The Senior Women’s T20 Trophy 2026 will begin on Monday and run until November 20.
Organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it is the country’s premier domestic T20 cricket tournament for women.
The Senior Women’s T20 Trophy will feature 37 teams, with 31 competing in the Elite division and six in the Plate competition. A total of 134 cricket matches will be played.
Started in 2008-09 as the Senior Women’s T20 League, the upcoming season will mark the 18th edition of the domestic T20 competition.
Maharashtra are the defending Elite champions after winning their maiden title last year. They defeated Madhya Pradesh in a rain-affected final in Surat.
The defending champions are placed in Elite Group A alongside Assam, Karnataka, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Bengal, Goa and Jammu & Kashmir.
Senior Women’s T20 Trophy 2026 teams
- Group A: Maharashtra, Assam, Karnataka, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Bengal, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir
- Group B: Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Baroda, Saurashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana, Andhra, Odisha
- Group C: Railways, Tripura, Vidarbha, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Sikkim, Kerala
- Group D: Delhi, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Uttar Pradesh, Pondicherry
- Plate Group: Bihar, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur
Among the notable players in the competition, India wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh will captain Bengal subject to her availability, with pacer Titas Sadhu as her deputy. Bharti Fulmali, part of India’s Asian Games gold medal-winning team, will represent Vidarbha, while Asha Sobhana, Sajana Sajeevan and Kiran Navgire feature in Kerala’s squad.
Senior Women’s T20 Trophy 2026 format
The Elite competition consists of three groups of eight teams and one group of seven.
The top two teams from each Elite group will qualify for the Super League, where the eight teams will be divided equally into two groups.
Each team will play three matches in the Super League. The two group toppers will meet in the Elite final on November 20.
The six Plate teams will compete in a round-robin league, with the top two progressing to the Plate final on November 4.
The Elite league stage will be held across Surat, New Chandigarh and Mohali, Lucknow and Pune, while the Plate competition will be played in Sovima, Nagaland.
The Super League matches and Elite final will take place in Ahmedabad.
The Plate Group winner will earn promotion to the Elite division for the following season, while the lowest-ranked team across the four Elite groups will be relegated to the Plate competition.
Railways are the most successful team in the competition’s history with 11 titles. Other champions include Delhi, Punjab, Mumbai and Maharashtra.
Mumbai won their maiden crown in 2023 and successfully defended it in 2024 before Maharashtra became champions for the first time last season.
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