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Ranji Trophy Matches Starting 2 November 2026: Preview
A full round of Ranji Trophy four-day matches begins on 2 November 2026 and runs to 5 November. Here are the fixtures and venues.
Elite Group A
Goa v Bihar at Panaji, Jammu & Kashmir v Puducherry at Srinagar, Uttar Pradesh v Baroda at Kanpur, and Vidarbha v Madhya Pradesh at Nagpur. Most start at 04:00 UTC, which is 9:00 am in Pakistan and 9:30 am in India.
Elite Group B
Assam v Karnataka at Guwahati starts earlier, at 03:00 UTC (8:00 am Pakistan, 8:30 am India). Tripura v Saurashtra at Agartala starts at 03:15 UTC. Chhattisgarh v Hyderabad at Secunderabad and Punjab v Andhra at New Chandigarh start at 04:00 UTC.
Elite Group C
Bengal v Maharashtra at Kolkata and Odisha v Jharkhand at Bhubaneswar start at 03:30 UTC (8:30 am Pakistan, 9:00 am India). Delhi v Services at Delhi and Gujarat v Kerala at Ahmedabad start at 04:00 UTC.
Elite Group D
Chandigarh v Tamil Nadu at Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh v Rajasthan at Dharamsala, Railways v Mumbai at Mumbai and Uttarakhand v Haryana at Dehra Dun all start at 04:00 UTC.
Plate Group
Manipur v Sikkim at Ahmedabad, Meghalaya v Nagaland at Shillong and Mizoram v Arunachal Pradesh at Anand. All three start at 04:00 UTC.
Four-day format
Each match is scheduled for four days with up to two innings per side. A game can end in an outright win or a draw, so scores are best followed over the days rather than once. Early starts in the east of India mean the first session often finishes by lunchtime in Pakistan.
How to follow
Every match page on this site shows the live score, status text and scorecard as the four days progress.
Quick answers
When do the Ranji Trophy matches start on 2 November 2026?
Most start at 04:00 UTC, which is 9:00 am in Pakistan and 9:30 am in India. A few start between 03:00 and 03:30 UTC.
How many days do these Ranji Trophy matches last?
They are scheduled for four days, from 2 to 5 November 2026.
Where is Bengal v Maharashtra being played?
At Kolkata, in Elite Group C.