Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2026-27 squads revealed as tournament prepares to start on November 14
The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2026-27 will begin in India on November 14, featuring 38 teams in the domestic T20 competition, with several sides publishing their squads ahead of the opening matches.
The tournament field comprises 32 Elite teams split into four groups of eight and six teams competing in a single Plate group; Elite sides will play seven league matches each while Plate teams face one another once in a five-match league stage. Jharkhand are the defending champions after beating Haryana by 69 runs in last season’s final under the captaincy of Ishan Kishan.
One released squad lists Krunal Pandya as captain and Atit Sheth as vice-captain, with batsmen Deepak Hooda, Shivalik Sharma, Shashwat Rawat, Amit Passi (WK), Jitesh Sharma (WK) and Parikshit Patidar. The all-round group includes Krunal Pandya, Atit Sheth and Bhanu Pania. Bowlers named were Mahesh Pithiya, Hemant Punde, Raj Limbani, Rasikh Salam, Dhruv B Patel and Safvan Patel, with Priyanshu Moliya and Chintal Gandhi named as standbys.
Another announced squad contains batsmen Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sudip Gharami, Yuvraj Keswani, Aditya Purohit, Abishek Porel (WK), Shakir Gandhi (WK) and Shashank Singh, plus all-rounders Karan Lal, Pradipta Pramanik, Sourav Halder, Prayas Ray Barman and Shahbaz Ahmed. The bowling attack in that list includes Mohammed Shami, Mukesh Kumar, Kanishk Seth, Sayan Ghosh, Syed Irfan Aftab, Akhilesh Yadav and Rishabh Chaudhary.
A separate squad names Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as captain with Suraj Kashyap as vice-captain and batsmen Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Mayank Kumar, Ayush Loharuka (WK), Anmol Kumar (WK), Param Kumar Singh and Ritwik Raj. All-rounders Alok Kumar, Altamash Ashraf and Vasudev Pratap Singh are included, while bowlers on that list are Suraj Kashyap, Raghvendra Pratap, Ashish Kumar, Mohammad Izhar, Amod Yadav, Prashant Singh, Nawaz Khan and Himanshu Singh.
One more squad features batsmen Priyansh Arya, Sarthak Ranjan, Yash Dhull, Ayush Doseja, Tejasvi Dahiya (WK), Anuj Rawat (WK), Himmat Singh and Mayank Rawat, and bowlers Keshav Dabas, Suyash Sharma, Digvesh Rathi, Ishant Sharma, Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav and Simarjeet Singh.
An additional announced squad lists wicketkeepers V P Amith Sathvik (WK), C Andre Siddarth, N Jagadeesan (WK), S Rithik Easwaran (WK) and Tushar Raheja (WK) alongside batsmen B Sachin and M Shahrukh Khan. All-rounders R Rajkumar and Sunny Sandhu are included, with the bowling contingent comprising R Sai Kishore, V Athisayaraj Davidson, Gurjapneet Singh, T Natarajan, M Siddharth and Varun Chakravarthy.
League-stage matches are scheduled to run until November 26, the Super League is set for November 30 to December 4, and the final is planned for December 6, with squads finalised ahead of those fixtures.