Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy 2025-26: Dates, fixtures, groups, squads and players to watch out

With 32 teams playing in four different groups, Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy 2025-26 promises amazing cricket and great performances. The tournament has many league games followed by Super League matches and a big Final.

Payal DebnathNovember 21, 2025 at 01:49 PM9 min read
Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy 2025-26: Dates, fixtures, groups, squads and players to watch out
With 32 teams playing in four different groups, Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy 2025-26 promises amazing cricket and great performances. The tournament has many league games followed by Super League matches and a big Final.

One of India's most important domestic cricket tournaments, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26 is scheduled to begin on November 26. A few years ago, the BCCI changed the structure of domestic cricket, under which the Ranji Trophy is held in phases and SMAT is played in between. This gives players a chance to change formats, showcase their talent in T20, rest and then return to four-day cricket.

With 32 teams playing in four different groups, this season promises amazing cricket and great performances. The tournament has many league games followed by Super League matches and a big Final. 

Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy 2025-26 | Groups

The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Elite 2025 has 32 teams divided into four groups. 

Elite Group A

  • Mumbai
  • Railways
  • Chhattisgarh
  • Vidarbha
  • Kerala
  • Odisha
  • Andhra
  • Assam

Elite Group B

  • Goa
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Jammu and Kashmir
  • Maharashtra
  • Hyderabad
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Bihar
  • Chandigarh

Elite Group C

  • Gujarat
  • Services
  • Himachal Pradesh
  • Punjab
  • Haryana
  • Puducherry
  • Baroda
  • Bengal

Elite Group D

  • Karnataka
  • Uttarakhand
  • Saurashtra
  • Tripura
  • Rajasthan
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Delhi
  • Jharkhand

Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy 2025-26 | Squads

As of now, only Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh have announced the squad for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025.

Tamil Nadu

Varun Chakaravarthy (C), N. Jagadeesan (VC), Tushar Raheja (WK), Amith Sathvik, Shahrukh Khan, Andre Siddharth, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Shivam Singh, R. Sai Kishore, M. Siddharth, T. Natarajan, Gurjapneet Singh, A. Esakkimuthu, Sonu Yadav, R. Silambarasan, Rithik Easwaran (WK).

Chhattisgarh

Ayush Pandey, Shashank Chandrakar, Sanidhya Hurkat, Amandeep Khare, Shashank Singh, Prateek Yadav, Ajay Mandal, Mayank Verma, Gagandeep Singh, Anand Rao, Shubham Agrawal, Aditya Sarvate, Ravi Kiran, Mayank Yadav, Sourabh Majumdar, and Amit Kumar Yadav (Koriya).

Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy 2025-26 | Streaming Details

All the matches will be live-streamed on JioHotstar, while the live telecast will be available on the Star Sports Network.

Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy 2025-26 | Full Schedule

Date Time (IST) Match Group
Nov 26 10:00 AM Mumbai vs Railways Elite Group A
Nov 26 10:00 AM Karnataka vs Uttarakhand Elite Group D
Nov 26 10:00 AM Saurashtra vs Tripura Elite Group D
Nov 26 10:00 AM Gujarat vs Services Elite Group C
Nov 26 10:00 AM Himachal Pradesh vs Punjab Elite Group C
Nov 26 10:00 AM Goa vs Uttar Pradesh Elite Group B
Nov 26 10:00 AM Jammu and Kashmir vs Maharashtra Elite Group B
Nov 26 10:00 AM Chhattisgarh vs Vidarbha Elite Group A
Nov 26 1:30 PM Rajasthan vs Tamil Nadu Elite Group D
Nov 26 1:30 PM Delhi vs Jharkhand Elite Group D
Nov 26 1:30 PM Haryana vs Puducherry Elite Group C
Nov 26 1:30 PM Baroda vs Bengal Elite Group C
Nov 26 1:30 PM Hyderabad vs Madhya Pradesh Elite Group B
Nov 26 1:30 PM Bihar vs Chandigarh Elite Group B
Nov 26 1:30 PM Kerala vs Odisha Elite Group A
Nov 26 1:30 PM Andhra vs Assam Elite Group A
Nov 28 10:00 AM Rajasthan vs Tripura Elite Group D
Nov 28 10:00 AM Delhi vs Tamil Nadu Elite Group D
Nov 28 10:00 AM Haryana vs Punjab Elite Group C
Nov 28 10:00 AM Baroda vs Puducherry Elite Group C
Nov 28 10:00 AM Hyderabad vs Maharashtra Elite Group B
Nov 28 10:00 AM Bihar vs Madhya Pradesh Elite Group B
Nov 28 10:00 AM Kerala vs Railways Elite Group A
Nov 28 10:00 AM Andhra vs Odisha Elite Group A
Nov 28 1:30 PM Saurashtra vs Uttarakhand Elite Group D
Nov 28 1:30 PM Jharkhand vs Karnataka Elite Group D
Nov 28 1:30 PM Himachal Pradesh vs Services Elite Group C
Nov 28 1:30 PM Bengal vs Gujarat Elite Group C
Nov 28 1:30 PM Jammu and Kashmir vs Uttar Pradesh Elite Group B
Nov 28 1:30 PM Chandigarh vs Goa Elite Group B
Nov 28 1:30 PM Mumbai vs Vidarbha Elite Group A
Nov 28 1:30 PM Assam vs Chhattisgarh Elite Group A
Nov 30 10:00 AM Jharkhand vs Tripura Elite Group D
Nov 30 10:00 AM Karnataka vs Rajasthan Elite Group D
Nov 30 10:00 AM Bengal vs Punjab Elite Group C
Nov 30 10:00 AM Gujarat vs Haryana Elite Group C
Nov 30 10:00 AM Chandigarh vs Maharashtra Elite Group B
Nov 30 10:00 AM Goa vs Hyderabad Elite Group B
Nov 30 10:00 AM Assam vs Railways Elite Group A
Nov 30 10:00 AM Chhattisgarh vs Kerala Elite Group A
Nov 30 1:30 PM Tamil Nadu vs Uttarakhand Elite Group D
Nov 30 1:30 PM Delhi vs Saurashtra Elite Group D
Nov 30 1:30 PM Puducherry vs Services Elite Group C
Nov 30 1:30 PM Baroda vs Himachal Pradesh Elite Group C
Nov 30 1:30 PM Madhya Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh Elite Group B
Nov 30 1:30 PM Bihar vs Jammu and Kashmir Elite Group B
Nov 30 1:30 PM Odisha vs Vidarbha Elite Group A
Nov 30 1:30 PM Andhra vs Mumbai Elite Group A
Dec 2 10:00 AM Karnataka vs Tamil Nadu Elite Group D
Dec 2 10:00 AM Delhi vs Tripura Elite Group D
Dec 2 10:00 AM Gujarat vs Puducherry Elite Group C
Dec 2 10:00 AM Baroda vs Punjab Elite Group C
Dec 2 10:00 AM Goa vs Madhya Pradesh Elite Group B
Dec 2 10:00 AM Bihar vs Maharashtra Elite Group B
Dec 2 10:00 AM Chhattisgarh vs Odisha Elite Group A
Dec 2 10:00 AM Andhra vs Railways Elite Group A
Dec 2 1:30 PM Jharkhand vs Saurashtra Elite Group D
Dec 2 1:30 PM Rajasthan vs Uttarakhand Elite Group D
Dec 2 1:30 PM Bengal vs Himachal Pradesh Elite Group C
Dec 2 1:30 PM Haryana vs Services Elite Group C
Dec 2 1:30 PM Chandigarh vs Jammu and Kashmir Elite Group B
Dec 2 1:30 PM Hyderabad vs Uttar Pradesh Elite Group B
Dec 2 1:30 PM Assam vs Mumbai Elite Group A
Dec 2 1:30 PM Kerala vs Vidarbha Elite Group A
Dec 4 10:00 AM Rajasthan vs Saurashtra Elite Group D
Dec 4 10:00 AM Jharkhand vs Uttarakhand Elite Group D
Dec 4 10:00 AM Haryana vs Himachal Pradesh Elite Group C
Dec 4 10:00 AM Bengal vs Services Elite Group C
Dec 4 10:00 AM Hyderabad vs Jammu and Kashmir Elite Group B
Dec 4 10:00 AM Chandigarh vs Uttar Pradesh Elite Group B
Dec 4 10:00 AM Kerala vs Mumbai Elite Group A
Dec 4 10:00 AM Assam vs Vidarbha Elite Group A
Dec 4 1:30 PM Delhi vs Karnataka Elite Group D
Dec 4 1:30 PM Tamil Nadu vs Tripura Elite Group D
Dec 4 1:30 PM Baroda vs Gujarat Elite Group C
Dec 4 1:30 PM Puducherry vs Punjab Elite Group C
Dec 4 1:30 PM Bihar vs Goa Elite Group B
Dec 4 1:30 PM Madhya Pradesh vs Maharashtra Elite Group B
Dec 4 1:30 PM Andhra vs Chhattisgarh Elite Group A
Dec 4 1:30 PM Odisha vs Railways Elite Group A
Dec 6 10:00 AM Jharkhand vs Tamil Nadu Elite Group D
Dec 6 10:00 AM Karnataka vs Saurashtra Elite Group D
Dec 6 10:00 AM Bengal vs Puducherry Elite Group C
Dec 6 10:00 AM Gujarat vs Himachal Pradesh Elite Group C
Dec 6 10:00 AM Chandigarh vs Madhya Pradesh Elite Group B
Dec 6 10:00 AM Goa vs Jammu and Kashmir Elite Group B
Dec 6 10:00 AM Assam vs Odisha Elite Group A
Dec 6 10:00 AM Chhattisgarh vs Mumbai Elite Group A
Dec 6 1:30 PM Delhi vs Rajasthan Elite Group D
Dec 6 1:30 PM Tripura vs Uttarakhand Elite Group D
Dec 6 1:30 PM Baroda vs Haryana Elite Group C
Dec 6 1:30 PM Punjab vs Services Elite Group C
Dec 6 1:30 PM Bihar vs Hyderabad Elite Group B
Dec 6 1:30 PM Maharashtra vs Uttar Pradesh Elite Group B
Dec 6 1:30 PM Andhra vs Kerala Elite Group A
Dec 6 1:30 PM Railways vs Vidarbha Elite Group A
Dec 8 10:00 AM Delhi vs Uttarakhand Elite Group D
Dec 8 10:00 AM Jharkhand vs Rajasthan Elite Group D
Dec 8 10:00 AM Baroda vs Services Elite Group C
Dec 8 10:00 AM Bengal vs Haryana Elite Group C
Dec 8 10:00 AM Bihar vs Uttar Pradesh Elite Group B
Dec 8 10:00 AM Chandigarh vs Hyderabad Elite Group B
Dec 8 10:00 AM Andhra vs Vidarbha Elite Group A
Dec 8 10:00 AM Assam vs Kerala Elite Group A
Dec 8 1:30 PM Karnataka vs Tripura Elite Group D
Dec 8 1:30 PM Saurashtra vs Tamil Nadu Elite Group D
Dec 8 1:30 PM Gujarat vs Punjab Elite Group C
Dec 8 1:30 PM Himachal Pradesh vs Puducherry Elite Group C
Dec 8 1:30 PM Goa vs Maharashtra Elite Group B
Dec 8 1:30 PM Jammu and Kashmir vs Madhya Pradesh Elite Group B
Dec 8 1:30 PM Chhattisgarh vs Railways Elite Group A
Dec 8 1:30 PM Mumbai vs Odisha Elite Group A
Dec 12 10:00 AM TBC vs TBC Super League Group A
Dec 12 10:00 AM TBC vs TBC Super League Group B
Dec 12 1:30 PM TBC vs TBC Super League Group A
Dec 12 1:30 PM TBC vs TBC Super League Group B
Dec 14 10:00 AM TBC vs TBC Super League Group B
Dec 14 10:00 AM TBC vs TBC Super League Group A
Dec 14 1:30 PM TBC vs TBC Super League Group A
Dec 14 1:30 PM TBC vs TBC Super League Group B
Dec 16 10:00 AM TBC vs TBC Super League Group A
Dec 16 10:00 AM TBC vs TBC Super League Group B
Dec 16 1:30 PM TBC vs TBC Super League Group A
Dec 16 1:30 PM TBC vs TBC Super League Group B
Dec 18 10:00 AM TBC vs TBC Final

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