Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 – India’s premier 50-over domestic tournament is ready to take centre stage once again. The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025–26 season begins on Wednesday, December 24, and it promises plenty of excitement as some of the biggest names in Indian cricket return to domestic action.
With the ODI series against New Zealand coming up in January, the Indian team management will be closely watching the performances in the early rounds. Fans can look forward to seeing stars like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, and several other regular ODI players turning out for their respective state teams.
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26: Tournament Format Explained
The competition features 32 Elite teams, divided into four groups. Each group has eight teams, and every team will play seven round-robin matches.
At the end of the league stage, the top two teams from each group will qualify for the knockout rounds, setting up an intense race for the title.
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 Groups and Venues
As mentioned earlier, the teams are spread across different groups, with each group playing all its matches at a designated venue.
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Group A
Kerala, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Tripura
Group B
Vidarbha, Hyderabad, Bengal, Baroda, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh, J&K
Group C
Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Mumbai, Uttarakhand, Sikkim
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Group D
Railways, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Saurashtra, Delhi, Services, Odisha
Star-Studded Squads to Watch in the Opening Rounds
Several international and domestic stars will be in action during the first two rounds, making the early matches must-watch contests.
Group A Squads
Kerala – Rohan Kunnummal (C), Sanju Samson, Vishnu Vinod (wk), Mohammad Azharuddeen (wk), Ahammed Imran, Salman Nizar, Abhishek J. Nair, Krishna Prasad, Akhil Scaria, Abhijith Praveen V, Biju Narayanan, Ankit Sharma, Baba Aparajith, Vignesh Puthur, Nidheesh MD, Asif KM, Abhishek P. Nair, Sharafudheen NM, Edhen Apple Tom
Jharkhand – Ishan Kishan (C), Virat Singh, Utkarsh Singh, Kumar Kushagra, Robin Minz, Anukul Roy, Sharandeep Singh, Shikhar Mohan, Pankaj Kumar (WK), Bala Krishna, Md Kounain Quraishi, Shubh Sharma, Amit Kumar, Manishi, Abhinav Sharan, Sushant Mishra, Vikash Singh, Saurabh Shekhar, Rajandeep Singh, and Shubham Singh
Karnataka – Mayank Agarwal (C), Karun Nair, Harshil Dharmani, Devdutt Padikkal, KL Rahul, BR Sharath, Krishnan Shrijith, Ravichandran Smaran, Shreyas Gopal, Abhinav Manohar, Manvanth Kumar, Abhilash Shetty, Shreesha Achar, Prasidh Krishna, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Dhruv Prabhakar
Tamil Nadu – Narayan Jagadeesan (C), Sai Sudharsan, C Andre Siddarth, Baba Indrajith, Boopathi Kumar, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Sonu Yadav, Sunny Sandhu, Gurjapneet Singh, Karthick Manikandan, Mohamed Ali, Sachin Rathi, Sai Kishore, CV Achyuth, Athish SR, and Govinth Ganesh
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Group B Squad
Baroda – Priyanshu Moliya, Mitesh Patel, Shivalik Sharma, Jitesh Sharma, Vishnu Solanki, Krunal Pandya (C), Aryan Chavda, Hardik Pandya, Atit Sheth, Raj Limbani, Rasikh Salam, Karan Umatt, Nitya Pandya, Bhanu Pania, Amit Pasi, Mahesh Pithiya, Ninad Rathva, Shashwat Rawat, and Lakshit Toksiya
Group C Squads
Mumbai – Akash Anand, Sarfaraz Khan, Siddhesh Lad, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Tamore, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Tanush Kotian, Shams Mulani, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Shardul Thakur (C), Tushar Deshpande, Onkar Tarmale, Sylvester D’Souza, Ishan Mulchandani, Sairaj Patil, and Chinmay Sutar
Punjab – Anmolpreet Singh, Salil Arora, Harnoor Singh, Naman Dhir, Prabhsimran Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Uday Saharan, Shubman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Sanvir Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar, Harpreet Brar, Raghu Sharma, Sukhdeep Singh Bajwa, Gaurav Chaudhary, Jashanpreet Singh, and Krish Bhagat
Group D Squads
Andhra – Ashwin Hebbar, Srikar Bharat, Ricky Bhui, Marthala Dhanush, SDNV Prasad, Shaik Rasheed, Nitish Kumar Reddy (C), Saurabh Kumar, Satyanarayana Raju, Sai Sandeep, Tripurana Vijay, CR Gnaneshwar, M Hemanth Reddy, Kalidindi Raju, Jagarlapudi Ram, Yara Sandeep, Cheepurapalli Stephen, and Bodhala Kumar
Delhi – Rishabh Pant (C), Ayush Badoni, Anuj Rawat, Priyansh Arya, Tejasvi Dahiya, Yash Dhull, Virat Kohli, Nitish Rana, Sarthak Ranjan, Rohan Rana, Harshit Rana, Prince Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Ishant Sharma, Hritik Shokeen, Simarjeet Singh, Ayush Doseja, Harsh Tyagi, Vaibhav Kandpal, Divij Mehra, and Arpit Rana
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 Live Streaming Information
Cricket fans can catch select league-stage matches live on the JioHotstar app and website. The games will also be broadcast live on the Star Sports Khel channel, ensuring viewers don’t miss any of the action as India’s top domestic teams battle it out.
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