The Ranji Trophy is a first-class senior men’s domestic multi-day tournament. It is organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) every year, like other domestic cricket leagues named Duleep Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, etc. In 2026-2027, its 92nd edition is scheduled to be played from 11 October 2026 to 3 March 2027.
As announced by BCCI, in the 2026–27 Ranji Trophy… there will be a total of 38 teams – 32 Elite teams and 6 Plate teams. The main league, as we know, is between 32 Elite teams, which are divided into 4 Elite groups of 8 Teams. In each group, a total of 28 matches will be played, meaning each team will play 7 matches against the other teams in its group. On the other hand, in the Plate group, each team will play 5 matches with other teams in its group. The process is quite the same as the Vijay Hazare Trophy!
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Plate Group |
| Bihar | Karnataka | Bengal | Mumbai | Mizoram |
| Baroda | Andhra | Delhi | Rajasthan | Manipur |
| Goa | Saurashtra | Gujarat | Haryana | Nagaland |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Chhattisgarh | Jharkhand | Tamil Nadu | Sikkim |
| Madhya Pradesh | Hyderabad | Kerala | Himachal Pradesh | Meghalaya |
| Pondicherry | Tripura | Maharashtra | Uttarakhand | Arunchal Pradesh |
| Uttar Pradesh | Punjab | Services | Railways | — |
| Vidarbha | Assam | Odisha | Chandigarh | __ |
The Plate Group of Ranji Trophy will consist of 6 teams. These are underperforming or low-tier teams that play their own game and have nothing to do with the elite teams. In this group, 15+1 = 16 matches are scheduled to be played. The top 2 teams of the Plate group will advance to the Plate finals and will play the 2026–27 Ranji Trophy Plate Final on 24–28 January 2027.
Regarding the Elite Group, there will be a first Group Stage… then Quarter Finals and then Semi Finals, and the final match will be played on 27 February 2027. In this Ranji Trophy Elite Group… a total of 119 matches will be played. Here’s the full breakdown and complete schedule of all matches with venue, date, and time:
2026–27 Ranji Trophy Plate Matches
| Date | Match | Venue | Start Time (IST) |
| October 11–14, 2026 | Sikkim vs Meghalaya | Sikkim Cricket Ground, Mining | 8:15 AM |
| October 11–14, 2026 | Mizoram vs Manipur | GS Patel Stadium | 9:30 AM |
| October 11–14, 2026 | Arunachal Pradesh vs Nagaland | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | 9:30 AM |
| October 18–21, 2026 | Meghalaya vs Manipur | Meghalaya Cricket Association Ground, Shillong | 9:30 AM |
| October 18–21, 2026 | Arunachal Pradesh vs Sikkim | Nadiad | 9:30 AM |
| October 18–21, 2026 | Nagaland vs Mizoram | Nagaland Cricket Association Stadium, Sovima | 9:30 AM |
| October 26–29, 2026 | Mizoram vs Meghalaya | GS Patel Stadium | 9:30 AM |
| October 26–29, 2026 | Sikkim vs Nagaland | Sikkim Cricket Ground, Mining | 9:30 AM |
| October 26–29, 2026 | Manipur vs Arunachal Pradesh | Sardar Patel Stadium B Ground | 9:30 AM |
| November 2–5, 2026 | Meghalaya vs Nagaland | Meghalaya Cricket Association Ground, Shillong | 9:30 AM |
| November 2–5, 2026 | Mizoram vs Arunachal Pradesh | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Anand | 9:30 AM |
| November 2–5, 2026 | Manipur vs Sikkim | Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad | 9:30 AM |
| January 17–20, 2027 | Nagaland vs Manipur | Nagaland Cricket Stadium, Dimapur | 9:30 AM |
| January 17–20, 2027 | Meghalaya vs Arunachal Pradesh | Meghalaya CA Ground, Shillong | 9:30 AM |
| January 17–20, 2027 | Sikkim vs Mizoram | SICA Ground, Rangpo | 9:30 AM |
| January 24–28, 2027 | Winner of league (Top 2) – Final | TBA | 9:30 AM |
2026–27 Ranji Trophy Elite Matches
11–14 October 2026 (Group Stage)
- Bihar vs Uttar Pradesh (Rajgir International Cricket Stadium) – 9:00 AM
- Goa vs Baroda (Bhausaheb Bandodkar Ground, Panaji) – 9:30 AM
- Jammu & Kashmir vs Madhya Pradesh (Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar) – 9:30 AM
- Vidarbha vs Puducherry (VCA Stadium, Nagpur) – 9:30 AM
- Andhra vs Karnataka (Dr. Gokaraju Liala Gangaaraju ACA Ground, Vijayawada) – 9:30 AM
- Hyderabad vs Tripura (Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad) – 9:30 AM
- Punjab vs Assam (PCA IS Bindra Stadium Ground A, New Chandigarh) – 9:30 AM
- Saurashtra vs Chhattisgarh (Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot) – 9:30 AM
- Bengal vs Delhi (Bengal Cricket Academy Ground, Kalyani) – 9:00 AM
- Gujarat vs Odisha (Narendra Modi Stadium B Ground, Ahmedabad) – 9:30 AM
- Jharkhand vs Kerala (Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur) – 9:00 AM
- Services vs Maharashtra (Palam A Stadium, Delhi) – 9:30 AM
- Haryana vs Himachal Pradesh (Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak) – 9:30 AM
- Mumbai vs Chandigarh (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai) – 9:30 AM
- Railways vs Uttarakhand (Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai) – 9:30 AM
- Rajasthan vs Tamil Nadu (Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur) – 9:30 AM
18–21 October 2026 (Group Stage)
- Baroda vs Bihar (Reliance Stadium, Vadodara)
- Puducherry vs Madhya Pradesh (CAP Siechem Ground, Puducherry)
- Jammu & Kashmir vs Vidarbha (Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar)
- Uttar Pradesh vs Goa (Green Park, Kanpur)
- Assam vs Tripura (Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati)
- Punjab vs Chhattisgarh (PCA IS Bindra Stadium Ground A, New Chandigarh)
- Andhra vs Hyderabad (Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex, Vizianagaram)
- Karnataka vs Saurashtra (KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur)
- Kerala vs Odisha (Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram)
- Services vs Bengal (Palam A Stadium, Delhi)
- Delhi vs Gujarat (Palam B Stadium, Delhi)
- Maharashtra vs Jharkhand (MCA Stadium, Pune)
- Tamil Nadu vs Uttarakhand (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)
- Himachal Pradesh vs Mumbai (HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala)
- Haryana vs Chandigarh (Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak)
- Rajasthan vs Railways (Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur)
26–29 October 2026 (Group Stage)
- Baroda vs Jammu & Kashmir (Reliance Stadium, Vadodara)
- Madhya Pradesh vs Bihar (Holkar Stadium, Indore)
- Vidarbha vs Goa (VCA Stadium, Nagpur)
- Puducherry vs Uttar Pradesh (CAP Siechem Ground, Puducherry)
- Chhattisgarh vs Andhra (Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium, Raipur)
- Hyderabad vs Punjab (Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad)
- Karnataka vs Tripura (SNR Wadeyar Ground, Mysore)
- Saurashtra vs Assam (Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot)
- Maharashtra vs Gujarat (MCA Stadium, Pune)
- Kerala vs Bengal (KCA Cricket Ground, Mangalapuram)
- Odisha vs Services (KIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar)
- Jharkhand vs Delhi (JSCA International Stadium, Ranchi)
- Mumbai vs Haryana (Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai)
- Uttarakhand vs Rajasthan (Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun)
- Tamil Nadu vs Railways (MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai)
- Chandigarh vs Himachal Pradesh (Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh)
2–5 November 2026 (Group Stage)
- Uttar Pradesh vs Baroda (Green Park, Kanpur)
- Goa vs Bihar (Bhausaheb Bandodkar Ground, Goa)
- Vidarbha vs Madhya Pradesh (VCA Ground, Nagpur)
- Jammu & Kashmir vs Puducherry (Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar)
- Chhattisgarh vs Hyderabad (Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium, Raipur)
- Assam vs Karnataka (Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati)
- Punjab vs Andhra (PCA IS Bindra Stadium Ground B, New Chandigarh)
- Tripura vs Saurashtra (Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala)
- Gujarat vs Kerala (Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad)
- Delhi vs Services (Palam A Stadium, Delhi)
- Bengal vs Maharashtra (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)
- Odisha vs Jharkhand (KIIT Stadium, Bhubaneswar)
- Uttarakhand vs Haryana (Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun)
- Himachal Pradesh vs Rajasthan (HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala)
- Railways vs Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai)
- Chandigarh vs Tamil Nadu (Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh)
17–20 January 2027 (Group Stage)
- Baroda vs Vidarbha (BCA Stadium, Kotambi, Vadodara)
- Bihar vs Jammu & Kashmir (Rajgir International Cricket Stadium)
- Madhya Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh (Holkar Stadium, Indore)
- Goa vs Puducherry (GCA Academy Ground, Porvorim)
- Andhra vs Saurashtra (ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam)
- Assam vs Hyderabad (Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati)
- Karnataka vs Chhattisgarh (KSCA Stadium, Belagavi)
- Tripura vs Punjab (Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala)
- Gujarat vs Bengal (TBC)
- Odisha vs Delhi (Barabati Stadium, Cuttack)
- Maharashtra vs Kerala (MCA Stadium, Pune)
- Jharkhand vs Services (Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur)
- Railways vs Haryana (Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai)
- Mumbai vs Uttarakhand (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai)
- Rajasthan vs Chandigarh (Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur)
- Tamil Nadu vs Himachal Pradesh (TBC)
24–27 January 2027 (Group Stage)
- Puducherry vs Baroda (CAP Siechem Ground, Puducherry)
- Bihar vs Vidarbha (Rajgir International Cricket Stadium)
- Madhya Pradesh vs Goa (TBC)
- Uttar Pradesh vs Jammu & Kashmir (Green Park, Kanpur)
- Tripura vs Andhra (Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala)
- Hyderabad vs Karnataka (Gymkhana Ground, Hyderabad)
- Punjab vs Saurashtra (PCA IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali)
- Assam vs Chhattisgarh (Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati)
- Services vs Gujarat (Palam A Stadium, Delhi)
- Kerala vs Delhi (KCA Cricket Ground, Mangalapuram)
- Maharashtra vs Odisha (MCA Stadium, Pune)
- Jharkhand vs Bengal (Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur)
- Rajasthan vs Haryana (Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur)
- Himachal Pradesh vs Uttarakhand (HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala)
- Chandigarh vs Railways (Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh)
- Tamil Nadu vs Mumbai (TBC)
1–4 February 2027 (Group Stage)
- Baroda vs Madhya Pradesh (Alembic Ground, Vadodara)
- Puducherry vs Bihar (CAP Siechem Ground, Puducherry)
- Vidarbha vs Uttar Pradesh (VCA Stadium, Nagpur)
- Jammu & Kashmir vs Goa (Hostel Ground JKCA, Jammu)
- Saurashtra vs Hyderabad (Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot)
- Karnataka vs Punjab (KSCA Navule Stadium, Shimoga)
- Andhra vs Assam (ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam)
- Chhattisgarh vs Tripura (Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium, Raipur)
- Delhi vs Maharashtra (Palam A Stadium, Delhi)
- Bengal vs Odisha (Eden Gardens, Kolkata)
- Kerala vs Services (KCA Cricket Ground, Mangalapuram)
- Gujarat vs Jharkhand (TBC)
- Haryana vs Tamil Nadu (Ch Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium, Rohtak)
- Uttarakhand vs Chandigarh (Abhimanyu Cricket Academy, Dehradun)
- Mumbai vs Rajasthan (Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai)
- Himachal Pradesh vs Railways (HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala)
9–13 February 2027 (Quarter-finals)
- A1 vs C2
- B1 vs D2
- C1 vs A2
- D1 vs B2
(Venues TBC – 9:30 AM)
18–22 February 2027 (Semi-finals)
- Winner QF1 vs Winner QF4
- Winner QF2 vs Winner QF3
(Venues TBC – 9:30 AM)
27 February – 3 March 2027 (Final)
- Winner of SF1 vs Winner of SF2
(Venue TBC – 9:30 AM)
Note: All Group stage matches of Elite & Plate are of 4 days, while Knockout stage matches are of 5 days.
Ranji Trophy 2026/2027 Live
Regarding the live broadcasting of the Ranji Trophy Game, Indian cricket fans can only watch full coverage of selected matches. All matches of this league won’t air live because multiple games are scheduled on the same day at 9:00 AM, and it is not practically possible for a broadcaster to broadcast each and every game at the same time on the same day.
As broadcasting all group stage matches is not possible, the broadcaster will focus on selected fixtures or the most demanded matches of the group stage. However, the Knockout stage matches of the Ranji Trophy will be aired on TV, which includes Quarter Finals, Semifinals, and Final. You can stream all Knockout stage matches live on the JioHotstar app or website with a valid subscription, while cable TV users can watch these games on Star Sports TV in Hindi or English.
