The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced the schedule for the 2023-24 domestic season on Tuesday (April 11). The season will get underway in June and the matches will go on until March 2024. A whopping 1846 matches are slated to happen throughout this era with the season beginning with the Duleep Trophy from June 28. in July, Deodhar Trophy will begin whereas in October, Irani Cup will be played. While the Duleep and Deodhar Trophy are zonal tournaments, Irani trophy will see the Rest of India facet tackle the Ranji Trophy winners of the earlier version.
The domestic T20 competitors, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will begin from October 16 after the Irani Cup concludes and can go on till November 6. Notably, the performers on this event get an opportunity to be picked on the IPL public sale that’s usually scheduled in December month. Another marquee domestic white-ball event, Vijay Hazare Trophy, is scheduled to begin on November 23 and can run till December 15. As many as 38 groups will battle it out in these two competitions with two teams seven groups every and three teams of 8 groups every.
The much-awaited event of the season, Ranji Trophy, will begin on January 5, 2024 and can run until March 14. Here, the 38 competing groups are divided into 5 teams – 4 Elite teams with 8 groups every and and a Plate group with six groups in it. Top 2 groups from every Elite Group will make it to the quarterfinal whereas the highest 4 groups from Plate group will qualify for the semis.
Meanwhile, the domestic season for Women will start with the Senior T20 trophy from October 19 to November 9. The remaining two tournmaents – Women’s Inter Zonal Trophy and and One-Day trophy is scheduled to be played in November-December 2023 and January 2024 respectively.
