Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Tournament logo
CountriesIndia
AdministratorBoard of Control for Cricket in India
FormatTwenty20
First edition2006–07
Latest edition2025–26
Tournament formatRound-robin and knockout
Number of teams38
Current championJharkhand (1st title)
Most successfulTamil Nadu (3 titles)
WebsiteBCCI

The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy[1] is a domestic Twenty20 cricket championship in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It is named after former Test cricketer Syed Mushtaq Ali.

It is played by the teams from the Ranji Trophy, which is the premier domestic first-class cricket championship in the country. In 2006–07, the inaugural competition was won by Tamil Nadu under the captaincy of Dinesh Karthik. The 2025–26 tournament was won by Jharkhand, who defeated Haryana in the final. Tamil Nadu has been the most successful team, winning the trophy three times.[2]

History

The tournament is played under Twenty20 (T20) rules. Originally known as the Inter-State T20 Championship, it was inaugurated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the 2006–07 season. Except in 2016–17, the tournament has been contested by teams involved in the Ranji Trophy, 27 at first and currently (2023) 38. The format begun with a round-robin stage with the teams divided into zonal groups, with the top teams in each group qualifying for a knockout stage culminating in the final tie. In 2012–13, the BCCI decided to replace the knockout with a Super League consisting of two groups, the winners of which qualified for the final. In June 2016, the BCCI relaunched the competition using zonal teams, as in the Duleep Trophy, but they reverted to the Ranji teams in 2017. Since then, the number of competing teams have increased to 38 and the knockout stage has been restored.[3]

Format

The 38 teams are divided into five Elite groups, namely A, B, C, D, and E. There used to be a Plate group for newer teams but it has been discontinued. There are eight teams in groups A, B, and C who play seven matches each. Groups D and E have seven teams who play six matches each. The top-ranked teams in each group qualify for the knockout stage along with the three best runners-up. The knockout consists of four quarter-final matches, two semi-finals and the final.[4]

Current teams

The competition features the following 38 domestic teams, listed by their 2023–24 groups.[4]

Winners

Seasons Winners Runners-up Winning Captain Captain of Runners-up
2006/07 Tamil Nadu Punjab Dinesh Kartik Pankaj Dharmani
2009/10 Maharashtra Hyderabad Rohit Motwani Amol Shinde
2010/11 Bengal Madhya Pradesh Manoj Tiwary Mohnish Mishra
2011/12 Baroda Punjab Pinal Shah Harbhajan Singh
2012/13 Gujarat Punjab Parthiv Patel Mandeep Singh
2013/14 Baroda Uttar Pradesh Aditya Waghmode Akshdeep Nath
2014/15 Gujarat Punjab Manpreet Juneja Gurkeerat Singh
2015/16 Uttar Pradesh Baroda Suresh Raina Irfan Pathan
2016/17 East Zone Central Zone Manoj Tiwary Naman Ojha
2017/18 Delhi Rajasthan Pradeep Sangwan Aniket Choudhary
2018/19 Karnataka Maharashtra Manish Pandey Rahul Tripathi
2019/20 Karnataka Tamil Nadu Manish Pandey Dinesh Karthik
2020/21 Tamil Nadu Baroda Dinesh Karthik Kedar Devdhar
2021/22 Tamil Nadu Karnataka Vijay Shankar Manish Pandey
2022/23 Mumbai Himachal Pradesh Ajinkya Rahane Rishi Dhawan
2023/24 Punjab Baroda Mandeep Singh Krunal Pandya
2024/25 Mumbai Madhya Pradesh Shreyas Iyer Rajat Patidar
2025/26 Jharkhand Haryana Ishan Kishan Ankit Kumar

Finals appearances by team

Team Winner Runner-up Last Final
Tamil Nadu 3 1 2021/22
Baroda 2 3 2023/24
Karnataka 2 1 2021/22
Gujarat 2 0 2014/15
Mumbai 2 0 2024/25
Punjab 1 4 2023/24
Maharashtra 1 1 2018/19
Uttar Pradesh 1 1 2015/16
Bengal 1 0 2010/11
East Zone 1 0 2016/17
Delhi 1 0 2017/18
Jharkhand 1 0 2025/26
Madhya Pradesh 0 2 2024/25
Hyderabad 0 1 2009/10
Central Zone 0 1 2016/17
Rajasthan 0 1 2017/18
Himachal Pradesh 0 1 2022/23
Haryana 0 1 2025/26

Tournament records

Team records

Team records[5]
Most Trophy wins 3 Tamil Nadu
Most consecutive wins including league 15 Karnataka
Most consecutive defeats 22 Jammu and Kashmir
Largest margin of victory (by runs) By 263 runs Baroda vs Sikkim
Largest margin of victory (by wickets) By 10 wickets 30 times
Largest margin of victory (by balls remaining) 100 balls Jharkhand vs Tripura

Highest totals

Score By Against Venue Date
349/5 Baroda Sikkim Emerald High School Ground, Indore[6] 5 December 2024
275/6 Punjab Andhra JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi 17 October 2023
262/3 Jharkhand Haryana Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Maharashtra 18 December 2025
258/4 Mumbai Sikkim Emerald High School Ground, Indore 21 February 2019
252/4 Gujarat Manipur ACA–KDCA Cricket Ground, Mulapadu 2 March 2019
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[7]

Lowest totals

Score By Against Venue Date
30 Tripura Jharkhand Tata Digwadih Stadium, Dhanbad 20 October 2009
40 Manipur Punjab Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur 18 October 2022
44 Assam Delhi Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara 6 January 2016
49 Sikkim Gujarat Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat 14 November 2019
50 Mizoram Uttarakhand Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot 20 October 2022
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[8]

Highest Individual score

Score Name From Against Venue Date
151 Tilak Varma Hyderabad Meghalaya Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot 23 November 2024
147 Shreyas Iyer Mumbai Sikkim Emerald High School Ground, Indore 21 February 2019
146* Puneet Bisht Meghalaya Mizoram Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai 13 January 2021
137* Mohammed Azharuddeen Kerala Mumbai Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
134 Prithvi Shaw Mumbai Assam Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot 14 October 2022
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[9]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 Final: Who won the BCCI's premier T20 tournament? Check full list here". The Economics Times. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  3. ^ "BCCI revamps Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy structure". ESPNcricinfo. 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  4. ^ a b Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 2023–24 Tables, CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2023. (subscription required) Archived 6 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Overall First-Class Records". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 22 February 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Baroda Creates History, Posts Highest T20 Total of 349 Runs in SMAT 2024". ProBatsman. 5 December 2024. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Lowest totals". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Archived from the original on 15 May 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Batting Most Runs Innings". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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