Buchi Babu Trophy 2024: Full schedule, teams, match dates and venues

The Buchi Babu Trophy 2024 is scheduled to be held ahead of the senior men’s domestic cricket season, starting August 15 in Tamil Nadu.

Hosted annually in the lead-up to the domestic cricket season, the Buchi Babu Trophy returned after a six-year hiatus last year. Considered to be one of the oldest-running cricket tournaments in India, the tournament is named after Mothavarapu Venkata Mahipathi Naidu, popularly known as Buchi Babu Naidu, a pioneer of cricket in Tamil Nadu.

The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) hosts the invitational tournament, slated to be held at four venues this season.

The tournament will also have several India stars such as Suryakumar Yadav, Sarfaraz Khan, Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan representing their respective state teams.

Buchi Babu Trophy 2024: Formats, teams and schedule

Twelve teams will be separated into four groups. 10 state teams, including Railways, will feature in the tournament besides two sides from Tamil Nadu — the (TNCA) President’s XI and TNCA XI. The matches will follow a four-day format in the lead-up to the Duleep Trophy in September and the Ranji Trophy which will begin in October. Madhya Pradesh are the defending champion, having beaten Delhi in the final last year.

Group A: Madhya Pradesh, Hyderabad and Jharkhand
Group B: Railways, Gujarat and TNCA President’s XI
Group C: Haryana, TNCA XI and Mumbai
Group D: Jammu and Kashmir, Chattisgarh and Baroda

Round 1 (August 15-18)

Madhya Pradesh vs Jharkhand, Tirunelveli
Railways vs Gujarat, Salem
Mumbai vs Haryana, Coimbatore
Jammu & Kashmir vs Chattisgarh, Natham

Round 2 (August 21-24)

Jharkhand vs Hyderabad, Tirunelveli
Railways vs TNCA President’s XI, Salem
Haryana vs TNCA XI, Coimbatore
Jammu & Kashmir vs Baroda, Natham

Round 3 (August 27-30)

Madhya Pradesh vs Hyderabad, Tirunelveli
Gujarat vs TNCA President’s XI, Salem
Mumbai vs TNCA XI, Coimbatore
Baroda vs Chattisgarh. Natham

Semi-finals (September 2-5)

Winner Group A vs Winner Group B, Tirunelveli
Winner Group C vs Winner Ground D, Natham

Final (September 8-11)

Winner of Semi-final 1 vs Winner of Semi-final 2

When and where to watch Buchi Babu Trophy 2024 matches?

The Buchi Babu Trophy 2024 matches will be streamed on the TNCA app and the TNCA YouTube channel.

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