While defending champion Jammu & Kashmir will be hoping to defend its crown by finishing in top two in Group A, Karnataka is one of the three southern teams to be placed in Group B along with familiar foe Saurashtra. Tamil Nadu, after a mediocre campaign in the last season, will have to upstage domestic giant Mumbai along with consistent sides like Uttarakhand, Haryana and Railways in a bid to make it to the knockouts from Group D.
BCCI Domestic Schedule 2026/27 – Check full list of tournaments
The seven-month-long season will begin with the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru hosting the Duleep Trophy and cap off with the Women’s Inter-Zonal Multi-Day tournament on March 28 next year.
The BCCI has altered the Under-23 (A) limited overs tournament from 50-overs-a-side to a T20 tournament. The tournament, scheduled to begin on December 1, will thus offer an additional opportunity for the Indian Premier League franchisees’ talent scouts to witness promising domestic cricketers ahead of the IPL Auction.
Major men’s competitions for 2026/27
1. Duleep Trophy – August 23 to September 10 – Bengaluru
2. Irani Cup – October 1 to October 5 – Jammu/Srinagar
3. Ranji Trophy – October 11 to November 5
4. Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy – November 14 to December 6 (knockouts from November 30) – Mumbai, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata, Mohali, Nagpur (knockouts only)
5. Vijay Hazare Trophy – December 14 to January 8 (knockouts from January 2) – Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Ranchi, Rajkot, Visakhapatnam (knockouts only)
6. Ranji Trophy (second leg) – January 17 to February 4
7. Ranji Trophy (knockouts) – February 9 to March 3
Ranji Trophy 2026-27 Groups
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 2026-27 Groups
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 2026-27 Groups
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.
Major women’s competitions for 2026/27
1. Senior Women’s T20 Trophy – October 26 to November 20 (knockouts from November 14) – Lucknow, Pune, Delhi, Mohali, Ahmedabad (knockouts only)
2. Senior Women’s Inter-Zonal T20 Trophy – November 24 to December 4 – Guwahati
3. Senior Women’s One-Day Trophy – December 19 to January 10 (knockouts from January 4) – Cuttack, Jaipur, Baroda, Raipur, Chennai (knockouts only)
4. Senior Women’s Inter-Zonal One-Day Trophy – February 17 to February 27 – Chennai
5. Senior Women’s Inter-Zonal Multi-Day Trophy – March 13 to March 28 – Dehradun
Published on May 20, 2026
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