India, Oct. 13 -- Their pre-season training camps and warm-up tournaments done, teams get into red-ball mode in the gruelling 2025-26 Ranji Trophy season from Wednesday, playing non-stop till January before the knock-out rounds begin in February.

While the tournament fails to evoke interest among fans like IPL does, there are many talking points for the large cricket fraternity around the country.

With Bihar's teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi looking to underline his red-ball credentials, Rishabh Pant's expected return from injury in Delhi's second game, Karun Nair's return to home state Karnataka, and Andhra signing up Kiwi coach Gary Stead all have ensured there is enough buzz around domestic cricket's blue riband tournam...