Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag and Tushar Deshpande are some of the Rajasthan Royals cricketers who will be in action in the upcoming Ranji Trophy 2025-26 campaign.
The 91st edition of the Ranji Trophy, India’s premier domestic first-class tournament, will begin on Wednesday with the first-round matches scheduled from October 15.
The Ranji Trophy 2025-26 will run till February 2026 with 32 teams in the Elite Group battling it out for the coveted title. Meanwhile, six teams from the Plate Group will play for promotion to the Elite Group for next season.
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A total of 138 matches will be part of the 2025-26 Ranji season.
Sanju Samson will represent Kerala, Riyan Parag is a part of the Assam squad and Tushar Deshpande will play for Mumbai. Kerala, Assam and Mumbai are all clubbed together in the Elite Group A.
Nitish Rana, Ashok Sharma, Kunal Singh Rathore, Kumar Kartikeya and Yudhvir Singh are the other Royals players who will be in action in the multi-day red-ball tournament.
Ashok Sharma and Kunal Singh Rathore will represent Rajasthan, while Kumar Kartikeya and Yudhvir Singh will play for Madhya Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, respectively. Nitish Rana is a part of the Delhi squad.
Mumbai are the most successful team in Ranji Trophy history, having won the prestigious title 42 times.
Ranji Trophy 2025-26 squads
Arunachal Pradesh cricket team: Neelam Obi (c), Abhinav Singh, Siddharth Balodi, Biki Kumar, Limar Dabi, Darge Bagra, Techi Doria, Licha Jhon, Penjor Mangal, TNR Mohith, Nabam Dol, Nabam Natung, Techi Neri, Yorjum Sera, Nabam Tatang, Yab Niya, Kamsha Yangfo
Andhra Pradesh cricket team: Y Prithvi Raj, PVSN Raju, KV Sasikanth, Narayan Jagadeesan (c), Pradosh Ranjan Paul, CV Achyuth, Ajitesh Guruswamy, Chengalpet Gnaneshwar, Shaik Rasheed, Ashwin Hebbar, Ricky Bhui, Saurabh Kumar, Manish Golamaru, Mudi Prajith, Karan Shinde
Assam cricket team: Riyan Parag, Sibsankar Roy, Rahul Singh, Denish Das (c), Sumit Ghadigaonkar, Avinov Choudhury, Bhargab Lahkar, Ayushman Malakar, Mukhtar Hussain, Parvej Musaraf, Swarupam Purkayastha, Darshan Rajbongshi, Pradyun Saikia, Akash Sengupta, Abhishek Thakuri
Baroda cricket team: Jyotsnil Singh, Nitya Pandya, Shashwat Rawat, Shivalik Sharma, Atit Sheth (c), Mahesh Pithiya, Ninad Rathva, Sukirt Pandey, Vishnu Solanki, Akshay More, Mitesh Patel, Bhargav Bhatt, Lukman Meriwala, Raj Limbani, Rasikh Salam
Bengal cricket team: Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Abishek Porel (vc/wk), Sudip Kumar Gharami, Anustup Majumdar, Sudip Chatterjee, Sumanta Gupta, Saurabh Kumar Singh, Vishal Bhati, Mohammed Shami, Akash Deep, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Shakir Habib Gandhi (wk), Ishan Porel, Kazi Junaid Saifi, Rahul Prasad, Sumit Mohanta, Vikash Singh
Bihar cricket team: TBD
Chhattisgarh cricket team: Sanjeet Desai, Ajay Mandal, Aditya Sarwate, Shashank Singh, Arafat Khan, Amandeep Khare (c), Shubham Agarwal, Ashutosh Singh, Ayush Pandey, Shashank Chandrakar, Ashish Chouhan, Sourabh Majumdar, Ravi Kiran, Sahban Khan, Anuj Tiwary, Vashudev Bareth, Prateek Yadav
Chandigarh cricket team: Manan Vohra (c), Shivam Bhambri, Arjun Azad, Ankit Kaushik, Rajangad Bawa, Bhagmender Lather, Kual Mahajan, Raman Bishnoi, Nikhil Thakur, Vishu Kashyap, Nishunk Birla, Jagjit Sandhu, Abhishek Saini, Mohit Soni, Mayank Sidhu
Delhi cricket team: Ayush Badoni (c), Yash Dhull, Anuj Rawat, Arpit Rana, Sanat Sangwan, Sumit Mathur, Shivam Sharma, Rounak Waghela, Navdeep Saini, Simarjeet Singh, Money Grewal, Siddhant Sharma, Dhruv Kaushik, Pranav Rajvanshi, Nitish Rana, Himmat Singh, Ayush Doseja, Rahul Dagar, Hrithik Shokeen, Priyansh Arya, Tejasvi Dahiya, Vaibhav Kandpal, Rohan Rana, Aryan Rana (subject to fitness).
Gujarat cricket team: Aarya Desai, Kshitij Patel, Urvil Patel, Chintan Gaja, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Ravi Bishnoi, Manan Hingrajia (c), Siddharth Desai, Abhishek Desai, Umang Kumar, Hemang Patel, Jaymeet Patel, Priyesh Patel, Rinkesh Vaghela, Vishal Jayswal
Haryana cricket team: TBD
Himachal Pradesh cricket team: Vaibhav Arora, Aryaman Singh, Ankush Bains, Innesh Mahajan, Akash Vasisht, Mayank Dagar, Arpit Guleria, Divesh Sharma, Nikhil Gangta, Sidhant Purohit, Ravi Thakur, Mukul Negi, Vipin Sharma, Ekant Sen, Ankit Kalsi, Pukhraj Mann
Hyderabad cricket team: Tilak Varma (c), Rahul Singh, C.V. Milind, Tanmay Agarwal, M. Abhirath Reddy, Himateja, Varun Goud, Tanay Thyagarajan, Rohit Rayudu, Saranu Nishant, Punnaiah, Aniketh Reddy, Kartikeya Kak, Ali Kachi Diamond (wk), Rahul Radesh (wk) Standbyes: P. Nitish Reddy, Sai Pragnay Reddy, Rakshann Reddy, Nitesh Kanala, Mikhil Jaiswal
Jammu & Kashmir cricket team: Paras Dogra (c), Abdul Samad, Shubham Khajuria, Qamran Iqbal, Abid Mushtaq, Vivrant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Umran Malik, Yudhvir Singh, Auqib Nabi, Sunil Kumar, Lone Nasir, Mujtaba Yousuf, Musaif Ajaz, Sahil Lotra, Vanshaj Sharma, Umar Nazir Mir, Kanhaiya Wadhawan, Yawer Hassan
Jharkhand cricket team: Ishan Kishan (c), Virat Singh, Kumar Kushagra, Rishav Raj, Anukul Roy, Sushant Mishra, Manishi, Shikhar Mohan, Jatin Pandey, Sahil Raj, Aryaman Sen, Shubham Singh, Aditya Singh, Kumar Suraj, Vikas Kumar, Vikash Singh
Karnataka cricket team: Mayank Agarwal (c), KV Aneesh, Karun Nair, Nikin Jose, Krishnan Shrijith, Ravichandran Smaran, Shreyas Gopal, Abhinav Manohar, M Venkatesh, Abhilash Shetty, Vidwath Kaverappa, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Kruthik Krishna, Mohsin Khan, Shikhar Shetty
Kerala cricket team: Mohammed Azharuddeen (C), Baba Aparajith (VC), Sanju Samson, Rohan S Kunnummal, Vathsal Govind Sharma, Akshay Chandran, Sachin Baby, Salman Nizar, Ankit Sharma, Nidheesh MD, Basil NP, Edhen Apple Tom, Ahammed Imran, Shoun Roger, Abhishek P Nair
Madhya Pradesh cricket team: Rajat Patidar (c), Harpreet Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Saransh Jain, Shubham Sharma, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Kuldeep Sen, Adheer Pratap Singh, Anubhav Agarwal, Yash Dubey, Harsh Gawli, Himanshu Mantri, Aryan Pandey, Sagar Solanki
Maharashtra cricket team: Ankeet Bawane (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prithvi Shaw, Arshin Kulkarni, Siddhesh Veer, Saurabh Nawale (wk), Mandar Bhandari (wk), Jalaj Saxena, Vicky Ostwal, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Pradeep Dadhe, Hitesh Walunj, Siddharth Mhatre, Harshal Kate, Rajneesh Gurbani
Manipur cricket team: Al Bashid Muhammed, Johnson Singh, Ulenyai Khwairakpam, L Kishan Singha, Bishworjit Konthoujam, Ronald Longjam, Mohammed Mustaque, Naesh Hussain, Amom Singh, Kishan Thokchom, Lamabam Singh, Rex Rajkumar, Kangabam Priyojit, Pheiroijam Jotin, Karnajit Yumnam
Meghalaya cricket team: Kishan Lyngdoh (c), Akash Choudhary, Kush Agarwal, Arpit Bhatewara, Aryan Bora, Swastic Chettri, Rahul Dalal, Bijon Dey, Ajay Duhan, Jaskirat Singh Sachdeva, Aaron Nongrum, Dippu Sangma, Chengkam Sangma, Arien Sangma, Bamanbha Shangpliang
Mizoram cricket team: Codanda Ajit Karthik, KC Cariappa, Jehu Anderson, G Lalbiakvela, Lalhruaizela, F Lalmuanzuala, Lalrempuia, Marty Lalrinhlua, Joseph Lalthankhuma, Lalhruai Ralte, Sahil Reza, Sumit Lama, Khiangte Vanrotlinga, Bobby Zothansanga
Mumbai cricket team: Shardul Thakur (c), Ayush Mhatre, Akash Anand (wk), Hardik Tamore (wk), Siddhesh Lad, Ajinkya Rahane, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Tushar Deshpande, Sylvester D’Souza, Irfan Umair, Musheer Khan, Akhil Herwadkar, Royston Dias
Nagaland cricket team: Chetan Bist, Nzanthung Mozhui, Rongsen Jonathan, Imliwati Lemtur, Ronit More, Tahmeed Rahman, Dip Borah, Hem Chetri, Dega Nischal, Sedezhalie Rupero, Yugandhar Singh, Vino Zhimomi
Odisha cricket team: Subhranshu Senapati, Govinda Poddar, Swastik Samal, Anil Parida, Badal Biswal, Sambit Baral, Gourav Choudhury, Rajesh Dhuper, Sandeep Pattnaik, Rajesh Mohanty, Sunil Roul, Sumit Sharma, Aashirwad Swain, Tapas Das, Tarani Sa
Puducherry cricket team: TBD
Punjab cricket team: Anmolpreet Singh, Harnoor Singh, Naman Dhir, Prabhsimran Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Uday Saharan, Nehal Wadhera, Gurnoor Brar, Raghu Sharma, Salil Arora, Ayush Goyal, Harjas Singh, Prerit Dutta, Jaskaranvir Singh Paul, Krish Bhagat
Railways cricket team: Pratham Singh (c), Suraj Ahuja, Vivek Singh, Upendra Yadav, Karn Sharma, Ayan Chaudhari, Shivam Chaudhary, Kunal Yadav, Bhargav Merai, Mohammad Saif, Akash Pandey, Himanshu Sangwan, Rahul Sharma, Adarsh Singh, Zubair Ali
Rajasthan cricket team: Sumit Godara, Kartik Sharma, Kunal Singh Rathore, Abhijeet Tomar, Mahipal Lomror (c), Deepak Hooda, Manav Suthar, Khaleel Ahmed, Kukna Ajay Singh, Akash Singh, Ashok Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Rahul Chahar, Ankit Chaudhary, Mukul Choudhary
Saurashtra cricket team: Jaydev Unadkat (c), Harvik Desai, Tarang Gohel, Arpit Vasavada, Chirag Jani, Prerak Mankad, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Chetan Sakariya, Parth Bhut, Sammar Gajjar, Ansh Gosai, Jay Gohil, Kevin Jivrajani, Hetvik Kotak, Ankur Panwar
Services cricket team: TBD
Sikkim cricket team: Ankur Malik, Gurinder Singh, Kranthi Kumar, Lee Yong Lepcha (c), Amit Rajera, Pranesh Chettri, Arun Chettri, Nilesh Lamichaney, Robin Limboo, Bhim Luitel, Bijay Prasad, K Sai Satwik, Anwesh Sharma, Palzor Tamang, Ashish Thapa
Tamil Nadu cricket team: Narayan Jagadeesan, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Guruswamy Ajitesh, C Andre Siddarth, Baba Indrajith, M Shahrukh Khan, Vimal Khumar, RS Ambrish, DT Chandrasekar, Gurjapneet Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Trilok Nag, CV Achyuth, Jeganathan Hemchudeshan, P Vidyuth
Tripura cricket team: Bikramkumar Das, Rajat Dey, Manisankar Murasingh (c), Sridam Paul, Vijay Shankar, Hanuma Vihari, Parvez Sultan, Sankar Paul, Rana Dutta, Ajay Sarkar, Swapnil Singh, Arjun Debnath, Bikramjit Debnath, Babul Dey, Subham Ghosh, Viki Saha, Abhijit Sarkar, Nirupam Sen
Uttarakhand cricket team: Prashant Chopra, Bhupen Lalwani, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Mayank Mishra, Abhay Negi, Rajan Kumar, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kunal Chandela, Aarav Mahajan, Avneesh Sudha, Devendra Singh Bora, Shashwat Dangwal, Jagmohan Nagarkoti, Harsh Patwal, Sagar Rawat, Saurabh Rawat, Aanjaneya Suryavanshi
Uttar Pradesh cricket team: TBD
Vidarbha cricket team: Akshay Wadkar (c), Yash Rathod, Danish Malewar, Aman Mokhade, Ravikumar Samarth, Dhruv Shorey, Nachiket Bhute, Harsh Dubey, Parth Rekhade, Atharva Taide, Praful Hinge, Akshay Karnewar, Darshan Nalkande, Aditya Thakare, Yash Thakur, Shivam Deshmukh, Yash Kadam
