Ranji Trophy 2025-26 returns in full glory from October 15, 2025, and with it will come India's best domestic First-Class cricket action. 38 teams from across the nation will mean exciting times for cricket lovers. Defending champions Vidarbha will come into the season as red-hot favorites having won the Irani Cup last month in Nagpur. This season's tournament is filled with 138 matches, divided into several rounds, and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy scheduled between legs. Below is a breakdown of the format, teams, schedule, and live streaming information for the season 2025-26. Ranji Trophy 2025-26: Format Overview The competition is segmented into Elite and Plate divisions. Elite Division: 32 teams divided into four groups (A-D). One round-robin in each group is played by each team. The top two of each group proceed to quarter-finals. Plate Division: 6 teams in one group. The top four teams proceed to Plate knockouts, and playoffs decide remaining team rankings. This structure guarantees a competitive equilibrium and gives scope for the rising teams of the Plate division to confront top teams. Ranji Trophy 2025-26 Groups Elite A Elite B Elite C Elite D Plate Tamil Nadu Saurashtra Gujarat Mumbai Meghalaya Baroda Chandigarh Haryana J&K Mizoram Jharkhand Karnataka Services Himachal Pradesh Sikkim Odisha Maharashtra Bengal Delhi Manipur Uttar Pradesh MP Railways Hyderabad Arunachal Pradesh Andhra Punjab Tripura Rajasthan Bihar Nagaland Goa Uttarakhand Chhattisgarh - Vidarbha Kerala Assam Puducherry - Also Read | IPL Team Offered Cummins, Head ₹58 Cr Each to Quit Australia Key Squads for First Round Karnataka Mayank 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), Shikar Shetty, Mohsin Khan, Abhilash Shetty, M. Venkatesh Vidarbha Akshay Wadkar (c), Atharva Taide, Aman Mokhade, Danish Malewar, Yash Rathod (vc), Harsh Dubey, Parth Rekhade, Yash Thakur, Nachiket Bhute, Darshan Nalkande, Aditya Thakare, Yash Kadam, Shivam Deshmukh (wk), Praful Hinge, Akshay Karnewar, Dhruv Shorey, R Samarth Jammu and Kashmir Paras Dogra (c), Shubham Khajuria, Rohit Sharma, Abdul Samad, Vivrant Sharma, Qamran Iqbal, Kawalpreet Singh, Sahil Lotra, Abid Mushtaq, Vanshaj Sharma, Yawer Hassan, Musaif Aijaz, Sunil Kumar, Umran Malik, Umar Nazir, Kanhaiya Wadhawan, Yudhvir Singh, Mujtaba Yousuf, Lone Nasir Muzaffar, Auqib Nabi Odisha Subhranshu Senapati (c), Swastik Samal (vc), Gourav Choudhary, Sandeep Pattanaik, Govinda Poddar, Aashirwad Swain (wk), Rajesh Dhupar (wk), Anil Parida, Sambit Baral, Sumit Sharma, Badal Biswal, Sunil Roul, Rajesh Mohanty, Tarani Sa, Tapas Das Chhattisgarh Amandeep Khare (c), Ayush Pandey, Aditya Sarwate, Ajay Mandal, Anuj Tiwari, Arafat Khan, Ashish Chouhan, Ashutosh Singh, Prateek Yadav, M Ravi Kiran, Sahban Khan, Sanjeet Desai, Shashank Chandrakar (wk), Shashank Singh, Shubham Agrawal, Sourabh Majumdar, Vasudev Bareth Madhya Pradesh Rajat Patidar (c), Yash Dubey, Harsh Gawli, Shubham Sharma, Himanshu Mantri, Harpreet Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Sagar Solanki, Kumar Kartikey, Saransh Jain, Adheer Pratap, Aryan Pandey Jharkhand Ishan Kishan (c), Virat Singh (vc), Sharandeep Singh, Shikhar Mohan, Kumar Kushagra (wk), Kumar Suraj, Anukul Roy, Manishi, Vikas Kumar, Jatin Kumar Pandey, Vikash Singh, Aditya Singh, Sahil Raj, Shubham Singh, Aryaman Sen, Rishav Raj Tamil Nadu N. Jagadeesan (c), Pradosh Ranjan Paul (vc), 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) Mumbai Shardul Thakur (c), Ayush Mhatre, Musheer Khan, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Akhil Herwadkar, Ajinkya Rahane, Sarfaraz Khan, Siddhesh Lad, Suved Parkar, Suryansh Shedge, Akash Parkar, Tushar Deshpande, Sylvester Dsouza, Irfan Umair, Roystan Dias, Pratik Mishra, Akash Anand (wk), Hardik Tamore (wk), Prasad Pawar (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Himanshu Singh, Atharva Ankolekar, Ishan Mulchandani Nagaland Sedezhalie Rupreo, Nzanthung Mozhui, Hem Bahadur Chetri, Jonathan Rongsen, Tohuka Zhimo, Imiwati Lemtur, Yugandhar Singh, Odilemba Kichu, Dip Borah, Saurav Kumar, Vino G Zhimo, Tahmeed Rahman, guest players: Nischal Dega, Chetan Bisht, Ronit More Also Read | End of Mohammed Shami era? Reports reveal likewise Full Schedule of Ranji Trophy 2025-26 Round 1 Date Group Match Venue Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite A Uttar Pradesh vs Andhra Kanpur Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite A Tamil Nadu vs Jharkhand Dindigul Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite A Odisha vs Baroda Cuttack Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite A Nagaland vs Vidarbha Nagaland Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite B Kerala vs Maharashtra Thiruvananthapuram Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite B Goa vs Chandigarh Porvorim Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite B Madhya Pradesh vs Punjab Indore Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite B Saurashtra vs Karnataka Rajkot Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite C Services vs Tripura Delhi Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite C Gujarat vs Assam Valsad Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite C Bengal vs Uttarakhand Kolkata Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite C Railways vs Haryana Karnal Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite D Puducherry vs Himachal Pradesh Puducherry Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite D Jammu & Kashmir vs Mumbai Jammu Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite D Rajasthan vs Chhattisgarh Jaipur Oct 15–18, 2025 Elite D Hyderabad vs Delhi Hyderabad Oct 15–18, 2025 Plate Bihar vs Arunachal Pradesh Patna Oct 15–18, 2025 Plate Sikkim vs Manipur Rangpo Oct 15–18, 2025 Plate Meghalaya vs Mizoram Shillong Round 2 Date Group Match Venue Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite A Uttar Pradesh vs Odisha Lucknow Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite A Nagaland vs Tamil Nadu Nagaland Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite A Andhra vs Baroda Vizianagaram Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite A Vidarbha vs Jharkhand Nagpur Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite B Chandigarh vs Maharashtra Chandigarh Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite B Karnataka vs Goa Bengaluru Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite B Saurashtra vs Madhya Pradesh Rajkot Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite B Punjab vs Kerala Mohali Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite C Haryana vs Tripura Rohtak Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite C Bengal vs Gujarat Kolkata Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite C Uttarakhand vs Railways Dehradun Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite C Assam vs Services Guwahati Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite D Puducherry vs Hyderabad Puducherry Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite D Mumbai vs Chhattisgarh Mumbai Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite D Jammu & Kashmir vs Rajasthan Jammu Oct 25–28, 2025 Elite D Delhi vs Himachal Pradesh Delhi Oct 25–28, 2025 Plate Manipur vs Bihar Imphal Oct 25–28, 2025 Plate Meghalaya vs Sikkim Shillong Oct 25–28, 2025 Plate Arunachal Pradesh vs Mizoram Itanagar Round 3 Date Group Match Venue Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite A Baroda vs Uttar Pradesh Vadodara Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite A Tamil Nadu vs Vidarbha Coimbatore Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite A Odisha vs Andhra Bhubaneswar Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite A Jharkhand vs Nagaland Jamshedpur Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite B Maharashtra vs Saurashtra Pune Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite B Punjab vs Goa Amritsar Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite B Madhya Pradesh vs Chandigarh Indore Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite B Kerala vs Karnataka Thiruvananthapuram Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite C Tripura vs Bengal Agartala Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite C Gujarat vs Haryana Valsad Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite C Services vs Uttarakhand Delhi Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite C Assam vs Railways Guwahati Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite D Delhi vs Puducherry Delhi Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite D Rajasthan vs Mumbai Jaipur Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite D Chhattisgarh vs Jammu & Kashmir Raipur Nov 1–4, 2025 Elite D Himachal Pradesh vs Hyderabad Dharamsala Nov 1–4, 2025 Plate Bihar vs Meghalaya Patna Nov 1–4, 2025 Plate Manipur vs Arunachal Pradesh Imphal Nov 1–4, 2025 Plate Mizoram vs Sikkim Mizoram Round 4 Date Group Match Venue Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite A Uttar Pradesh vs Nagaland TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite A Andhra vs Tamil Nadu TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite A Vidarbha vs Odisha TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite A Baroda vs Jharkhand TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite B Maharashtra vs Karnataka TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite B Goa vs Madhya Pradesh TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite B Chandigarh vs Punjab TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite B Kerala vs Saurashtra TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite C Tripura vs Assam TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite C Gujarat vs Services TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite C Railways vs Bengal TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite C Hyderabad vs Uttarakhand TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite D Chhattisgarh vs Puducherry TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite D Mumbai vs Himachal Pradesh TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite D Delhi vs Jammu & Kashmir TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Elite D Hyderabad vs Rajasthan TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Plate Sikkim vs Bihar TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Plate Mizoram vs Manipur TBA Nov 08–11, 2025 Plate Arunachal Pradesh vs Meghalaya TBA Round 5 Date Group Match Venue Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite A Tamil Nadu vs Uttar Pradesh TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite A Jharkhand vs Andhra TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite A Odisha vs Nagaland TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite A Vidarbha vs Baroda TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite B Punjab vs Maharashtra TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite B Saurashtra vs Goa TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite B Madhya Pradesh vs Kerala TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite B Karnataka vs Chandigarh TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite C Railways vs Tripura TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite C Uttarakhand vs Gujarat TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite C Bengal vs Assam TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite C Haryana vs Services TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite D Mumbai vs Puducherry TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite D Himachal Pradesh vs Chhattisgarh TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite D Jammu & Kashmir vs Hyderabad TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Elite D Rajasthan vs Delhi TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Plate Bihar vs Mizoram TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Plate Manipur vs Meghalaya TBA Nov 16–19, 2025 Plate Sikkim vs Arunachal Pradesh TBA Round 6 Date Group Match Venue Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite A Uttar Pradesh vs Jharkhand TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite A Odisha vs Tamil Nadu TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite A Andhra vs Vidarbha TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite A Baroda vs Nagaland TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite B Maharashtra vs Goa TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite B Karnataka vs Madhya Pradesh TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite B Saurashtra vs Punjab TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite B Kerala vs Chandigarh TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite C Tripura vs Uttarakhand TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite C Gujarat vs Railways TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite C Bengal vs Services TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite C Assam vs Haryana TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite D Puducherry vs Jammu & Kashmir TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite D Hyderabad vs Mumbai TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite D Chhattisgarh vs Delhi TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Elite D Rajasthan vs Himachal Pradesh TBA Jan 22–25, 2026 Plate Final TBA vs TBA TBA Round 7 Date Group Match Venue Jan 29, 2026 Elite A Vidarbha vs Uttar Pradesh TBA Jan 29, 2026 Elite A Tamil Nadu vs Baroda TBA Jan 29, 2026 Elite A Nagaland vs Andhra TBA Jan 29, 2026 Elite A Jharkhand vs Odisha TBA Jan 29, 2026 Elite B Madhya Pradesh vs Maharashtra TBA Jan 29, 2026 Elite B Goa vs Kerala TBA Jan 29, 2026 Elite B Punjab vs Karnataka TBA Jan 29, 2026 Elite B Chandigarh vs Saurashtra TBA Jan 29, 2026 Elite C Tripura vs Gujarat TBA Jan 29, 2026 Elite C Haryana vs Bengal TBA Jan 29, 2026 Elite C Uttarakhand vs Assam TBA Jan 29, 2026 Elite C Services vs Railways TBA Jan 29, 2026 Elite D Puducherry vs Rajasthan TBA Jan 29, 2026 Elite D Mumbai vs Delhi TBA Jan 29, 2026 Elite D Hyderabad vs Chhattisgarh TBA Jan 29, 2026 Elite D Himachal Pradesh vs Jammu & Kashmir TBA Knockout Round Date Stage Match Venue Feb 06, 2026 Quarter Final 1 TBA vs TBA TBA Feb 06, 2026 Quarter Final 2 TBA vs TBA TBA Feb 06, 2026 Quarter Final 3 TBA vs TBA TBA Feb 06, 2026 Quarter Final 4 TBA vs TBA TBA Feb 15, 2026 Semi Final 1 TBA vs TBA TBA Feb 15, 2026 Semi Final 2 TBA vs TBA TBA Feb 24, 2026 Final TBA vs TBA TBA Where to Watch Ranji Trophy 2025-26 Live Ranji Trophy 2025-26 will be telecasted live on Sports TV 18 and streaming can be accessed on JioHotstar, making it reachable to cricket lovers in India and around the globe. With 138 matches from 38 teams, national cricket lovers can have daily dose of action-packed matches. The season will not only decide winners but also act as a make-or-break platform for players looking to make the national cut.