Other decisions of the Technical Committee will also be implemented during the upcoming Ranji Trophy season which include that Vijay Hazare Trophy matches at the knockout stage, and the Deodhar Trophy matches, will be played under lights; the under-25 matches will start a day after the Ranji matches so that players who are not part of the playing XI in the Ranji games can play the under-25 games.u00a0

There will be no bonus points in one-day games; SG Test balls will be used for Ranji Trophy and Under-25 matches; Under-16 and Under-19 matches will be played with SG Tournament Special balls; women's senior tournaments will be played on Elite and Plate group basis and the Ranji knockout games will be played at venues to be identified by the Ground and Pitches Committee, in consultation with the Chairman of the Technical Committee.

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Apart from that, the Tour Programme and Fixtures Committee also divided the teams into three Pools which will have champions Mumbai drawn with Delhi and Punjab in Group 'A'.

GROUP A

Mumbai, Punjab, Gujarat, Delhi, Karnataka, Orissa, Haryana, Vidharbha and Jharkhand.

GROUP B

Saurashtra, Services, Uttar Pradesh, Railways, Baroda, Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan.

GROUP C

Hyderabad, Maharashtra, Andhra, Assam, Kerala, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Tripura.