The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2026–27 will begin on December 14, 2026, and conclude with the Elite final on January 8, 2027. India’s leading domestic 50-over competition will feature 38 teams divided between the Elite and Plate categories.
The Elite competition will include 32 teams and 119 matches, while the six Plate teams will play 16 matches. The Elite group stage will end on December 29, followed by the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. The Plate final is scheduled for December 27.
Vidarbha will enter the competition as defending champions. They defeated Saurashtra by 38 runs in the 2025–26 final to win their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy title. You can also read about the schedule of SMAT 2026.
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2026–27: Key Details
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Tournament | Vijay Hazare Trophy 2026–27 |
| Administrator | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Cricket format | 50-over List A |
| Starting date | December 14, 2026 |
| Elite group stage ends | December 29, 2026 |
| Plate final | December 27, 2026 |
| Quarter-finals | January 2 and 3, 2027 |
| Semi-finals | January 5 and 6, 2027 |
| Elite final | January 8, 2027 |
| Participating teams | 38 |
| Elite teams | 32 |
| Plate teams | 6 |
| Total scheduled matches | 135 |
| Defending champions | Vidarbha |
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2026–27 Groups
| Group | Teams |
|---|---|
| Elite Group A | Andhra, Baroda, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Railways, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Vidarbha |
| Elite Group B | Gujarat, Haryana, Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Mumbai, Saurashtra, Services |
| Elite Group C | Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan |
| Elite Group D | Assam, Bengal, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Puducherry, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh |
| Plate Group | Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim |
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2026–27 Full Schedule
All the matches are currently scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM IST. The venues remain listed as TBC and will be announced later.
| Date | Time | Group/Stage | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Baroda vs Vidarbha |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Railways vs Uttarakhand |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Tamil Nadu vs Bihar |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Madhya Pradesh vs Andhra |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Haryana vs Hyderabad |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Jammu and Kashmir vs Gujarat |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Saurashtra vs Jharkhand |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Services vs Mumbai |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Maharashtra vs Chhattisgarh |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Punjab vs Himachal Pradesh |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Chandigarh vs Rajasthan |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Goa vs Delhi |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Assam vs Kerala |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Karnataka vs Tripura |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Puducherry vs Odisha |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Group | Sikkim vs Mizoram |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Group | Meghalaya vs Nagaland |
| December 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Group | Arunachal Pradesh vs Manipur |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Railways vs Andhra |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Uttarakhand vs Tamil Nadu |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Madhya Pradesh vs Vidarbha |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Baroda vs Bihar |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Jammu and Kashmir vs Mumbai |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Gujarat vs Saurashtra |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Services vs Hyderabad |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Haryana vs Jharkhand |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Punjab vs Delhi |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Himachal Pradesh vs Chandigarh |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Goa vs Chhattisgarh |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Maharashtra vs Rajasthan |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Karnataka vs Bengal |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Tripura vs Puducherry |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Uttar Pradesh vs Kerala |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Assam vs Odisha |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Group | Nagaland vs Arunachal Pradesh |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Group | Meghalaya vs Mizoram |
| December 16, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Group | Sikkim vs Manipur |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Tamil Nadu vs Madhya Pradesh |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Railways vs Baroda |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Uttarakhand vs Vidarbha |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Andhra vs Bihar |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Saurashtra vs Services |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Jammu and Kashmir vs Haryana |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Gujarat vs Hyderabad |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Mumbai vs Jharkhand |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Chandigarh vs Goa |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Punjab vs Maharashtra |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Himachal Pradesh vs Chhattisgarh |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Delhi vs Rajasthan |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Puducherry vs Uttar Pradesh |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Karnataka vs Assam |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Tripura vs Kerala |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Bengal vs Odisha |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Group | Nagaland vs Sikkim |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Group | Mizoram vs Manipur |
| December 19, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Group | Meghalaya vs Arunachal Pradesh |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Railways vs Vidarbha |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Madhya Pradesh vs Bihar |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Tamil Nadu vs Andhra |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Uttarakhand vs Baroda |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Jammu and Kashmir vs Hyderabad |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Services vs Jharkhand |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Saurashtra vs Mumbai |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Gujarat vs Haryana |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Punjab vs Chhattisgarh |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Goa vs Rajasthan |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Chandigarh vs Delhi |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Himachal Pradesh vs Maharashtra |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Karnataka vs Kerala |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Uttar Pradesh vs Odisha |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Puducherry vs Bengal |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Tripura vs Assam |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Group | Arunachal Pradesh vs Mizoram |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Group | Nagaland vs Manipur |
| December 21, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Group | Meghalaya vs Sikkim |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Uttarakhand vs Bihar |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Andhra vs Vidarbha |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Madhya Pradesh vs Baroda |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Railways vs Tamil Nadu |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Gujarat vs Jharkhand |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Mumbai vs Hyderabad |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Services vs Haryana |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Jammu and Kashmir vs Saurashtra |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Himachal Pradesh vs Rajasthan |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Delhi vs Chhattisgarh |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Goa vs Maharashtra |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Punjab vs Chandigarh |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Tripura vs Odisha |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Bengal vs Kerala |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Uttar Pradesh vs Assam |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Karnataka vs Puducherry |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Group | Meghalaya vs Manipur |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Group | Arunachal Pradesh vs Sikkim |
| December 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Group | Nagaland vs Mizoram |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Plate Final | Plate finalist 1 vs Plate finalist 2 |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Tamil Nadu vs Baroda |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Vidarbha vs Bihar |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Uttarakhand vs Andhra |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Railways vs Madhya Pradesh |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Saurashtra vs Haryana |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Hyderabad vs Jharkhand |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Gujarat vs Mumbai |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Jammu and Kashmir vs Services |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Chandigarh vs Maharashtra |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Chhattisgarh vs Rajasthan |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Himachal Pradesh vs Delhi |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Punjab vs Goa |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Puducherry vs Assam |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Kerala vs Odisha |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Tripura vs Bengal |
| December 27, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Karnataka vs Uttar Pradesh |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Uttarakhand vs Madhya Pradesh |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Baroda vs Andhra |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Railways vs Bihar |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group A | Tamil Nadu vs Vidarbha |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Gujarat vs Services |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Haryana vs Mumbai |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Jammu and Kashmir vs Jharkhand |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group B | Saurashtra vs Hyderabad |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Chandigarh vs Chhattisgarh |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Himachal Pradesh vs Goa |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Maharashtra vs Delhi |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group C | Punjab vs Rajasthan |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Tripura vs Uttar Pradesh |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Assam vs Bengal |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Karnataka vs Odisha |
| December 29, 2026 | 9:00 AM | Group D | Puducherry vs Kerala |
| January 2, 2027 | 9:00 AM | Quarter-final 1 | Group A winner vs Group C runner-up |
| January 2, 2027 | 9:00 AM | Quarter-final 2 | Group B winner vs Group D runner-up |
| January 3, 2027 | 9:00 AM | Quarter-final 3 | Group C winner vs Group A runner-up |
| January 3, 2027 | 9:00 AM | Quarter-final 4 | Group D winner vs Group B runner-up |
| January 5, 2027 | 9:00 AM | Semi-final 1 | Winner of Quarter-final 1 vs Winner of Quarter-final 4 |
| January 6, 2027 | 9:00 AM | Semi-final 2 | Winner of Quarter-final 2 vs Winner of Quarter-final 3 |
| January 8, 2027 | 9:00 AM | Final | Elite finalist 1 vs Elite finalist 2 |
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2026–27 Format
Every Elite team will play the other seven teams in its group once. The top two teams from each Elite group will qualify for the quarter-finals.
The quarter-final line-up will be:
- Quarter-final 1: Group A winner vs Group C runner-up
- Quarter-final 2: Group B winner vs Group D runner-up
- Quarter-final 3: Group C winner vs Group A runner-up
- Quarter-final 4: Group D winner vs Group B runner-up
The winner of Quarter-final 1 will face the winner of Quarter-final 4 in the first semi-final. The winners of Quarter-finals 2 and 3 will contest the second semi-final.
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The two semi-final winners will meet in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final on January 8, 2027.
The six Plate teams will play each other once. The top two teams in the Plate standings will qualify for the Plate final on December 27.
When Will the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2026–27 Start?
The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2026–27 will begin on Monday, December 14, 2026. All 38 teams will be in action on the opening day, with 16 Elite fixtures and three Plate matches scheduled.
When Is the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2026–27 Final?
The Elite final will be played on Friday, January 8, 2027. The quarter-finals are scheduled for January 2 and 3, while the semi-finals will take place on January 5 and 6.
The Plate final will be played on December 27, 2026.
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2026–27 Venues
The match venues have not yet been confirmed in the published schedule. Every fixture is currently marked as TBC. The final venues and any revised starting times are expected to be announced closer to the tournament.
Who Are the Defending Champions?
Vidarbha are the defending Vijay Hazare Trophy champions. They defeated Saurashtra by 38 runs in the 2025–26 final to secure their maiden title.
Atharva Taide scored a century in the final and helped Vidarbha produce a strong batting performance. Their bowlers then successfully defended the total to complete a historic title-winning campaign.
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