Overview

• The tournament runs from August 28 to September 11 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, with play starting daily at 9:30 am IST.
• The six-team event reverts to a straight knockout format, with North vs East and Central vs North East in the quarterfinals and South and West seeded into the semifinals.
• Opening fixtures are scheduled for August 28–31, semifinals for September 4–7, and a five-day final for September 11–15 at the same venue.
• Streaming is set on JioHotstar, while outlets disagree on television carriage, with reports variously citing Star Sports, Sports18, or no live TV coverage.
• North are set to be led by Ankit Kumar for the opener, East by Abhimanyu Easwaran in Ishan Kishan’s absence, and squads feature headline names including Tilak Varma, Shardul Thakur, Shreyas Iyer, and Mohammed Shami.