Buchi Babu Trophy 2025: All Squads, Full Schedule, Where To Watch, Live Streaming & Telecast, IPL Stars in Action, Groups, Format & Fantasy Tips

Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) is all set to kick off the annual invitational tournament, All India Buchi Babu Trophy, on August 18 (Monday). The competition is the traditional precursor to India’s domestic red-ball tournament, with several invited teams testing their strategies before the Ranji Trophy. 

Like always, several big names will be taking part in the competition, with 14 of the biggest states in the country featuring in it

Format of Buchi Babu Trophy 2025

Each team will play the other three teams once in the group stage, with all the league games being a three-day affair. However, semi-final onwards, the teams would face each other in a four-day affair. 

There are some rules for the three-day fixtures as well, as all first-innings will be played over 90 overs, and the second in 45 overs, in order to get a result. 

Big IPL Stars in Buchi Babu Trophy 2025

Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK), Ayush Mhatre (CSK), Musheer Khan (PBKS), Vijay Shankar (CSK), Shahrukh Khan (GT), Abdul Samad (LSG), Umran Malik (KKR), Abishek Porel (DC)

Buchi Babu Trophy 2025: All Squads

Maharashtra: Ankit Bawane (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prithvi Shaw, Siddhesh Veer, Sachin Dhas, Arshin Kulkarni, Harshal Kate, Siddharth Mhatre, Saurabh Nawale (wk), Mandar Bhandari (wk), Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Pradeep Dadhe, Vicky Ostwal, Hitesh Walunj, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar

Mumbai: Ayush Mhatre (c), Musheer Khan, Divyansh Saxena, Sarfaraz Khan, Suved Parker (vice-captain), Pragnesh Kanpillewar, Harsh Aghav, Sairaj Patil, Aakash Parkar, Aakash Anand (WK), Hardik Tamore (WK), Shreyas Gurav, Yash Dicholkar, Himanshu Singh, Roystan Dias, Sylvester D’souza, Irfan Umair

TNCA President’s XI: Pradosh Ranjan Paul (c.), C. Andre Siddarth C (Vice-capt.), B. Indrajith, Vijay Shankar, R. Vimal Khumar, S. Radhakrishnan, S. Lokeshwar, G. Ajitesh, J. Hemchudeshan, R.S. Ambrish, C.V. Achyuth, H. Trilok Nag, P. Saravana Kumar, P. Vidyuth, K. Abhinav

TNCA XI: M. Shahrukh Khan (C), Boopathi Vaishna Kumar (Vice-capt.), B. Sachin, M. Siddharth, Tushar Raheja, Kiran Karthikeyan, S. Mohamed Ali, S. Rithik Easwaran, S.R. Athish, S. Lakshay Jain, D.T. Chandrasekar, P. Vignesh, R. Sonu Yadav, D. Deepesh, J. Prem Kumar, A. Esakkimuthu, T.D. Lokesh Raj

Jammu & Kashmir: Qamran Iqbal, Vivrant Sharma, Paras Dogra, Yawer Hassan, Abdul Samad, Musaif Ajaz, Kawalpreet Singh, Shivansh Sharma, Abid Mushtaq, Dikshant Kundal, Umran Malik, Umar Nazir, Rohit Sharma, Vanshaj Sharma, Sunil Kumar, Sahil Lotra

Bengal: Sudip Gharami, Anustup Majumdar, Abishek Porel, Sumanta Gupta, Aditya Purohit, Saurabh Singh, Chinmoy Singh, Vishal Bhati, Aishik Patel, Karanlal, Vikash Singh (Jr), Aamir Gani, Rahul Prasad, Mukesh Kumar, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Ishan Porel, Yudhajit Guha, Nuruddin Mondal, Kanishk Seth, Sumit Mohanta, Subham Sarkar

(Only available teams) 

Buchi Babu Trophy 2025: All Groups

Group A: TNCA President’s XI, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra

Group B: Railways, Jammu & Kashmir, Baroda, Odisha

Group C: TNCA XI, Mumbai, Haryana, Bengal

Group D: Hyderabad, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand

Buchi Babu Trophy 2025: Full Schedule

Round 1 (August 18 - August 20)

TNCA President’s XI vs HPCA, Venue: Gojan College A Ground

TNCA XI vs Mumbai, Venue: Gojan College B Ground

Chhattisgarh vs Maharashtra, Venue: Gurunanak College

Jammu & Kashmir vs Indian Railways, Venue: MRF-Pachiyappa’s

Odisha vs Baroda, Venue: CPT IP

Haryana vs Bengal, Venue: AM Jain College

MPCA vs Jharkhand, Venue: SRM College

Hyderabad vs Punjab, Venue: Murugappa Ground

Round 2 (August 22 - August 24)

TNCA XI vs Haryana, Venue: Gojan College A Ground

TNCA President’s XI vs Maharashtra, Venue: Gojan College B Ground

Hyderabad vs Jharkhand, Venue: Gurunanak College

Punjab vs MPCA, Venue: MRF-Pachiyappa’s

Chhattisgarh vs HPCA, Venue: SSN College

Jammu & Kashmir vs Baroda, Venue: Murugappa Ground

Mumbai vs Bengal, Venue: IIT Madras

Indian Railways vs Odisha, Venue: SRM College

Round 3 (August 26 - August 28)

TNCA President’s XI vs Chhattisgarh, Venue: Gojan College A Ground

TNCA XI vs Bengal, Venue: Gojan College B Ground

Mumbai vs Haryana, Venue: MRF-Pachiyappa’s

Indian Railways vs Baroda, Venue: Gurunanak College

Hyderabad vs MPCA, Venue: AM Jain College

Punjab vs Jharkhand, Venue: CPT IP

Jammu & Kashmir vs Odisha, Venue: SSN College

Maharashtra vs HPCA, Venue: Murugappa Ground

Semifinals (August 31 - September 3)

Winner of Group A vs Winner of Group B

Winner of Group C vs Winner of Group D

Final (September 6 - September 9)

Winner of Semifinal 1 vs Winner of Semifinal 2

Where to Watch Buchi Babu Trophy 2025, and Live Streaming Details?

Buchi Babu Trophy 2025 will be live-streamed on TNCA’s official YouTube channel.

Fantasy Tips for Buchi Babu Trophy, 2025

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