Irani Cup 2025: All you need to know
Match: Vidarbha vs Rest of India
Date: October 1-5, 2025
Time: 9.30am IST start
Venue: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Captains: Rajat Patidar (ROI), Akshay Wadkar (VID)
Umpires: Rohan Pandit, Swaroopanand Kannur
Third umpire: Virender Sharma
Match referee: Pankaj Dharmani
A little bit on the history of Irani Cup
Each year, the reigning defending champions take on a Rest of India side for a one-off, five-day match called the Irani Cup. The Rest of India squad is made up of top performers from all the other teams, and the match has first-class status.
The tournament is named after Zal Irani, who served as BCCI board treasurer across two terms (1928/29 to 1945/46 and 1948/49 to 1961/62).
The first ever game between the Ranji champions and an ROI team was played in 1959/60.
Also read: Irani Cup, India A, West Indies Tests – Who is playing where?
Irani Cup: What are the squads?
Rest of India
Rajat Patidar (C), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Aryan Juyal (WK), Ruturaj Gaikwad (VC), Yash Dhull, Shaikh Rasheed, Ishan Kishan (WK), Tanush Kotian, Manav Suthar, Gurnoor Brar, Khaleel Ahmed, Akash Deep, Anshul Kamboj, Saransh Jain
Vidarbha
Akshay Wadkar (C, WK), Yash Rathod (VC),Akshay Karnewar, Atharva Taide,Aditya Thakare, Aman Mokhade, Danish Malewar, Harsh Dubey, Parth Rekhade, Yash Thakur, Nachiket Bhute, Darshan Nalkande, Yash Kadam, Shivam Deshmukh (WK), Praful Hinge, Dhruv Shorey