2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the twelfth edition of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20 competition that was played in India. It started on 10 January 2021, with the final taking place on 31 January 2021.[1][2] Karnataka were the defending champions.[3][4]

2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Dates10 – 31 January 2021
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatTwenty20 cricket
Tournament format(s)Round robin
ChampionsTamil Nadu (2nd title)
Participants38
Matches played103
Most runsNarayan Jagadeesan (364)
Most wicketsAshutosh Aman (16)
Official websitebcci.tv
2020–21 Indian domestic cricket season
Men

On 17 December 2020, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the fixtures, with 38 teams split into six groups.[5] Groups A to E had six teams, while the Plate Group had eight teams.[6] The winners from each group progressed to the quarter-finals, along the next two teams in Groups A to E with the most points.[7]

Punjab and Baroda won Groups A and C respectively to qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament.[8][9] Tamil Nadu won Group B to also progress to the knockout stage.[10] The Plate Group was won by Bihar, making them the only team from that group to progress.[11] On the final day of the group stage matches, Rajasthan won Group D,[12] and Haryana won Group E to advance.[13] Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh took the remaining two places in the quarter-finals, finishing the group stage as the best two second placed teams.[14]

The first two quarter-finals saw Punjab beat Karnataka by nine wickets,[15] and Tamil Nadu beat Himachal Pradesh by five wickets.[16] In the third quarter-final, Baroda beat Haryana by eight wickets.[17] In the last quarter-final match, Rajasthan became the fourth team to progress to the semi-finals, with a 16-run win over Bihar.[18]

In the first semi-final, Tamil Nadu beat Rajasthan by seven wickets to advance to their second successive final in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.[19] They were joined in the final by Baroda, after they beat Punjab by 25 runs in the second semi-final.[20] In the final, Tamil Nadu beat Baroda by seven wickets to win the tournament.[21][22]

Player transfers

The following player transfers were approved ahead of the season.

PlayerFromTo
Ashoke Dinda[23]BengalGoa
Sheldon Jackson[24]SaurashtraPuducherry

Background

The tournament was originally scheduled to run from 19 November to 7 December 2020.[25][26] However, in September 2020, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) warned that the domestic cricket season could be severely curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the possibility of no cricket taking place.[27] On 20 September 2020, Nadim Memon of the Mumbai Cricket Association emailed the BCCI to suggest that the tournament could be played Mumbai.[28] The city has six cricket stadiums, complete with all the relevant facilities and hotels nearby.[29] On 13 December 2020, the BCCI confirmed the fixtures and venues for the tournament, with each group playing their matches in bio-secure bubbles.[30]

League stage

Knockout stage
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
B1 Tamil Nadu 141/5 (17.5 overs)
C2 Himachal Pradesh 135/9 (20 overs)
B1 Tamil Nadu 158/3 (18.4 overs)
D1 Rajasthan 154/9 (20 overs)
D1 Rajasthan 164/5 (20 overs)
P1 Bihar 148/4 (20 overs)
B1 Tamil Nadu 123/3 (18 overs)
C1 Baroda 120/9 (20 overs)
A1 Punjab 89/1 (12.4 overs)
A2 Karnataka 87 (17.2 overs)
A1 Punjab 135/8 (20 overs)
C1 Baroda 160/3 (20 overs)
E1 Haryana 148/7 (20 overs)
C1 Baroda 150/2 (20 overs)

Quarter-finals
1st Quarter-final
26 January 2021
Scorecard
Karnataka
87 (17.2 overs)
v
Punjab
89/1 (12.4 overs)
Aniruddha Joshi 27 (34)
Siddarth Kaul 3/15 (4 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 49* (37)
Abhimanyu Mithun 1/11 (2 overs)
  • Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
2nd Quarter-final
26 January 2021
Scorecard
Himachal Pradesh
135/9 (20 overs)
v
Tamil Nadu
141/5 (17.5 overs)
Rishi Dhawan 35* (26)
Sonu Yadav 3/14 (4 overs)
Baba Aparajith 52* (45)
Vaibhav Arora 3/30 (4 overs)
Tamil Nadu won by 5 wickets
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Ulhas Gandhe
  • Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
3rd Quarter-final
27 January 2021
Scorecard
Haryana
148/7 (20 overs)
v
Baroda
150/2 (20 overs)
Himanshu Rana 49 (40)
Kartik Kakade 2/7 (2 overs)
Vishnu Solanki 71* (46)
Yuzvendra Chahal 1/15 (4 overs)
  • Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
4th Quarter-final
27 January 2021
Scorecard
Rajasthan
164/5 (20 overs)
v
Bihar
148/4 (20 overs)
Mahipal Lomror 78* (37)
Suraj Kashyap 2/28 (4 overs)
Mangal Mahrour 68* (58)
Chandrapal Singh 1/21 (4 overs)
Rajasthan won by 16 runs
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Yeshwant Barde
  • Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Suraj Kashyap (Bihar) made his T20 debut.

Semi-finals
1st Semi-final
29 January 2021
Scorecard
Rajasthan
154/9 (20 overs)
v
Tamil Nadu
158/3 (18.4 overs)
Ashok Menaria 51 (32)
M. Mohammed 4/24 (4 overs)
Arun Karthik 89* (54)
Tanveer Ul-Haq 1/22 (3 overs)
Tamil Nadu won by 7 wickets
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Yeshwant Barde
  • Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd Semi-final
29 January 2021
Scorecard
Baroda
160/3 (20 overs)
v
Punjab
135/8 (20 overs)
Kedar Devdhar 64 (49)
Mayank Markande 1/29 (4 overs)
Mandeep Singh 42* (24)
Lukman Meriwala 3/28 (4 overs)
  • Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

Final
Final
31 January 2021
Scorecard
Baroda
120/9 (20 overs)
v
Tamil Nadu
123/3 (18 overs)
Vishnu Solanki 49 (55)
Manimaran Siddharth 4/20 (4 overs)
Chezhian Harinishanth 35 (38)
Atit Sheth 1/20 (3 overs)
Tamil Nadu won by 7 wickets
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Yeshwant Barde
Player of the match: Manimaran Siddharth (Tamil Nadu)
  • Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.

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