Ranji Trophy 2026-27 schedule: Round 1 fixtures, groups, squads and venues
The Ranji Trophy 2026-27 will begin on October 11, 2026, with 38 teams set to compete and Round 1 fixtures scheduled from October 11 to 14 across multiple venues in India. Jammu and Kashmir enter the defence of their title and open their campaign against Madhya Pradesh in Srinagar.
The competition features 38 teams split into four Elite groups (eight teams each) and a Plate group of six teams, with a total of 138 matches on the calendar. The tournament is planned in two phases because domestic white-ball tournaments are scheduled between them; the first phase runs from October 11 to November 5, then the schedule makes way for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy before Ranji matches resume in January 2027. Jammu and Kashmir are defending champions after winning their first Ranji Trophy last season, while sides including Mumbai, Karnataka and Bengal are among those expected to seek strong starts.
The opening round comprises 19 matches across the Elite and Plate groups. Notable Round 1 fixtures include Jammu and Kashmir v Madhya Pradesh in Srinagar, Karnataka v Andhra, and Bengal v Delhi.
Qualification from the group stage is defined: the top two teams from each Elite group will progress to the quarter-finals. In the Plate group the top four teams will move to the semi-finals, with the two finalists earning promotion.
Madhya Pradesh have named Shubham Sharma (C), Yash Dubey, Harsh Gawli, Himanshu Mantri, Chanchal Rathore, Himanshu Shinde, Atharv Mahajan, Saransh Jain, Kumar Kartikeya, Shivang Kumar, Aryan Pandey, Anubhav Agrawal, Roshan Kewat, Akshay Sharma, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Ravi Kiran in their squad. Karnataka’s squad lists Mayank Agarawal, Rahul KL, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karun Nair, Smaran R, Aneesh KV, Shreyas Gopal, Kruthik Krishna, Shikhar Shetty, Prasidh M Krishna, Abhilash Shetty, Manvanth Kumar L, Kumar LR, Ritesh Bhatkal, Shrijith KL. Andhra have named Ricky Bhui (C), Abhishek Reddy, M Hemanth Reddy, Sk Rasheed, SV Rahul, K Karan Shinde, K Revanth Reddy, T Vijay, KV Sasikanth, Saurabh Kumar, PVSN Raju, K Sai Teja, A Lalit Mohan, CH Stephen, UMS Girinath.
Hyderabad’s squad includes Mohammed Siraj (C), C.V. Milind, Tanmay Agarwal, M. Abhirath Reddy, Rahul Singh, K. Hima Teja, Rahul Radesh, Sai Pragnay Reddy, Varun Goud, Tanay Thyagrajan, Aniketh Reddy, Clt. Rakshann Readdi, Ajay Dev Goud, Ruthik Yadav Mende, Sai Vikas Reddy. Bengal have named Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Sudip Gharami, Sudip Chatterjee, Abishek Porel, Shakir Gandhi, Ankur Paul, Sumanta Gupta, Ankit Shukla, Subham Chetterjee, Mohammed Shami, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar, Suraj Jaiswal, Pradipta Pramanik, Aamir Gani, Mohammed Kaif and Soummyadeep Mandal. Kerala’s squad lists Vishnu Vinod (C), Rohan Kunnummal, Abhishek J. Nair, Abhishek P. Nair, Sachin Baby, Ahammed Imran, Md Azharuddeen, Salman Nizar, Varun Nayanar, Jalaj Saxena, Vaisakh Chandran, Aditya Sarvate, Anuraj JS, Abhijith Praveen, MD Nidheesh, Eden Tom, Pavan Raj, Basil N.P.
Maharashtra have named Prithvi Shaw (C), Sachin Dhas, Digvijay Patil, Ankeet Bawane, Harshal Kate, Siddhesh Veer, Saurabh Navale, Vicky Ostwal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mukesh Choudhary, Pradeep Dadhe, Tanay Sanghvi, Vaibhav Darkunde, Hitesh Walunj, Rishikesh Sonawane and Atharva Dharmadhikar. Mumbai’s squad lists Siddhesh Lad (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ayush Mhatre, Divyaansh Saxena, Musheer Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Suved Parkar, Aakash Anand, Hardik Tamore, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Atharva Ankolekar, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Avasthi, Sylvester Dsouza, Onkar Tarmale. Tamil Nadu have named R Sai Kishore (C), Andre Siddarth, Ajitesh G, Ajith Ram S, Athish S R, Deepesh D, Govinth G, Hemchudeshan J, Baba Indrajith, N Jagadeesan, Nidhish S Rajagopal, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Pranav Ragavendra R D, Saravana Kumar P, Sonu Yadav R, Vimal Khumar R, Washington Sundar.
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