Overview
- Matches span 80 overs with two 20-over innings per side, scores carried forward, and results possible as win, loss, tie or draw.
- Rule tweaks include a single four-over powerplay per team, a 75-run follow-on threshold, a five-bowler cap, and a maximum of eight overs per bowler across both innings.
- The inaugural Junior Test Twenty Championship is scheduled in India in January 2026 with six franchises—three Indian city teams and three international sides from Dubai, London and a yet-to-be-named US city.
- Each franchise will draft 16 players split evenly between eight Indian and eight international teenagers, selected through a global process powered by an AI Discovery Engine and the Test Twenty Intelligence Index.
- Backed by advisory board members AB de Villiers, Harbhajan Singh, Sir Clive Lloyd and Matthew Hayden, the project has named former Rajasthan Royals CEO Michael Fordham as chief operating officer, while ICC endorsement has not been announced.