Indian domestic cricket is all set to begin as the schedule and venues of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy have been confirmed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). According to the cricket's top governing body in the country, Ahmedabad in Gujarat will host the knockout games of the tournament while the group stages will be held In Bengaluru, Kolkata, Vadodara, Indore, Mumbai, and Chennai.
The Board has ordered all teams to assemble at their designated hubs on or before 2nd January as the players and staff will undergo three rounds of COVID-19 testing on January 2, 4, and 6, before being allowed to begin training.
But the setting will not just be limited to pre-tournament ones as before moving to the next round, all the qualified teams with their players and support staff will undergo two more rounds of testing - on January 20 and 22 - before the start of the knockouts.
While the tournament kicks off on January 10, the quarter-finals will be played on January 26 and 27, the semi-finals on January 29, and the final on January 31.
While Elite group teams would play in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Indore, Vadodara, and Kolkata, the Plate group team would be playing their matches in Chennai.
Elite Group A (Bengaluru): J&K, Karnataka, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Railways, Tripura
Elite Group B (Kolkata): Odisha, Bengal, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Hyderabad
Elite Group C (Vadodara): Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Baroda, Uttarakhand
Elite Group D (Indore): Services, Saurashtra, Vidarbha, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Goa
Elite Group E (Mumbai): Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Mumbai, Kerala, Puducherry
Plate Group (Chennai): Chandigarh, Meghalaya, Bihar, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh
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