Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26: Schedule, Teams, Format, and Key Players
Author: Shimit Mahur
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Indian domestic cricket is always in the spotlight for cricket fans and betting sites in India. As we approach the end of the year, the time has come to witness one more season of the One-day domestic cricket competition - Vijay Hazare Trophy. Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 is scheduled to begin on Wednesday with 4 elite groups and one plate group at the league stage.
One of the biggest highlights of the competition will be the participation of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for the Mumbai and Delhi squads, respectively. These two players are still active in international cricket, and the duo will have the strongest odds on the Indian betting apps.
In this article, we bring you the schedule, Teams, and Format in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26.
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 - Format
The Vijay Hazare trophy will witness the participation of 38 teams from every corner of the country, and they will be divided into 4 elite groups and one plate group. At the league stage, every team will play against their fellow group team once. The points will be allocated as per the wins, losses, and draws, and by the end of the league stage, the top two teams from every elite group will qualify for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final fixture.
|
Group A |
Group B |
Group C |
Group D |
Plate Group |
|
Karnataka |
Vidarbha |
Maharashtra |
Haryana |
Nagaland |
|
Rajasthan |
Baroda |
Punjab |
Gujarat |
Bihar |
|
Tamil Nadu |
Bengal |
Mumbai |
Railways |
Mizoram |
|
Jharkhand |
Hyderabad |
Himachal Pradesh |
Andhra |
Meghalaya |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
Uttar Pradesh |
Uttarakhand |
Saurashtra |
Manipur |
|
Pondicherry |
Assam |
Goa |
Delhi |
Arunachal Pradesh |
|
Kerala |
Chandigarh |
Chhattisgarh |
Odisha |
- |
|
Tripura |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Sikkim |
Services |
- |
In the plate group, there are 6 teams, and these teams will also play a single match against each other. The top teams will play a final match, and the winner will be qualified for an Elite group participation in the next season of the competition.
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 - Schedule
Elite Group Schedule
|
Date |
Match |
Venue |
Time (IST) |
|
24 Dec |
Pondicherry vs Tamil Nadu |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Jharkhand vs Karnataka |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Kerala vs Tripura |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Madhya Pradesh vs Rajasthan |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Hyderabad vs Uttar Pradesh |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Assam vs Baroda |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Bengal vs Vidarbha |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Chandigarh vs J & K |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Mumbai vs Sikkim |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Chhattisgarh vs Goa |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Himachal Pradesh vs Uttarakhand |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Maharashtra vs Punjab |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Odisha vs Saurashtra |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Andhra vs Delhi |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Gujarat vs Services |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Haryana vs Railways |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Jharkhand vs Rajasthan |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Karnataka vs Kerala |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Madhya Pradesh vs Tamil Nadu |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Pondicherry vs Tripura |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Assam vs J & K |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Baroda vs Bengal |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Chandigarh vs Uttar Pradesh |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Hyderabad vs Vidarbha |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Chhattisgarh vs Punjab |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Goa vs Himachal Pradesh |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Maharashtra vs Sikkim |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Mumbai vs Uttarakhand |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Andhra vs Railways |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Delhi vs Gujarat |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Haryana vs Saurashtra |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Odisha vs Services |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Kerala vs Madhya Pradesh |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Jharkhand vs Pondicherry |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Karnataka vs Tamil Nadu |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Rajasthan vs Tripura |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Bengal vs Chandigarh |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Assam vs Hyderabad |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Baroda vs Uttar Pradesh |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
J & K vs Vidarbha |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Himachal Pradesh vs Maharashtra |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Chhattisgarh vs Mumbai |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Goa vs Sikkim |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Punjab vs Uttarakhand |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Gujarat vs Haryana |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Andhra vs Odisha |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Delhi vs Saurashtra |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Railways vs Services |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Jharkhand vs Tamil Nadu |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
31Dec |
Madhya Pradesh vs Tripura |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
31Dec |
Kerala vs Rajasthan |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Karnataka vs Pondicherry |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Assam vs Uttar Pradesh |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Chandigarh vs Vidarbha |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Bengal vs J & K |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Baroda vs Hyderabad |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Chhattisgarh vs Sikkim |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Maharashtra vs Uttarakhand |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Himachal Pradesh vs Punjab |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Goa vs Mumbai |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Andhra vs Saurashtra |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Haryana vs Services |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Gujarat vs Railways |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Delhi vs Odisha |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
Karnataka vs Tripura |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
Rajasthan vs Tamil Nadu |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
Madhya Pradesh vs Pondicherry |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
Jharkhand vs Kerala |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
Baroda vs Vidarbha |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
J & K vs Uttar Pradesh |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
Chandigarh vs Hyderabad |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
Assam vs Bengal |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
Goa vs Uttarakhand |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
Punjab vs Sikkim |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
Maharashtra vs Mumbai |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
Chhattisgarh vs Himachal Pradesh |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
Delhi vs Services |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
Railways vs Saurashtra |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
Haryana vs Odisha |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
03 Jan |
Andhra vs Gujarat |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Kerala vs Pondicherry |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Tamil Nadu vs Tripura |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Karnataka vs Rajasthan |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Jharkhand vs Madhya Pradesh |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Bengal vs Hyderabad |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Uttar Pradesh vs Vidarbha |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Baroda vs J & K |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Assam vs Chandigarh |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Himachal Pradesh vs Mumbai |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Sikkim vs Uttarakhand |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Goa vs Punjab |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Chhattisgarh vs Maharashtra |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Gujarat vs Odisha |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Saurashtra vs Services |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Delhi vs Railways |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
06 Jan |
Andhra vs Haryana |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Karnataka vs Madhya Pradesh |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Pondicherry vs Rajasthan |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Jharkhand vs Tripura |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Kerala vs Tamil Nadu |
Ahmedabad |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Baroda vs Chandigarh |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Hyderabad vs J & K |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Assam vs Vidarbha |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Bengal vs Uttar Pradesh |
Rajkot |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Goa vs Maharashtra |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Mumbai vs Punjab |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Chhattisgarh vs Uttarakhand |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Himachal Pradesh vs Sikkim |
Jaipur |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Delhi vs Haryana |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Odisha vs Railways |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Andhra vs Services |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
08 Jan |
Gujarat vs Saurashtra |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
12 Jan |
Quarter-Final 1 |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
12 Jan |
Quarter-Final 2 |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
13 Jan |
Quarter-Final 3 |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
13 Jan |
Quarter-Final 4 |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
15 Jan |
Semi-Final 1 |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
16 Jan |
Semi-Final 2 |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
|
18 Jan |
Final |
Bengaluru |
9:00 AM |
Plate Group Schedule
|
Date |
Match |
Venue |
Time (IST) |
|
24 Dec |
Meghalaya vs Mizoram |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Arunachal Pradesh vs Bihar |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
|
24 Dec |
Manipur vs Nagaland |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Bihar vs Manipur |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Arunachal Pradesh vs Mizoram |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
|
26 Dec |
Meghalaya vs Nagaland |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Bihar vs Meghalaya |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Mizoram vs Nagaland |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
|
29 Dec |
Arunachal Pradesh vs Manipur |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Manipur vs Mizoram |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Bihar vs Nagaland |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
|
31 Dec |
Arunachal Pradesh vs Meghalaya |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
|
3 Jan |
Arunachal Pradesh vs Nagaland |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
|
3 Jan |
Manipur vs Meghalaya |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
|
3 Jan |
Bihar vs Mizoram |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
|
6 Jan |
Plate Final: No. 1 vs No. 2 |
Ranchi |
9:00 AM |
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 - Key Players
This section of the article contains the key players who will be seen playing for their respective teams. These players have extensive experience in international cricket, and they will carry significant weight on betting sites in India.
|
Player Name |
Team |
Role |
|
Virat Kohli |
Delhi |
Batter |
|
Rohit Sharma |
Mumbai |
Batter |
|
Rishabh Pant |
Delhi |
WK-Batter |
|
Ishan Kishan |
Jharkhand |
WK-Batter |
|
Shubman Gill |
Punjab |
Batter |
|
Mohammed Shami |
Bengal |
Bowler |
|
Sanju Samson |
Kerala |
WK-Batter |
|
Ruturaj Gaikwad |
Maharashtra |
Batter |
|
Shreyas Iyer |
Mumbai |
Batter |
|
Arshdeep Singh |
Punjab |
Bowler |
|
Krunal Pandya |
Baroda |
All-rounder |
|
Shardul Thakur |
Mumbai |
All-rounder |
|
Abhimanyu Easwaran |
Bengal |
Batter |
|
Nitish Kumar Reddy |
Andhra |
All-rounder |
|
Mayank Agarwal |
Karnataka |
Batter |
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