The Board of Control for Cricket in India has postponed the Ranji Trophy knock-out stage matches by a day, to December 26.

"The dates for Ranji Trophy knock-out matches have been rescheduled," secretary N Srinivasan said in a statement without specifying reasons for it.

The knock-out stage will be played between the top three teams from the Elite 'A' and 'B' groups and the top two teams from the Plate division.

The new schedule:

Quarter-finals, Dec 26-29:
A1 vs P1(Ahmedabad [Images])
A3 vs B2 (Mumbai, CCI)
A2 vs B3 (Baroda)
B1 vs P2 (Bangalore)

Semi-finals, Jan 4-7:
Winner Match 1 vs Winner Match 2 (Chennai)
Winner Match 3 vs Winner Match 4 (Nagpur)

Final, Jan 12-16:
Winner Match 5 vs Winner Match 6.