Saif, Akash Pandey, Himanshu Sangwan, Rahul Sharma, Adarsh Singh, Zubair AliTamil NaduN. Jagadeesan (wk) (c), Pradosh Ranjan Paul (v-c), B. Indrajith, M. Shahrukh Khan, R. Vimal Khumar, B. Sachin, C. Andre Siddarth, R.S. Ambrish, P. Vidyuth, D.T. Chandrasekar, Sandeep Warrier, Gurjapneet Singh, C.V. Achyuth, H. Trilok Nag, J. Hemchudesan, G. Ajitesh (wk)SaurashtraHarvik Desai, Tarang Gohel, Arpit Vasavada, Chirag Jani, Prerak Mankad, Jaydev Unadkat (c), Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Chetan Sakariya, Parth Bhut, Sammar Gajjar, Ansh Gosai, Jay Gohil, Kevin Jivrajani, Hetvik Kotak, Ankur PanwarArunachal PradeshNeelam Obi (c), Abhinav Singh, Siddarth Balodi, Biki Kumar, Limar Dabi, Darge Bagra, Techi Doria, Licha Jhon, Penjor Mangal, TNR Mohith, Nabam Dol, Nabam Natung, Techi Neri, Yorjum Sera, Nabam Tatang, Yab Niya, Kamsha YangfoNagalandChetan Bist, Nzanthung Mozhui, Rongsen Jonathan, Imliwati Lemtur, Ronit More, Tahmeed Rahman, Dip Borah, Hem Chetri, Dega Nischal, Sedezhalie Rupero, Yugandhar Singh, Vino ZhimomiGoaDeepraj Gaonkar (c), Lalit Yadav, Darshan Misal, Suyash Prabhudessai, Arjun Tendulkar, Kashyap Bakhale, Samar Dubhashi, Ishaan Gadekar, Rajashekhar Harikant, Manthan Khutkar, Heramb Parab, Vijesh Prabhudessai, Mohit Redkar, Vikas SinghManipurAl Bashid Muhammed, Johnson Singh, Ulenyai Khwairakpam, L Kishan Singha, Bishworjit Konthoujam, Ronald Longjam, Mohammed Mustaque, Naesh Hussain, Amom Singh, Kishan Thokchom, Lamabam Singh, Rex Rajkumar, Kangabam Priyojit, Pheiroijam Jotin, Karnajit YumnamMizoramCodanda Ajit Karthik, KC Cariappa, Jehu Anderson, G Lalbiakvela, Lalhruaizela, F Lalmuanzuala, Lalrempuia, Marty Lalrinhlua, Joseph Lalthankhuma, Lalhruai Ralte, Sahil Reza, Sumit Lama, Khiangte Vanrotlinga, Bobby ZothansangaSikkimAnkur Malik, Gurinder Singh, Kranthi Singh, Lee Yong Lepcha (c), Amit Rajera, Pranesh Chettri, Arun Chettri, Nilesh Lamichaney, Robin Limboo, Bhim Luitel, Bijay Prasad, K Sai Satwik, Anwesh Sharma, Palzor Tamang, Ashish ThapaRanji Trophy Round 1 Fixtures (Plate Group)
DateMatch DetailsTimeOct 15, Wed – Oct 18, SatBihar vs Arunachal Pradesh, Plate9:30 AM LOCALMoin-ul-Haq Stadium, PatnaOct 15, Wed – Oct 18, SatSikkim vs Manipur, Plate9:30 AM LOCALSICA ground, RangpoOct 15, Wed – Oct 18, SatMeghalaya vs Mizoram, Plate9:30 AM LOCALMeghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, ShillongRanji Trophy Round 1 Fixtures (Elite Group)
FixtureStadiumVenueUttar Pradesh vs AndhraGreen ParkKanpurHyderabad vs DelhiNexGen Cricket GroundHyderabadRajasthan vs ChhattisgarhMadan Paliwal Miraj Sports CentreRajsamand, RajasthanJammu and Kashmir vs MumbaiSher-i-Kashmir StadiumSrinagarPuducherry vs Himachal PradeshCricket Association Puducherry Siechem GroundPuducherryRailways vs HaryanaPithwala StadiumBhimpore, SuratBengal vs UttarakhandEden GardensKolkataGujarat vs AssamNarendra Modi Stadium A GroundAhmedabadServices vs TripuraPalam A StadiumDelhiSaurashtra vs KarnatakaNiranjan Shah StadiumKhandheri, RajkotTamil Nadu vs JharkhandSri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science GroundCoimbatoreOdisha vs BarodaBarabati StadiumCuttackNagaland vs VidarbhaBCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1BengaluruKerala vs MaharashtraGreenfield International StadiumThiruvananthapuramGoa vs ChandigarhGoa Cricket Association Academy GroundPorvorimMadhya Pradesh vs PunjabEmerald High School GroundIndoreRanji Trophy 2025-26: Format, Squads, Fixtures, Groups & All You Need To Know Inside Sport India.
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