BCCI Releases 2025-26 Domestic Schedule With New Formats

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BCCI released the 2025-26 domestic schedule, starting with the Duleep Trophy on August 28, 2025, and ending with the Senior Women's Inter-Zonal Multi-Day Trophy on April 3, 2026.
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Apex Council on Saturday released the schedule for the upcoming 2025–26 domestic season.
The 2025–26 domestic will begin with the Duleep Trophy (August 28, 2025) and conclude with the Senior Women's Inter-Zonal Multi-Day Trophy (April 3, 2026). The Duleep Trophy and Senior Women's Challenger tournaments will now be contested between six zonal teams selected by zonal selectors.
he Rabji Trophy's Plate Group restructuring has been introduced across age categories. The bottom 6 teams (based on the previous season's rankings) will be placed in the Plate Group for limited overs tournaments. Only one team will be promoted/relegated between Elite and Plate groups going forward.
The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Senior Women's T20 Trophy will now include a Super League stage instead of a traditional knockout.
Major tournaments such as Vijay Hazare Trophy, Senior Women's One Day Trophy, and Men's U23 State A Trophy will follow a 4 Elite Groups + 1 Plate Group model.
BCCI 2025-26 Domestic Full Schedule
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