The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 Elite Group matches will be played across eight venues. Each group’s matches are divided between two venues in one city, and the tournament will start on November 26th. The Super League and knockout matches, including the final, will be played at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore.
All Elite Group A matches will be played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium 'B' and the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Group A comprises Mumbai, Vidarbha, Andhra, Kerala, Railways, Assam, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha. The defending champions, Mumbai, will once again be the favorites to top this group.
Elite Group B matches will be played at the Eden Gardens and the Jadavpur University Complex ground, both located in Kolkata. The tracks are expected to be batting paradises, where the average scores are around 170-180 runs. Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Hyderabad, Maharashtra, Goa, and Bihar are all part of this elite group.
In Elite Group C of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025, the venues are the Narendra Modi Stadium 'B' Ground, Motera, and the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. While the Motera stadium offers an equal balance between bat and ball, the Narendra Modi Stadium largely favors the batters. Group C looks stacked with competitive teams like Baroda, Bengal, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Services, and Puducherry.
Group D matches will be played at the Nuclear Fuel Complex Ground, Secunderabad, a venue that has hosted very few T20 matches, while the other venue is known as one of the flat batting tracks, the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad. Delhi, Saurashtra, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, and Tripura are the teams that are part of this group.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 Venues
| Venue | Group |
|---|---|
| Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium B, Lucknow | Elite Group A |
| Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow | Elite Group A |
| Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Elite Group B |
| Jadavpur University Complex, Kolkata | Elite Group B |
| Narendra Modi Stadium B Ground, Motera, Ahmedabad | Elite Group D |
| Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad | Elite Group D |
| Nuclear Fuel Complex Ground, Secunderabad | Elite Group C |
| Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | Elite Group C |
| Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore |




