New Delhi . Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2026 is going to start from 14th November. A total of 38 teams will participate in this major domestic T20 competition of the country. The final match of the tournament will be played on December 6. Before the competition, so far 34 teams have announced their squads. Along with this, the names of the captains of most of the teams have also been revealed. This time the command of Bihar has been handed over to young batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi, while Mumbai will be captained by Suryakumar Yadav. The Kerala team will be led by Sanju Samson.
In this tournament, 32 teams have been divided into four elite groups of six teams each. Apart from this, six teams will compete in the plate group. Many international and players who have made their mark in IPL will also be seen in this T20 event of domestic cricket. Along with experienced cricketers, young players have also got a place in the teams of different states. In such a situation, this competition will be an opportunity for the players to showcase their talent and gain momentum before the upcoming cricket season.
Bihar's Vaibhav Suryavanshi is one of the youngest popular names in the released captain list. He has been given the responsibility of the team. Vaibhav has made a name for himself with his batting at a young age and will now face the challenge of captaincy in the domestic T20 competition. The Mumbai team will be led by Indian T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav. At the same time, Kerala has expressed confidence in Sanju Samson. Rajat Patidar has got the captaincy of Madhya Pradesh, while the Maharashtra team will be led by Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Talking about other major teams, Baroda has made Krunal Pandya, Bengal has made Abhimanyu Easwaran, Delhi has made Ayush Badoni and Rajasthan has made Deepak Chahar the captain. Ramandeep Singh will take command of Punjab. Karnataka has given the responsibility of leadership to Ravichandran Smaran, while Jharkhand's team will be under the captaincy of Anukul Roy. Uttar Pradesh will be captained by Karan Sharma and Uttarakhand will be led by Kunal Chandela. Saurashtra has made Jaydev Unadkat the captain, while the command of Tamil Nadu will be in the hands of Sai Kishore.
Other teams will be captained by Ricky Bhui of Andhra Pradesh, Neelam Obi of Arunachal Pradesh and Danish Das of Assam. Chandigarh has chosen Shivam Bhambri, Chhattisgarh has chosen Vikalp Tiwari, Goa has chosen Abhinav Tejarana and Himachal Pradesh has chosen Pukhraj Mann as captain. Hyderabad team will play under the leadership of Chama Milind, Jammu and Kashmir under the leadership of Shubham Khajuria and Odisha under the leadership of Swastik Samal. The captaincy of Railways has been handed over to Mohammad Saif and the command of Vidarbha has been handed over to Atharva Tayde. Mizoram will be captained by Jehu Anderson, Sikkim's Lee Yong Lepcha and Tripura's Mani Shankar Murasingh.
The names of captains of some teams are not clear in the available list. These include Manipur, Puducherry and Services. The name of the captain has not been clarified separately in the announced squads of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Punjab and Puducherry, although some names have been given in the list of captains. Therefore, the information related to the leadership of these teams is yet to be finally clarified.
If we look at the squad, many teams include well-known players. Bengal has given place to Mohammed Shami and Mukesh Kumar. Delhi team has bowlers like Ishant Sharma, Harshit Rana and Mayank Yadav. Jammu and Kashmir team includes Umran Malik and Abdul Samad. Tamil Nadu's squad includes T. Natarajan and Varun Chakraborty, while Uttar Pradesh's squad includes Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal and Mohsin Khan. Avesh Khan and Kumar Karthikeya are also present in the Madhya Pradesh team.
Now only two days are left for the start of the tournament. In such a situation, all the teams will be busy finalizing their preparations. This competition, which will run from November 14 to December 6, will give a platform to many domestic cricket players to prove their ability. The captains will have the responsibility of preparing the team combination and providing better performance in the tournament.