India’s premier domestic T20 cricket tournament the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is back with its 18th edition of the tournament. Named after former Indian cricketer Syed Mushtaq Ali, the tournament commences from 26 November comprising a total of 38 teams.
With the IPL 2026 Auction around the corner, the attention shifts to India’s domestic T20 talents with the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 set to take centre-stage from November 26, lasting around 3 weeks with the final taking place on 18 December.
The Mumbai state cricket team is the current defending champions of the tournament having won it back in 2024 beating Madhya Pradesh in the final match. Now before the first ball is bowled in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 season, let’s check out important details for the tournament.
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Format
The upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 start date and schedule has been released by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). A total of 38 teams from across the country representing various states and territories will feature in the tournament.
The 38 teams have been divided into two categories, Elite and Plate. A total of 32 top teams will be divided into four groups of 8 teams each. The top two teams from each group qualify for the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, the remaining 6 teams will play in the Plate division. Teams will play against the other teams once and at the end of the group stage, the top two teams will qualify for the Plate Final and will be promoted to the Elite division while the two teams from the Elite division will get relegated to Plate category, depending on various factors like Points, NRR etc.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 Teams & Groups
Find below group-wise Elite & Plate category teams.
Group A
| Team | Captain |
| Mumbai | Shardul Thakur |
| Vidarbha | Harsh Dubey |
| Andhra | TBA |
| Kerala | Sanju Samson |
| Railways | Karn Sharma |
| Assam | TBA |
| Chhattisgarh | Amandeep Khare |
| Odisha | Biplab Samanataray |
Group B
| Team | Captain |
| Madhya Pradesh | TBA |
| Uttar Pradesh | Karan Sharma |
| Chandigarh | TBA |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Shubham Khajuria |
| Hyderabad | TBA |
| Maharashtra | Ruturaj Gaikwad |
| Goa | TBA |
| Bihar | TBA |
Group C
| Team | Captain |
| Baroda | TBA |
| Bengal | Abhimanyu Easwaran |
| Gujarat | TBA |
| Punjab | TBA |
| Haryana | TBA |
| Himachal Pradesh | TBA |
| Services | TBA |
| Pondicherry | TBA |
Group D
| Team | Captain |
| Delhi | Nitish Rana |
| Saurashtra | TBA |
| Rajasthan | TBA |
| Jharkhand | Ishan Kishan |
| Karnataka | Mayank Agarwal |
| Tamil Nadu | Varun Chakravarthy |
| Uttarakhand | TBA |
| Tripura | Manisankar Murasingh |
Plate Division
| Team | Captain |
| Manipur | TBA |
| Mizoram | TBA |
| Meghalaya | TBA |
| Nagaland | TBA |
| Sikkim | TBA |
| Arunchal Pradesh | TBA |
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 Squads
Elite Group
Assam
Riyan Parag (C), Sumit Ghadigaonkar, Sibsankar Roy, Mukhtar Hussain, Abdul Ajij Kuraishi, Avinov Choudhury, Bhargab Lahkar, Saahil Jain, Denish Das, Mrinmoy Dutta, Jitumoni Kalita, Nibir Deka, Pradyun Saikia, Akash Sengupta, Rhot Sen.
Andhra
Ricky Bhui (C), Satyanarayana Raju, Ashwin Hebbar, Tripurana Vijay, Pyla Avinash, Srikar Bharat, Shaik Rasheed, Saurabh Kumar, Cheepurapalli Stephen, Prithvi Raj, KV Sasikanth, Bailapudi Yeswanth, Sai Rahul, Panduranga Raju, Munish Varma.
Bengal
Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Sudip Gharami, Abhishek Porel, Shakib Habib, Yuvraj Keshwani, Priyanshu Shrivastav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pradipta Pramanik, Kanishk Seth, Karan Lal, Akash Deep, Mohammed Shami, Saksham Choudhary, Sayan Ghosh, Writtick Chatterjee, Yudhajit Guha, Shreyan Chakraborty.
Baroda
Krunal Pandya (C), Hardik Pandya, Shashwat Rawat, Mitesh Patel, MG Patel, Jitesh Sharma, Shivalik Sharma, Amit Passi, Vishnu Solanki, Lakshit Toksiya, Atit Sheth, Raj Limbani, Mahesh Pithiya, Rasikh Salam, Chintal Gandhi, Bhanu Pania, Safvan Patel, Dhruv Patel, Ninad Rathva.
Bihar
Sakibul Gani (C), Bipin Saurabh, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Piyush Singh, Khalid Alam, Suraj Kashyap, Ayush Loharuka, Mangal Mahrour, Akash Raj, Nawaz Khan, Malay Raj, Amod Yadav.
Chhattisgarh
Ayush Pandey, Shashank Chandrakar, Sanidhya Hurkat, Amandeep Khare (C), Shashank Singh, Prateek Yadav, Ajay Mandal, Mayank Verma, Gagandeep Singh, Anand Rao, Shubham Agrawal, Aditya Sarvate, Ravi Kiran, Mayank Yadav, Sourabh Majumdar, Amit Kumar Yadav.
Chandigarh
Shivam Bhambri (C), Manan Vohra, Raj Bawa, Bhagmender Lather, Sandeep Sharma, Arjit Pannu, Arjun Azad, Raman Bishnoi, Chiragvir Dhindsa, Gaurav Puri, Jagjit Singh, Nikhil Thakur, Nehal Pajni, Rahul Singh, Nikhil Sharma.
Delhi
Nitish Rana (C), Priyansh Arya, Sarthak Ranjan, Ayush Badoni, Arpit Rana, Ayush Doseja, Mayank Rawat, Tejasvi Dahiya, Anuj Rawat, Yash Dhull, Himmat Singh, Rahul Dagar, Simarjeet Singh, Yash Bhatia, Ankit Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Harsh Tyagi, Prince Yadav, Money Grewal, Rohan Rana, Dhruv Kaushik, Aryan Rana, Vaibhav Kandpal.
Goa
Mohit Redkar, Arjun Tendulkar, Deepraj Gaonkar, Snehal Kauthankar, Rajashekhar Harikant, Kashyap Bakhale, Vikash Singh, Suyash Prabhudessai (C), Abhinav Tejrana, Heramb Parab, Darshal Misal, Amulya Pandrekar, Ishaan Gadekar, Shubham Tari, Felix Alemao, Vasuki Koushik, Lalit Yadav.
Gujarat
Hemang Patel, Umang Kumar, Ripal Patel, Vishal Jayswal, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Hiten Mehra, Saurav Chauhan, Amit Desai, Abhishek Desai, Aarya Desai, Dhrushant Soni, Harshal Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Doshi, Japagnya Bhatt, Urvil Patel.
Haryana
Vivek Kumar, Anuj Thakral, Yashvardhan Dalal, Mayank Shandilya, Sumit Kumar, Ankit Kumar, Anshul Kamboj, Arsh Ranga, Parth Vats, Yuvraj Singh, Bhuwan Rohilla, Samant Jakhar, Ashish Siwach, Nishant Sindhu, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Himachal Pradesh
Arpit Guleria, Amanpreet Singh, Vipin Sharma, Mayank Dagar, Ravi Thakur, Aryaman Singh, Nikhil Gangta, Rahul Chauhan, Ekant Sen, Mridul Surroch, Vaibhav Arora, Ankush Bains (C), Innesh Mahajan, Pukhraj Mann, Divesh Sharma, Naveen Kanwar.
Hyderabad
Tanmay Agarwal, Arfaz Ahmed, Rakshan Readdi, Rishiket Sisodia, Ajay Dev Goud, HK Simha, Tanay Thyagarajan, Ashish Srivastav, Chama Milind (C), Bhavesh Seth, Aman Rao, Pragnay Reddy, Rahul Buddhi, Nitin Sai Yadav, Nitesh Reddy.
Jharkhand
Ishan Kishan (C), Kumar Kushagra, Utkarsh Singh, Virat Singh, Robin Minz, Anukul Roy, Pankaj Kumar, Bala Krishna, MD Kounain Quraishi, Shubh Sharma, Amit Kumar, Manish, Sushant Mishra, Vikash Singh, Sourabh Shekhar, Rajandeep Singh.
Jammu & Kashmir
Qamran Iqbal, Shubham Khajuria (C), Vibrant Sharma, Musaif Aijaz, Abdul Samad, Yawer Hassan, Kanhaiya Wadhawan, Abid Mushtaq, Vanshaj Sharma, Ashwin Murugan, Yudhvir Singh, Aaqib Nabi, Umran Malik, Nasir Lone, Sunil Kumar.
Kerala
Sanju Samson (C), Krishna Devan, Sibin P Gireesh, Salman Nizar, Vishnu Vinod, Sharafuddeen NM, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Akhil Scaria, Krishna Prasad, Ankit Sharma, Saly Samson, Vignesh Puthur, Abdul Basith, MD Nidheesh, Ahammed Imran, Biju Narayanan, Rohan Kunnummal, Asif KM.
Karnataka
Mayank Agarwal (C), McNeil Noroha, KL Shrijith, Karun Nair, Ravichandran Smaran, Abhinav Manohar, Shreyas Gopal, Shikhar Shetty, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Vidyadhar Patil, Shreevatsh Acharya, Shubhang Hegde, Pravin Dubey, Sharath BR.
Madhya Pradesh
Tripuresh Singh, Harsh Gawli, Shivam Shukla, Ankush Singh, Abhishek Pathak, Ritik Tada, Aniket Verma, Harpreet Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Arshad Khan, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Kuldeep Sen, Saransh Jain, Rahul Batham, Rishabh Chouhan, Shivang Kumar, Kumar Kartikeya.
Mumbai
Shardul Thakur (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Ayush Mhatre, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Suryakumar Yadav, Siddhesh Lad, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Sairaj Patil, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Atharva Ankolekar, Tanush Kotian, Shams Mulani, Tushar Deshpande, Irfan Kumar, Hardik Tamore.
Maharashtra
Prithvi Shaw, Arshin Kulkarni, Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Rahul Tripathi, Azim Kazi, Nikhil Naik, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Vicky Ostwal, Tanay Sanghvi, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Mandar Bhandari, Jalaj Saxena, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Yogesh Dongare, Ranjit Nikam.
Odisha
Gourav Choudhary, Swastik Samal, Aditya Raut, Sourav Gouda, Aashirwad Swain, Biplab Samantaray (C), Prayash Kumar Singh, Sambit Baral, Rajeesh Mohanty, Vageesh Sharma, Soumya Lenka, Subhranshu Senapati, Shubham Satrujit, Sandeep Pattnaik, Raaz Yadav, Badal Biswal, Papu Roy, Govinda Poddar, Sarbeswar Mohanty, Anil Parida.
Puducherry
Parandaman Thamaraikannan, Adil Ayub Tunda, Gaurav Yadav, Krishna Pandey, Vedant Bhardwaj, Aditya Garhwal, Vijai Raja, Pougajendy Akash, Raghav Goyal, Sidak Singh, A Aravinddaraj, Ramamoorthy Ragavan, Parameeswaran Sivaraman, Anand Bais, Himanshu Sharma, Ajay Rohera, Bhanu Anand, Aman Khan.
Punjab
Nehal Wadhera, Gurnoor Brar, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Ashwani Kumar, Abhishek Sharma, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Sanvir Singh, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Uday Saharan, Salil Arora, Naman Dhir.
Railway
Shubham Chaubey, Atal Bihari Rai, Akash Pandey, Raj Choudhary, Rahul Sharma, Navneet Virk, Karn Sharma (C), Ashutosh Sharma, Ravi Singh, Kush Marathe, Suraj Ahuja, Mohammad Saif, Shivam Chaudhary, Kunal Yadav, Akshat Pandey.
Rajasthan
Ramnivas Golada, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Sharma, Bharat Sharma, Akash Singh, Deepak Hooda, Ajayraj Singh, Ashok Sharma, Kunal Singh Rathore, Shubham Garhwal, Sahil Dhiwan, Manav Suthar, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ram Chouhan, Sachin Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Kukna Ajay Singh.
Services
Vikas Hathwala, Pulkit Narang, Mohit Ahlawat, Arun Kumar, Mohit Rathee, Nakul Sharma, Gaurav Kochar, Vikas Yadav, Vineet Dhankhar, Mohit Jangra, Abhishek Tiwari, Nitin Tanwar, Jayant Goyat, Harsh Vardhan, Vishal Gaur.
Saurashtra
Ruchit Ahir, Parswaraj Rana, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Parth Bhut, Sammar Gajjar, Luckyraj Vaghela, Chirag Jani, Harvik Desai, Yuvraj Chudasama, Siddhant Rana, Chetan Sakariya, Krains Fuletra, Devang Karamta, Jay Gohil, Jaydev Unadkat, Ankur Panwar, Prerak Mankad, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja.
Tripura
Amit Ali, Saruk Hossain, Arjun Debnath, Sankar Paul, Sentu Sarkar, Tejasvi Jaiswal, Samrat Sutradhar, Saurabh Das, Chiranjit Paul, Manisankar Murasingh (C), Vijay Shankar, Swapnil Singh, Sridam Paul, Babul Dey, Joydeep Banik, Hanuma Vihari, Bikramkumar Das, Viki Saha.
Tamil Nadu
Amit Sathvik, Andre Siddharth, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Shivam Singh, Gurjapneet Singh, Sai Kishore, Shahrukh Khan, Sonu Yadav, Narayan Jagadeesan, Rithik Easwaran, Tushar Raheja, Esakkimuthu, M Siddharth, Ragupathy Silambarasan, T Natarajan, Varun Chakravarthy (C).
Uttar Pradesh
Vipraj Nigam, Shiva Singh, Vaibhav Chaudhary, Karan Sharma (C), Aaradhya Yadav, Vineet Panwar, Prashant Veer, Priyam Garg, Aaditya Sharma, Sunil Kumar, Sameer Rizvi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abhishek Goswami, Zeeshan Ansari, Rinku Singh, Aryan Juyal, Kartik Tyagi, Siddarth Yadav, Madhav Kaushik, Shivam Mavi, Kunal Tyagi.
Uttarakhand
Aanjaneya Suryavanshi, Dikshanshu Negi, Kunal Chandela, Rajan Kumar, Jagmohan Nagarkoti, Rahul Raj, Aarav Mahajan, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Mayank Mishra, Sanskar Rawat, Prashant Chopra, Bhupen Lalwani, Agrim Tiwari, Himanshu Bisht, Agnivesh Ayachi, Naveen Kumar Singh, Avneesh Sudha, Jagadeesha Suchith, Shashwat Dangwal, Akash Madhwal.
Vidarbha
Yash Kadam, Atharva Taide, Umesh Yadav, Varun Bisht, Harsh Dubey (C), Nachiket Bhute, Aman Mokhade, Akshay Wadkar, Shivam Deshmukh, Yash Rathod, Parth Rekhade, Dhruv Shorey, Praful Hinge, Adhyayan Daga, Yash Thakur, Darshan Nalkande, Deepesh Parwani.
Plate Group
Arunachal Pradesh
Likha Sonia, ND Rakesh Kumar, Nabam Tempol, Myendung Singpho, Karkir Taye, Licha Jhon, Yab Niya, Indiya Toku, TNR Mohith, Siddharth Balodi, Mibom Mosu, Jainath Mansingh, Neelam Obi, Kara Hakap, Techi Neri (C).
Manipur
Lamabam Singh, Nongthombam Denin, Sanatombaroy Laiphangbam, Pheiroijam Jotin, Bishworjit Konthoujam, Mandingbam Andyroshan, Bidash Chingakham, Kiran Laishram, Mohammed Mustaque, Kangabam Priyojit, L Kishan Singha, Ulenyai Khwairakpam, Langlonyamba Meitan Keishangbam, Johnson Singh, Ningthoujam Thoiba.
Meghalaya
Kishan Lyngdoh, Lerry G Sangma, Abhishek Gupta, Sengsrang K Sangma, Swastic Chettri, Kush Agarwal, Swarajeet Das, Rohit Shah, Ram Gurung, Badonnam J Mylliemngap, Agreas Chamcham Sangma, Akash Choudhary (C), Aaron Nongrum, Himan C Phukan, Arpit Bhatewara.
Mizoram
Zosangkima, Vanlalhruailuanga, Lalhriatrenga, Armaan Jaffer, Sahil Sharma, Naveen Gurung, KC Cariappa, Joseph Lalthankhuma, Jehu Anderson, Lalramnunsiama, Khiangte Vanrotlinga, B Lalnunfela, Codanda Ajit Karthik, Joanne Lalbiakkima, Sumit Lama.
Nagaland
Hem Chetri, Sedezhalie Rupero, Shamphri Terang, Ronit More, Dega Nischal, Akavi Yeptho, Imliwati Lemtur, Chetan Bist, Saurav Kumar, Nagaho Chishi, Dip Borah, Joshua Ozukum, Rongsen Jonathan (C).
Sikkim
Amit Rajera, K Sai Satwik, Bijay Prasad, Robin Limboo, Pranesh Chettri, Palzor Tamang, Kranthi Kumar, Gurinder Singh, Lee Yong Lepcha (C), Anwesh Sharma, Bhim Luitel, Saurav Prasad, Md Saptulla, Ankur Malik.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 Schedule
The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 starts from 26 November. There will be multiple matches to be played on the same day, so keeping track of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 schedule will be important.
Elite Category
| Date | Time (IST) | Match | Group |
| Nov 26 | 10:00 AM | Mumbai vs Railways | Elite Group A |
| Nov 26 | 10:00 AM | Karnataka vs Uttarakhand | Elite Group D |
| Nov 26 | 10:00 AM | Saurashtra vs Tripura | Elite Group D |
| Nov 26 | 10:00 AM | Gujarat vs Services | Elite Group C |
| Nov 26 | 10:00 AM | Himachal Pradesh vs Punjab | Elite Group C |
| Nov 26 | 10:00 AM | Goa vs Uttar Pradesh | Elite Group B |
| Nov 26 | 10:00 AM | Jammu and Kashmir vs Maharashtra | Elite Group B |
| Nov 26 | 10:00 AM | Chhattisgarh vs Vidarbha | Elite Group A |
| Nov 26 | 1:30 PM | Rajasthan vs Tamil Nadu | Elite Group D |
| Nov 26 | 1:30 PM | Delhi vs Jharkhand | Elite Group D |
| Nov 26 | 1:30 PM | Haryana vs Puducherry | Elite Group C |
| Nov 26 | 1:30 PM | Baroda vs Bengal | Elite Group C |
| Nov 26 | 1:30 PM | Hyderabad vs Madhya Pradesh | Elite Group B |
| Nov 26 | 1:30 PM | Bihar vs Chandigarh | Elite Group B |
| Nov 26 | 1:30 PM | Kerala vs Odisha | Elite Group A |
| Nov 26 | 1:30 PM | Andhra vs Assam | Elite Group A |
| Nov 28 | 10:00 AM | Rajasthan vs Tripura | Elite Group D |
| Nov 28 | 10:00 AM | Delhi vs Tamil Nadu | Elite Group D |
| Nov 28 | 10:00 AM | Haryana vs Punjab | Elite Group C |
| Nov 28 | 10:00 AM | Baroda vs Puducherry | Elite Group C |
| Nov 28 | 10:00 AM | Hyderabad vs Maharashtra | Elite Group B |
| Nov 28 | 10:00 AM | Bihar vs Madhya Pradesh | Elite Group B |
| Nov 28 | 10:00 AM | Kerala vs Railways | Elite Group A |
| Nov 28 | 10:00 AM | Andhra vs Odisha | Elite Group A |
| Nov 28 | 1:30 PM | Saurashtra vs Uttarakhand | Elite Group D |
| Nov 28 | 1:30 PM | Jharkhand vs Karnataka | Elite Group D |
| Nov 28 | 1:30 PM | Himachal Pradesh vs Services | Elite Group C |
| Nov 28 | 1:30 PM | Bengal vs Gujarat | Elite Group C |
| Nov 28 | 1:30 PM | Jammu and Kashmir vs Uttar Pradesh | Elite Group B |
| Nov 28 | 1:30 PM | Chandigarh vs Goa | Elite Group B |
| Nov 28 | 1:30 PM | Mumbai vs Vidarbha | Elite Group A |
| Nov 28 | 1:30 PM | Assam vs Chhattisgarh | Elite Group A |
| Nov 30 | 10:00 AM | Jharkhand vs Tripura | Elite Group D |
| Nov 30 | 10:00 AM | Karnataka vs Rajasthan | Elite Group D |
| Nov 30 | 10:00 AM | Bengal vs Punjab | Elite Group C |
| Nov 30 | 10:00 AM | Gujarat vs Haryana | Elite Group C |
| Nov 30 | 10:00 AM | Chandigarh vs Maharashtra | Elite Group B |
| Nov 30 | 10:00 AM | Goa vs Hyderabad | Elite Group B |
| Nov 30 | 10:00 AM | Assam vs Railways | Elite Group A |
| Nov 30 | 10:00 AM | Chhattisgarh vs Kerala | Elite Group A |
| Nov 30 | 1:30 PM | Tamil Nadu vs Uttarakhand | Elite Group D |
| Nov 30 | 1:30 PM | Delhi vs Saurashtra | Elite Group D |
| Nov 30 | 1:30 PM | Puducherry vs Services | Elite Group C |
| Nov 30 | 1:30 PM | Baroda vs Himachal Pradesh | Elite Group C |
| Nov 30 | 1:30 PM | Madhya Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh | Elite Group B |
| Nov 30 | 1:30 PM | Bihar vs Jammu and Kashmir | Elite Group B |
| Nov 30 | 1:30 PM | Odisha vs Vidarbha | Elite Group A |
| Nov 30 | 1:30 PM | Andhra vs Mumbai | Elite Group A |
| Dec 2 | 10:00 AM | Karnataka vs Tamil Nadu | Elite Group D |
| Dec 2 | 10:00 AM | Delhi vs Tripura | Elite Group D |
| Dec 2 | 10:00 AM | Gujarat vs Puducherry | Elite Group C |
| Dec 2 | 10:00 AM | Baroda vs Punjab | Elite Group C |
| Dec 2 | 10:00 AM | Goa vs Madhya Pradesh | Elite Group B |
| Dec 2 | 10:00 AM | Bihar vs Maharashtra | Elite Group B |
| Dec 2 | 10:00 AM | Chhattisgarh vs Odisha | Elite Group A |
| Dec 2 | 10:00 AM | Andhra vs Railways | Elite Group A |
| Dec 2 | 1:30 PM | Jharkhand vs Saurashtra | Elite Group D |
| Dec 2 | 1:30 PM | Rajasthan vs Uttarakhand | Elite Group D |
| Dec 2 | 1:30 PM | Bengal vs Himachal Pradesh | Elite Group C |
| Dec 2 | 1:30 PM | Haryana vs Services | Elite Group C |
| Dec 2 | 1:30 PM | Chandigarh vs Jammu and Kashmir | Elite Group B |
| Dec 2 | 1:30 PM | Hyderabad vs Uttar Pradesh | Elite Group B |
| Dec 2 | 1:30 PM | Assam vs Mumbai | Elite Group A |
| Dec 2 | 1:30 PM | Kerala vs Vidarbha | Elite Group A |
| Dec 4 | 10:00 AM | Rajasthan vs Saurashtra | Elite Group D |
| Dec 4 | 10:00 AM | Jharkhand vs Uttarakhand | Elite Group D |
| Dec 4 | 10:00 AM | Haryana vs Himachal Pradesh | Elite Group C |
| Dec 4 | 10:00 AM | Bengal vs Services | Elite Group C |
| Dec 4 | 10:00 AM | Hyderabad vs Jammu and Kashmir | Elite Group B |
| Dec 4 | 10:00 AM | Chandigarh vs Uttar Pradesh | Elite Group B |
| Dec 4 | 10:00 AM | Kerala vs Mumbai | Elite Group A |
| Dec 4 | 10:00 AM | Assam vs Vidarbha | Elite Group A |
| Dec 4 | 1:30 PM | Delhi vs Karnataka | Elite Group D |
| Dec 4 | 1:30 PM | Tamil Nadu vs Tripura | Elite Group D |
| Dec 4 | 1:30 PM | Baroda vs Gujarat | Elite Group C |
| Dec 4 | 1:30 PM | Puducherry vs Punjab | Elite Group C |
| Dec 4 | 1:30 PM | Bihar vs Goa | Elite Group B |
| Dec 4 | 1:30 PM | Madhya Pradesh vs Maharashtra | Elite Group B |
| Dec 4 | 1:30 PM | Andhra vs Chhattisgarh | Elite Group A |
| Dec 4 | 1:30 PM | Odisha vs Railways | Elite Group A |
| Dec 6 | 10:00 AM | Jharkhand vs Tamil Nadu | Elite Group D |
| Dec 6 | 10:00 AM | Karnataka vs Saurashtra | Elite Group D |
| Dec 6 | 10:00 AM | Bengal vs Puducherry | Elite Group C |
| Dec 6 | 10:00 AM | Gujarat vs Himachal Pradesh | Elite Group C |
| Dec 6 | 10:00 AM | Chandigarh vs Madhya Pradesh | Elite Group B |
| Dec 6 | 10:00 AM | Goa vs Jammu and Kashmir | Elite Group B |
| Dec 6 | 10:00 AM | Assam vs Odisha | Elite Group A |
| Dec 6 | 10:00 AM | Chhattisgarh vs Mumbai | Elite Group A |
| Dec 6 | 1:30 PM | Delhi vs Rajasthan | Elite Group D |
| Dec 6 | 1:30 PM | Tripura vs Uttarakhand | Elite Group D |
| Dec 6 | 1:30 PM | Baroda vs Haryana | Elite Group C |
| Dec 6 | 1:30 PM | Punjab vs Services | Elite Group C |
| Dec 6 | 1:30 PM | Bihar vs Hyderabad | Elite Group B |
| Dec 6 | 1:30 PM | Maharashtra vs Uttar Pradesh | Elite Group B |
| Dec 6 | 1:30 PM | Andhra vs Kerala | Elite Group A |
| Dec 6 | 1:30 PM | Railways vs Vidarbha | Elite Group A |
| Dec 8 | 10:00 AM | Delhi vs Uttarakhand | Elite Group D |
| Dec 8 | 10:00 AM | Jharkhand vs Rajasthan | Elite Group D |
| Dec 8 | 10:00 AM | Baroda vs Services | Elite Group C |
| Dec 8 | 10:00 AM | Bengal vs Haryana | Elite Group C |
| Dec 8 | 10:00 AM | Bihar vs Uttar Pradesh | Elite Group B |
| Dec 8 | 10:00 AM | Chandigarh vs Hyderabad | Elite Group B |
| Dec 8 | 10:00 AM | Andhra vs Vidarbha | Elite Group A |
| Dec 8 | 10:00 AM | Assam vs Kerala | Elite Group A |
| Dec 8 | 1:30 PM | Karnataka vs Tripura | Elite Group D |
| Dec 8 | 1:30 PM | Saurashtra vs Tamil Nadu | Elite Group D |
| Dec 8 | 1:30 PM | Gujarat vs Punjab | Elite Group C |
| Dec 8 | 1:30 PM | Himachal Pradesh vs Puducherry | Elite Group C |
| Dec 8 | 1:30 PM | Goa vs Maharashtra | Elite Group B |
| Dec 8 | 1:30 PM | Jammu and Kashmir vs Madhya Pradesh | Elite Group B |
| Dec 8 | 1:30 PM | Chhattisgarh vs Railways | Elite Group A |
| Dec 8 | 1:30 PM | Mumbai vs Odisha | Elite Group A |
| Dec 12 | 10:00 AM | TBC vs TBC | Super League Group A |
| Dec 12 | 10:00 AM | TBC vs TBC | Super League Group B |
| Dec 12 | 1:30 PM | TBC vs TBC | Super League Group A |
| Dec 12 | 1:30 PM | TBC vs TBC | Super League Group B |
| Dec 14 | 10:00 AM | TBC vs TBC | Super League Group B |
| Dec 14 | 10:00 AM | TBC vs TBC | Super League Group A |
| Dec 14 | 1:30 PM | TBC vs TBC | Super League Group A |
| Dec 14 | 1:30 PM | TBC vs TBC | Super League Group B |
| Dec 16 | 10:00 AM | TBC vs TBC | Super League Group A |
| Dec 16 | 10:00 AM | TBC vs TBC | Super League Group B |
| Dec 16 | 1:30 PM | TBC vs TBC | Super League Group A |
| Dec 16 | 1:30 PM | TBC vs TBC | Super League Group B |
| Dec 18 | 10:00 AM | TBC vs TBC | Final |
Plate Category
| Date | Time (IST) | Match | Group |
| Nov 26 | 10:00 AM | Mizoram vs Nagaland | Plate Group |
| Nov 26 | 10:00 AM | Meghalaya vs Sikkim | Plate Group |
| Nov 26 | 1:30 PM | Arunachal Pradesh vs Manipur | Plate Group |
| Nov 28 | 10:00 AM | Manipur vs Meghalaya | Plate Group |
| Nov 28 | 10:00 AM | Mizoram vs Sikkim | Plate Group |
| Nov 28 | 1:30 PM | Arunachal Pradesh vs Nagaland | Plate Group |
| Nov 30 | 10:00 AM | Manipur vs Mizoram | Plate Group |
| Nov 30 | 10:00 AM | Arunachal Pradesh vs Meghalaya | Plate Group |
| Nov 30 | 1:30 PM | Nagaland vs Sikkim | Plate Group |
| Dec 2 | 10:00 AM | Meghalaya vs Nagaland | Plate Group |
| Dec 2 | 10:00 AM | Arunachal Pradesh vs Mizoram | Plate Group |
| Dec 2 | 1:30 PM | Manipur vs Sikkim | Plate Group |
| Dec 4 | 10:00 AM | Arunachal Pradesh vs Sikkim | Plate Group |
| Dec 4 | 10:00 AM | Manipur vs Nagaland | Plate Group |
| Dec 4 | 1:30 PM | Meghalaya vs Mizoram | Plate Group |
| Dec 6 | 10:00 AM | TBC vs TBC | Final |
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 Live Streaming
With the upcoming IPL 2026 Auction, there are lots of players who will be hoping to impress the IPL franchises to convince them to bid for them. Meanwhile, Indian cricket fans are also excited to keep track of any potential prospect their favourite Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises might bid for.
The good news for the fans is that the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 will be telecast live on Star Sports Network TV channels and the live streaming will be on the JioHotstar app and website. Must note that not all of the matches in a day will be shown live. Traditionally, three selected matches will be live streaming/ live telecast only.
| EVENT | Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 |
| LIVE TELECAST | Star Sports Network |
| LIVE STREAMING | JioHotstar |









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