Kerala Men's T20 Challenger 2025: Schedule, squads, how to watch live

A total of 15 teams are divided into three groups. They are Alappuzha, Malappuram, Kasaragod, Idukki, Trivandrum, Kannur, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Ernakulam, Kollam, Wayanad, Kottayam, Thrissur and Combined Districts. Each side will play four other teams in the group once. Then the top sides will contest in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and then in the final. A total of 35 matches will be played between May 16 and June 2. The St. Xavier’s College Ground in Thumba will host the entire competition.

Trivandrum are the defending champions, having beaten Alappuzha by one wicket in last year’s final. Notable Kerala players like Sachin Baby, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Basil Thampi and KM Asif, among others, will play in the competition.

In the season opener, Alappuzha beat Idukki by 28 runs. Alappuzha captain Vishnu Raj starred with a 53-ball 80.

Vishnu Raj lights up NSK Trophy State T20 Championship Season 3 with a blistering 80 off 53 balls! 💥
Idukki falls short at 155/8. Alappuzha wins by 28 runs! 🏏#NSKtrophy #T20 #kca #Alappuzha #Idukki pic.twitter.com/ZRiJPzO43k

— KCA (@KCAcricket) May 16, 2025

Kerala Men's T20 Challenger 2025 squads: Full team lists

Alappuzha

Agostriya Chathurvedi, Akhil KG, Devaadithyan SR, Fihan CS, Athul S Krishna, Muhammad Ajmal N, S Anand Sagar, Yadhu Sundaram, Amal Raj, Abhishek Noir, Amal Ramesh, Harikrishnan MU, Krishnamuni Noir, Nikhil M, Prasoon Prasad, Akash Pillai, Althaf S, Vishnu Raj, Balu Babu, Pathirikattu Midhun, Sojesh SV, Vidhun Venugopal, Akhilraj R, Jerin PS, Sudhesan Midhun

Malappuram

Adith Ashok, Anand Krishnan, Krishna Narayan, Shanu Sidan, Karnil Aboobacker, Adarsh RP, Rishwid Uday, Sibin Girish, Sreerag VK, Nikhil Thattath, Abhiram B, Adnan AT, Akhil Raj, Fasil K, KM Asif, Mohammed Ishaaq, Muhammad Shammas, Sanu CM, Vishnu K

Kasaragod

Ahammed Ihthisham, Ahmed Ziyad, Isthiaq Poyakkara, Manjunath K, Thrishan Shetty, Thushar BK, Mohammed Jaseel, Nidheesh B, Gokul M, Pallam Anfal, Abdul Fahiz, Abdul Farhan TK, Jaganathan MR, Mohammad Kati, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Adarsh K, Sreehari S Nair, Mithun M, Mohammed Ashfak

Idukki

Jithin, Rakesh Babu, Sachin Baby, Sebastian M, Vishnu Viswam, Saurav Arun, Akhil Scaria, Anandhu Prasad, Harikrishnan S, Sreehhari Anish, Vasudev R Nair, Aju Paulose, Vishnu Babu, Adithya Biju, Anand Suresh, Midhun Nadarajan, Anand Joseph, Gokul N Prokash, Jobin Joby

Trivandrum

Abhishek Nair, Abhishek Pratap, Aditya Mohan, Alan Alex, Shoun Roger, Abijith Proveen, Anantha Krishnan J, Krishna Devan, Akshay Shiv, Sreevardhan Murali, Arjun AK, Hermishes, Bharath Soonya, Biju Narayanan, Fazil Fanoos, Jikku Bright, Rahul Chandran, Sarath Prasad, Vijay Vishwanath

Kannur

Karthik S, Mannembeth Sreeroop, Salman Nizar, Shaun Pacha, Akshay Chandran, Badarudheen PP, Muhammad Nazaei, CTK, Nandu Krishna V P, Omar Abubacker, Sachin Gupta, Sangeeth Sagar, Sridhin Marar, Thejus Vivek, Dheeraj Prem, Parthiv Jayesh, Varun Nayanar, Arjun Suresh Nambiar, Mishab DV, Shabinshad TC

Kozhikode

Abhiram V, Adarsh Babu N, Goutham C Anilkumar, Naveen Kumar J, Rishal Ahammed, Rohan Kunnummal, Abhiram S, Anandhu, Hariprasad PV, Kasinath M, Laxman Vikranth, Nipun Anoop, Prakash V, Thejus Kumar, Alan Abdulla, Anirudh Sivam, Dhwaj Raichura, Adwith N, Akhil Dev V, Nazal P

Palakkad

Aadith A, Ashwin Anand, Abishek Krishna PM, Akshay TK, Harikrishnan R, Anandhu C M, Goutham Krishna G, Goutham S, Jaivin V Jaxon, Hari Prasad V, Praveen Kumar N, Rakesh Murari, Sanath S, Vishnu Menon, Ubaid VI, Jishnu Manikanda A, Sachin Suresh, Ajith Raj, Ajmal A

Pathanamthitta

Anandu Babu, Anoop G, Sudeesh Mohan, Abhiljeeth S, Abhijith S Nair, Alif Francis, Aswin Pillai, Gentle Ravi, Kannan A, Karthik P, Shine John Jacob, Sonu Jacob, Sujith S, Aditya Nayar, Subin S, Lakshmanan S, Anandhu KB, Manu Mohan

Ernakulam

Adithya Vinod, Rohit KR, Akhil MS, Anandhu Sunil, Appu Prokash, Vipul Shakti, Ameersha SN, Abdul Bastih, Govind Pai, Preethish Pawan, Sooraj CS, Sanjay Raj, Sanjeev Satheesan, Ajith Vasudevan, Asif Salam, Basil Thampi, Ibnul Afthab, Pavan Raj, Vishnu P Kumar

Kollam

Amal AG, Anaz Nazser, Naveen SM, Rahul Sharma, Renju Koshy, Sharon SS, Amal SI, Anshad S, Aswanth S Sanker, Athujijith M Anu, Vinil TS, Mohammed Irshad, Advaith Prince, Sachin PS, Ajayaghosh NS, Akshay Manohar, Ashik Muhammad, Brijesh Raj, Nidheesh Dineshan

Wayanad

Anirudh Pradeep, Gowtham Krishna, Rehan Sai, Arun Variad, Aswin NS, Albin VJ, Anil Kumar, Sachin MS, Sarath KS, Akshay NS, Majnas, Afsai SA, Ajinas K, Sayanth, Akhin Sathar, Arun Ganesh, Karthik Krishna, Rahaan Raheem, Saly Samson

Kottayam

Asif Ali, Ghanashyam A, Harikrishnan KN, Jackson Peter, Sonu Tamy, Abhinav KV, Akhil Sajeev, Jithu Abraham, Nandakumar KA, Naresh Nair, Sreehari Nair, Yadhu Krishnan PS, Dony Augustine, Sreejith Sanjeev, Adhi Abhilash, Rahul Joseph, Rehan Sojith, Sijomon Joseph, Sreekanth AU

Thrissur

Aadieev TJ, Adithya K, Joffn Jose, Mohammed Encan, Akarsh AK, Riya Basheer, Vathsal Govind, Arjun Venugopal, Arun KA, Navaneeth PS, Sharafuddeen NM, Vishnu TM, Lijo Jose, Ujwal Krishna, Nidhir Kumar, Pavan Sreedhar, Adarsh Ranjith, Adithya Krishnan K, Athif Bin Ashraf, Jishnu KS, Kiran Sagar, Krishna Kumar, Vinod Kumar

Combined Districts

Ahammed Imran, Ameersha SN, Neel Sunny, Rohan Nair, Anuraj JS, Eshaan Kunal, Mohit Shibu, Nandan R Nair, Vinoop Manoharan, Manav Krishna, Sanjeev Satheesan, Abdul Bastih N, Abi Biju, Adithya Bajju, Gokul Gopinath, Jose Perayil, Vinay V Varghese

Kerala Men's T20 Challenger 2025 schedule: Full fixtures list, match timings and venues

Kerala Men's T20 Challenger 2025: Where to watch on TV and live streaming?

Where to watch in India

Fans in India can watch all the matches live on Fancode app or website (fancode.com).

Where to watch in UK

Details will be added when available.

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