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272/6

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84/5

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What new rules has the BCCI introduced for the 2025–26 domestic cricket season?

by UMMADI JAYA June 15, 2025

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What new rules has the BCCI introduced for the 2025–26 domestic cricket season? The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced important changes for the 2025–26 domestic cricket season, along with the full schedule. One major update is that the Duleep Trophy will return to being played between zonal teams, chosen by zonal selectors, rather than the format used last year, which involved four mixed Indian teams. In the Ranji Trophy, only one team will move up from the Plate Group to the Elite Group, and one team will drop down, making promotion and relegation more limited this season.

The changes continue with India's domestic T20 competition - the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy - now having a Super League stage instead of a traditional knockout. This means that the eight teams who qualify from the group stage will be put in two groups of four teams - Group A and Group B - and each team will play three league games against the teams in their group. The teams that finish top of their groups, respectively will contest the final. This change has also been made to the Senior Women's T20 Trophy.

New Group Format Introduced for Limited-Overs Tournaments in 2025–26 Season

From this season, the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Senior Women’s One Day Trophy, and Men’s U23 State A Trophy will have a new group format. Earlier, the Vijay Hazare Trophy had three groups of eight teams and two groups of seven. But now, all three tournaments will be played with four Elite Groups and one Plate Group. The teams have been placed in these groups based on their performance in previous seasons, including points earned, number of wins, and net run rate.

From the upcoming season, the teams that finish at the bottom in these categories will be moved down to the Plate Group for the limited-overs tournaments. The season shall commence from August 28, 2025 with the Duleep Trophy and shall conclude with the Senior Women's Inter-Zonal Multi-Day Trophy on April 3, 2026, spanning a little over five months.

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Key Changes to the Indian Domestic Cricket Structure for 2025–26 Season

Change	Details
Duleep Trophy Format	Reverts to zonal format, scheduled from August 28 to September 15.
Squad Selection for Duleep Trophy	Teams will be picked by Zonal Selection Committees, not the National Selection Committee.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy & Senior Women's T20 Trophy	Introduced a Super League stage: The Top two teams from Groups A & B will contest the final.
Plate Division Reintroduction	Plate Group added in all domestic one-day competitions and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. It will include six bottom-ranked teams from the previous season.
Tie-Breaker Rule in White-Ball Tournaments	Head-to-head rule removed; Net Run Rate (NRR) will now decide progression when teams are level on points.

Key Tournament Dates

Tournament	League Start Date	League End Date	Knockout Start Date	Knockout End Date
Duleep Trophy	NA	NA	28-Aug-25	15-Sep-25
Irani Cup	NA	NA	01-Oct-25	05-Oct-25
Ranji Trophy – Elite	15-Oct-25 to 19-Nov-25 (Phase 1)	22-Jan-26 to 01-Feb-26 (Phase 2)	06-Feb-26	28-Feb-26
Ranji Trophy – Plate	15-Oct-25	19-Nov-25	22-Jan-26	26-Jan-26
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy – Elite	26-Nov-25	08-Dec-25	12-Dec-25	18-Dec-25
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy – Plate	26-Nov-25	04-Dec-25	06-Dec-25	06-Dec-25
Vijay Hazare Trophy – Elite	24-Dec-25	08-Jan-26	12-Jan-26	18-Jan-26
Vijay Hazare Trophy – Plate	24-Dec-25	03-Jan-26	06-Jan-26	06-Jan-26
Senior Women's T20 Trophy – Elite	08-Oct-25	19-Oct-25	25-Oct-25	31-Oct-25
Senior Women's T20 Trophy – Plate	08-Oct-25	15-Oct-25	17-Oct-25	17-Oct-25
Senior Women's One Day Trophy – Elite	06-Feb-26	18-Feb-26	22-Feb-26	28-Feb-26
Senior Women's One Day Trophy – Plate	06-Feb-26	14-Feb-26	16-Feb-26	16-Feb-26

India vs New Zealand: Likely Venues

Match	Venue	Date
1st ODI	Hyderabad	Jan 11
2nd ODI	Rajkot	Jan 14
3rd ODI	Indore	Jan 18
1st T20I	Nagpur	Jan 21
2nd T20I	Ranchi	Jan 23
3rd T20I	Guwahati	Jan 25
4th T20I	Visakhapatnam	Jan 28
5th T20I	Thiruvananthapuram	Jan 31