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Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Twenty20 cricket championship in India
Twenty20 cricket championship in India
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy |
| image | Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.png |
| country | India |
| administrator | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| cricket format | Twenty20 |
| first | 2006–07 |
| last | 2025–26 |
| tournament format | Round-robin and knockout |
| participants | 38 |
| champions | (1st title) |
| most successful | Tamil Nadu (3 titles) |
| website | BCCI |
| imagesize | 300px |
The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 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.
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.
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.
Current teams
The competition features the following 38 domestic teams, listed by their 2023–24 groups.
- Baroda
- Chhattisgarh
- Haryana
- Hyderabad
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Mumbai
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chandigarh
- Himachal Pradesh
- Kerala
- Odisha
- Services
- Sikkim
- Andhra
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Manipur
- Punjab
- Railways
- Saurashtra
- Bengal
- Jharkhand
- Maharashtra
- Pondicherry
- Rajasthan
- Uttarakhand
- Delhi
- Karnataka
- Madhya Pradesh
- Nagaland
- Tamil Nadu
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Vidarbha
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 |
|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu | 3 |
| Baroda | 2 |
| Karnataka | 2 |
| Gujarat | 2 |
| Mumbai | 2 |
| Punjab | 1 |
| Maharashtra | 1 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 |
| Bengal | 1 |
| East Zone | 1 |
| Delhi | 1 |
| Jharkhand | 1 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 0 |
| Hyderabad | 0 |
| Central Zone | 0 |
| Rajasthan | 0 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0 |
| Haryana | 0 |
Tournament records
Team records
| Team records |
|---|
| Most Trophy wins |
| Most consecutive wins including league |
| Most consecutive defeats |
| Largest margin of victory (by runs) |
| Largest margin of victory (by wickets) |
| Largest margin of victory (by balls remaining) |
Highest totals
| Score | By | Against | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 349/5 | Baroda | Sikkim | Emerald High School Ground, Indore | 5 December 2024 |
| 275/6 | Punjab | Andhra | JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi | |
| 262/3 | Jharkhand | Haryana | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Maharashtra | |
| 258/4 | Mumbai | Sikkim | Emerald High School Ground, Indore | |
| 252/4 | Gujarat | Manipur | ACA–KDCA Cricket Ground, Mulapadu |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo
Lowest totals
| Score | By | Against | Venue | Date | 30 | 40 | 44 | 49 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tripura | Jharkhand | Tata Digwadih Stadium, Dhanbad | |||||||
| Manipur | Punjab | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | |||||||
| Assam | Delhi | Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara | |||||||
| Sikkim | Gujarat | Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat | |||||||
| Mizoram | Uttarakhand | Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo
Highest Individual score
| Score | Name | From | Against | Venue | Date | 151 | 147 | 146* | 137* | 134 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilak Varma | Hyderabad | Meghalaya | Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C, Rajkot | ||||||||
| Shreyas Iyer | Mumbai | Sikkim | Emerald High School Ground, Indore | ||||||||
| Puneet Bisht | Meghalaya | Mizoram | Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai | ||||||||
| Mohammed Azharuddeen | Kerala | Mumbai | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | ||||||||
| Prithvi Shaw | Mumbai | Assam | Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/trophy/batting-most-runs-innings/syed-mushtaq-ali-trophy-167|title= Batting Most Runs Innings
References
References
- "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy". ESPNcricinfo.
- "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 Final: Who won the BCCI's premier T20 tournament? Check full list here". The Economics Times.
- (24 June 2016). "BCCI revamps Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy structure". ESPNcricinfo.
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/38/Syed_Mushtaq_Ali_Trophy_2023-24.html Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 2023–24 Tables], CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2023. {{subscription required {{Webarchive. link. (6 November 2023)
- "Overall First-Class Records". CricketArchive.
- (5 December 2024). "Baroda Creates History, Posts Highest T20 Total of 349 Runs in SMAT 2024".
- "Highest totals". ESPN.
- "Lowest totals". ESPN.
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