The knockout rounds of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 cricket tournament will be held at Ranchi from March 26 to 31.
Two teams from each of the five zones would qualify for the All India T20 interzonals at Ranchi.
The zonal rounds to identify the ten qualifiers for the knockout phase are to be held in Lahli and Rohtak (North Zone), Shimoga (South), Agartala (East), Ahmedabad (West) and Nagpur (Central) from March 17 to 22.
The T20 championship would be the tune-up event for the Indian Premier League commencing on April 3.