- By Himanshu Badola
- Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:19 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Ranji Trophy Schedule: The Ranji Trophy 2025-26, India’s premier domestic first-class cricket tournament, is all set to kick off on October 15, 2025 and will run till February 2026. This will be the 91st edition of the tournament, in which a total of 38 teams are divided into two divisions.
Out of these, 32 teams will compete in the Elite Group for the championship title, while six teams in the Plate Group will play for promotion to the Elite Group in the next edition. The elite competition is scheduled to take place in two phases. The first phase will run from October 15 to November 19 and will include five rounds of matches. The second phase will begin on January 22 and conclude on February 26. In between these two phases, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy tournaments will be played.
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In the opening round of fixtures, defending champions Vidarbha will take on Nagaland, while Mumbai will face Jammu & Kashmir, and last season’s runners-up Kerala will meet Maharashtra.
Ranji Trophy 2025-26 Teams and Groups
Elite Group A: Tamil Nadu, Baroda, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh, Vidarbha
Elite Group B: Saurashtra, Chandigarh, Punjab, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala
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, Bihar
Ranji Trophy 2025-26 Format
Each team of Elite Groups will play 7 matches in the league stage. The top two teams from every group will make it to the quarterfinals. In Plate Group, the top two teams will face off in a final to decide the promotion. Bottom-ranked Elite team relegated to Plate group for next season.
It is to be noted that the group stage matches will be four-day fixtures, whereas the knockout games will be played over five days.
Ranji Trophy 2025-26 Live Streaming and Telecast
The matches of the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 will be broadcast on the Star Sports Network. A number of the matches in each round are expected to be live-streamed via the Jio Hotstar app and website.
Ranji Trophy 2025-26: Full Schedule
Ranji Trophy Elite Group Schedule
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Uttar Pradesh vs Andhra (Group A) at Green Park, Kanpur
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Hyderabad vs Delhi (Group D) at NexGen Cricket Ground, Hyderabad
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Rajasthan vs Chhattisgarh (Group D) at Madan Paliwal Miraj Sports Centre, Rajsamand, Rajasthan
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Jammu and Kashmir vs Mumbai (Group D) at Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Puducherry vs Himachal Pradesh (Group D) at Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Railways vs Haryana (Group C) at Pithwala Stadium, Bhimpore, Surat
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Bengal vs Uttarakhand (Group C) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Gujarat vs Assam (Group C) at Narendra Modi Stadium A Ground, Ahmedabad
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Services vs Tripura (Group C) at Palam A Stadium, Delhi
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Saurashtra vs Karnataka (Group B) at Niranjan Shah Stadium, Khandheri, Rajkot
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Tamil Nadu vs Jharkhand (Group A) at Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science Ground, Coimbatore
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Odisha vs Baroda (Group A) at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Nagaland vs Vidarbha (Group A) at BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1, Bengaluru
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Kerala vs Maharashtra (Group B) at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Goa vs Chandigarh (Group B) at Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Madhya Pradesh vs Punjab (Group B) at Emerald High School Ground, Indore
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Bengal vs Gujarat (Group C) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Uttarakhand vs Railways (Group C) at Kaushiki Cricket Ground, Jim Corbett, Ramnagar, Uttarakhand
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Assam vs Services (Group C) at Tinsukia District Sports Association Ground, Kachujan, Tinsukia
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Puducherry vs Hyderabad (Group D) at Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Mumbai vs Chhattisgarh (Group D) at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Jammu and Kashmir vs Rajasthan (Group D) at Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Delhi vs Himachal Pradesh (Group D) at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Tripura vs Haryana (Group C) at Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Punjab vs Kerala (Group B) at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, New Chandigarh
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Uttar Pradesh vs Odisha (Group A) at Green Park, Kanpur
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Nagaland vs Tamil Nadu (Group A) at Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima, Dimapur
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Andhra vs Baroda (Group A) at Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Vidarbha vs Jharkhand (Group A) at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Chandigarh vs Maharashtra (Group B) at Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Karnataka vs Goa (Group B) at KSCA Navule Stadium, Shimoga
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Saurashtra vs Madhya Pradesh (Group B) at Niranjan Shah Stadium, Khandheri, Rajkot
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Gujarat vs Haryana (Group C) at Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Services vs Uttarakhand (Group C) at Palam A Stadium, Delhi
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Assam vs Railways (Group C) at Tinsukia District Sports Association Ground, Kachujan, Tinsukia
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Delhi vs Puducherry (Group D) at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Rajasthan vs Mumbai (Group D) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Chhattisgarh vs Jammu and Kashmir (Group D) at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Himachal Pradesh vs Hyderabad (Group D) at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Nadaun
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Tripura vs Bengal (Group C) at Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Kerala vs Karnataka (Group B) at KCA Cricket Ground, Mangalapuram, Thiruvananthapuram
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Baroda vs Uttar Pradesh (Group A) at BCA Stadium, Kotambi, Vadodara
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Tamil Nadu vs Vidarbha (Group A) at Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science Ground, Coimbatore
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Odisha vs Andhra (Group A) at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Jharkhand vs Nagaland (Group A) at JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Maharashtra vs Saurashtra (Group B) at Golf Club Ground, Nasik
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Goa vs Punjab (Group B) at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, New Chandigarh
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Madhya Pradesh vs Chandigarh (Group B) at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Gujarat vs Services (Group C at Gokulbhai Somabhai Patel Stadium, Nadiad
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Railways vs Bengal (Group C) at Lalbhai Contractor Stadium, Vesu, Surat
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Haryana vs Uttarakhand (Group D) at Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Chhattisgarh vs Puducherry (Group D) at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Mumbai vs Himachal Pradesh (Group D) at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Delhi vs Jammu and Kashmir (Group D) at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Hyderabad vs Rajasthan (Group D) at NexGen Cricket Ground, Hyderabad
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Tripura vs Assam (Group C) at Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Kerala vs Saurashtra (Group B) at KCA Cricket Ground, Mangalapuram, Thiruvananthapuram
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Uttar Pradesh vs Nagaland (Group A) at Green Park, Kanpur
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Andhra vs Tamil Nadu (Group A) at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Vidarbha vs Odisha (Group A) at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Baroda vs Jharkhand (Group A) at BCA Stadium, Kotambi, Vadodara
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Maharashtra vs Karnataka (Group B) at Golf Club Ground, Nasik
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Goa vs Madhya Pradesh (Group B) at Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Chandigarh vs Punjab (Group B) at Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Uttarakhand vs Gujarat (Group C) at Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Bengal vs Assam (Group C) at Bengal Cricket Academy Ground, Kalyani
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Haryana vs Services (Group C) at Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Mumbai vs Puducherry (Group D) at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Himachal Pradesh vs Chhattisgarh (Group D) at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Nadaun
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Jammu and Kashmir vs Hyderabad (Group D) at Hostel Ground JKCA, Jammu
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Rajasthan vs Delhi (Group D) at Madan Paliwal Miraj Sports Centre, Rajsamand, Rajasthan
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Railways vs Tripura (Group C) at Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Valsad
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Karnataka vs Chandigarh (Group B) at KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Tamil Nadu vs Uttar Pradesh (Group A) at Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science Ground, Coimbatore
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Jharkhand vs Andhra (Group A) at Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Odisha vs Nagaland (Group A) at KIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Vidarbha vs Baroda (Group A) at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Punjab vs Maharashtra (Group B) at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, New Chandigarh
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Saurashtra vs Goa (Group B)
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Madhya Pradesh vs Kerala (Group B) at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun: Gujarat vs Railways (Group C) at Narendra Modi Stadium A Ground, Ahmedabad
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun: Bengal vs Services (Group C) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun: Assam vs Haryana (Group C) at ACA Cricket Academy Ground, Fulung, Guwahati
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun: Puducherry vs Jammu and Kashmir (Group D) at Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun: Hyderabad vs Mumbai (Group D) at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun: Chhattisgarh vs Delhi (Group D)
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun: Rajasthan vs Himachal Pradesh (Group D) at Madan Paliwal Miraj Sports Centre, Rajsamand, Rajasthan
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun: Tripura vs Uttarakhand (Group C) at Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun: Kerala vs Chandigarh (Group B) at KCA Cricket Ground, Mangalapuram, Thiruvananthapuram
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun: Uttar Pradesh vs Jharkhand (Group A) at Victoria Park Stadium, Meerut
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun: Odisha vs Tamil Nadu (Group A) at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun: Andhra vs Vidarbha (Group A) at Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun: Baroda vs Nagaland (Group A) at BCA Stadium, Kotambi, Vadodara
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun: Maharashtra vs Goa (Group B) at Deccan Gymkhana Ground, Pune
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun: Karnataka vs Madhya Pradesh (Group B) at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Jan 22, Thu - Jan 25, Sun Saurashtra vs Punjab B Niranjan Shah Stadium, Khandheri, Rajkot
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Haryana vs Bengal (Group C) at Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Uttarakhand vs Assam (Group C) at Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Services vs Railways (Group C) at Palam A Stadium, Delhi
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Puducherry vs Rajasthan (Group D) at Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Mumbai vs Delhi (Group D) at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Hyderabad vs Chhattisgarh (Group D) at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Himachal Pradesh vs Jammu and Kashmir (Group D) at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Nadaun
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Tripura vs Gujarat (Group C) at Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Chandigarh vs Saurashtra (Group B) at Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Vidarbha vs Uttar Pradesh (Group A) at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Tamil Nadu vs Baroda (Group A) at Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science Ground, Coimbatore
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Nagaland vs Andhra (Group A) at Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Sovima, Dimapur
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Jharkhand vs Odisha (Group A) at Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Madhya Pradesh vs Maharashtra (Group B) at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Goa vs Kerala (Group B) at Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground, Porvorim
Jan 29, Thu - Feb 01, Sun: Punjab vs Karnataka (Group B) at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, New Chandigarh
Ranji Trophy Plate Group Schedule
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Bihar vs Arunachal Pradesh at Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Sikkim vs Manipur at SICA ground, Rangpo
Oct 15, Wed - Oct 18, Sat: Meghalaya vs Mizoram at Meghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, Shillong
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Manipur vs Bihar at Gokulbhai Somabhai Patel Stadium, Nadiad
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Meghalaya vs Sikkim at Meghalaya Cricket Association Cricket Ground, Shillong
Oct 25, Sat - Oct 28, Tue: Arunachal Pradesh vs Mizoram at ADSA Railways Cricket Ground, Ahmedabad
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Mizoram vs Sikkim at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Manipur vs Arunachal Pradesh at Narendra Modi Stadium B Ground, Ahmedabad
Nov 01, Sat - Nov 04, Tue: Bihar vs Meghalaya at Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Sikkim vs Bihar at SICA ground, Rangpo
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Arunachal Pradesh vs Meghalaya at Pithwala Stadium, Bhimpore, Surat
Nov 08, Sat - Nov 11, Tue: Mizoram vs Manipur at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Bihar vs Mizoram at Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Manipur vs Meghalaya at Pithwala Stadium, Bhimpore, Surat
Nov 16, Sun - Nov 19, Wed: Sikkim vs Arunachal Pradesh at SICA ground, Rangpo