BCCI unveiled the domestic calendar: 2025–26 season starts from August 28; Declaration of India vs New Zealand 2026 series locations | Cricket news
New Delhi: BCCI confirmed places for India’s White-Ball Home Series against New Zealand in January 2026 during a 28th Apex Council meeting held on Saturday. The series will include three ODIs and five T20Is.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!ODI matches will be played in Baroda, Rajkot and Indore, while T20I will be held in Nagpur, Raipur, Guwahati, Vijag and Trivandrum. The series will mark the first international assignment of India’s calendar year and is expected to serve as a significant preparation for the 2026 T20 World Cup.India vs New Zealand Schedule:
With international stability announcements, BCCI also approved the 2025–26 domestic calendar, which will close with the Dalip Trophy on August 28, 2025, and end on 3 April 2026 with a senior female inter-zonal multi-day trophy.Domestic season 2025–26 major highlights:
- The Duleep Trophy and Senior Women’s Challenger will now have the facility of six zonal teams selected by zonal selectors, aligning with historical traditions.
- A new plate group group is restructured in all age categories. The lower six teams of the previous season will compete in the plate group.
- Publicity and allegations are updated to the rules, in each season only one team runs between the elite and the plate groups.
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Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (Male T20) And Senior Female T20 Trophy will now facilitate a super league stage instead of knockout directly to allow more balanced competition. - Most of the major tournaments, such as Vijay Hazare Trophy and men’s U23 states, will adopt a trophy, a 4 elite + 1 plate group model. In the U16, U19, and U23, junior and women’s tournaments will follow a 5 elite + 1 plate group system.
These widespread changes are designed to increase competition, increase tournament formats and promote balanced talent development in Indian domestic cricket.
