Tripura names 18-member squad for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

The Tripura Cricket Association has named an 18-member squad for the opening four matches of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2026-27, to be played in Chandigarh from November 14.

Mani Sankar Mura Singh will lead the side and Abhijit Sarkar has been named vice-captain, according to a press release from the association in Agartala, reported by India Today NE on Sunday.

The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is the Board of Control for Cricket in India's main domestic Twenty20 competition. State and union territory sides play a league stage, usually in clusters at neutral venues, before the knockout rounds. Tripura's first assignment this season is a four-match block in Chandigarh.

The squad as announced

The association listed the batting group as Bikram Kumar Das, Sridam Paul, Subham Sutradhar, Arindam Barman, Mandeep Singh, Anandh Bhowmik, Tanmoy Das, Saptajit Das and Lakshay Thareja.

The pace attack will be led by vice-captain Abhijit Sarkar, with Saruk Hossain and Danveer Singh as the other fast-bowling options named in the release. Sentu Sarkar and Arka Prabha Sinha have been included as wicketkeepers.

The spin group named in the release is Viki Saha, Sandip Sarkar, Parvez Sultan and Chiranjit Paul. In the all-rounders' group, captain Mani Sankar Mura Singh is joined by Bikram Debnath and Saurabh Das.

Eight standby players have also been named: Md. Al-Bahaar, Samrat Sutradhar, Hrituraj Ghosh Roy, Tanmoy Ghosh, Ajay Sarkar, Indrajit Debnath, Durlab Roy and Amaresh Das. A support staff has been appointed to travel with the team. All selected players and staff have been asked to report according to their flight schedules.

What comes next

The release did not list Tripura's opponents or the exact match days for the Chandigarh leg, only that the first four games of the campaign will be played there from November 14. The association is expected to share travel and match details with the players directly.

Mura Singh, an all-rounder who bowls spin and bats in the middle order, has led Tripura in domestic cricket in recent seasons. Sarkar is a pace bowler who has been a regular in the state side.

For a smaller cricket state, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is one of the main national windows in which Tripura players can catch the eye of franchise scouts and national selectors. The Chandigarh cluster falls just after Ningol Chakkouba and the Diwali period in the Northeast, so the squad will assemble as the festive week ends.

NEInsider will add the fixture list and later results once the association or the BCCI publishes them.