Ranji Trophy to start out from January 5, senior cricket to start out with Mushtaq T20 from October 27

The BCCI has issued a recent itinerary for home cricket in India with the 2021-22 season of the Ranji Trophy match scheduled to be performed between January 5 to March 20.
The Ranji Trophy wasn’t held throughout final season as a result of COVID-19 pandemic and the logistical obstacles confronted for having an prolonged bio-bubble for 38 groups.
The blue-riband match is again in BCCI’s home calendar however the senior males’s cricket will start from October 27 with the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, which will likely be held after the IPL to be able to guarantee availability of high quality cricketers.
The Vijay Hazare Trophy (National One Dayers) will likely be performed from December 1 to twenty ninth, whereas senior ladies will play their first match — National One Day — from October 20 to November 20.
The season begins with ladies’s and males’s U-19 one dayers (Vinoo Mankad) beginning September 20 and it might be adopted by U-19 challenger trophy for each men and women beginning October 25 and twenty sixth respectively.
The U-25 (State A) One dayers will likely be held from November 9 to December 10 whereas the CK Nayudu Trophy (additionally U-25 from earlier yr’s U-23) will begin from January 6.
Groupings
For the senior males’s tournaments (Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy), the 38 groups will likely be divided into six teams. There will likely be 5 Elite Groups with six groups every and one Plate group with eight groups.
For U-25 stage, there will likely be 5 Elite Groups of six groups every and one Plate group of seven groups.