2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

The 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the twelfth edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, an annual Twenty20 tournament in India. Played from 8 November to 1 December 2019, it was contested by all 38 Ranji Trophy teams and won by Karnataka, the defending champions, for their second title. Chandigarh, the last of the expansion teams introduced in 2018–19, made their debut.^[1][2][3][4]

2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Dates	8 November – 1 December 2019
Administrator	BCCI
Cricket format	T20
Tournament format(s)	Round robin, then knockout
Champions	Karnataka (2nd title)
Participants	38
Matches	149
Most runs	Devdutt Padikkal (580) (Karnataka)
Most wickets	Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (20) (Tamil Nadu)
Official website	http://www.bcci.tv
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The tournament retained the same format as the previous edition of the competition and had five groups, with two groups containing seven teams and three groups with eight teams.^[5] The top two teams in each group qualified for the Super League section of the tournament, with the teams then split into two further groups of five teams each. The top two teams of each of the Super League groups progressed to the semi-finals.^[6]

On the opening day of the tournament, Karnataka beat Uttarakhand by nine wickets, setting a new record for the most consecutive wins in T20 matches in India, with fifteen.^[7] Six rain-affected matches from the first day of the tournament were rescheduled to take place on 18 November 2019.^[8]

Following the conclusion of matches played on 17 November 2019, Baroda and Karnataka from Group A, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan from Group B, and Mumbai and Haryana from Group D had all progressed to the Super League stage of the tournament.^[9] After the final day of group stage matches, Maharashtra and Punjab from Group C, and Delhi and Jharkhand from Group E had also progressed to the Super League.^[10]

From the Super League, Haryana, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu advanced to the semi-finals.^[11] In the first semi-final, between Haryana and Karnataka, Abhimanyu Mithun took five wickets in one over for Karnataka, including a hat-trick.^[12] Karnataka won the match by eight wickets to advance to the final.^[13] In the second semi-final, Tamil Nadu beat Rajasthan by seven wickets to progress.^[14] In the final, Karnataka beat Tamil Nadu by one run to defend their title.^[15][16]

League stage

Group A Main article: 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group A Team[17] v t e Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Baroda 6 5 1 0 0 20 +1.351 Karnataka 6 5 1 0 0 20 +2.052 Services 6 4 2 0 0 16 +0.234 Andhra 6 3 3 0 0 12 +0.797 Uttarakhand 6 2 4 0 0 8 −0.448 Goa 6 2 4 0 0 8 −0.917 Bihar 6 0 6 0 0 0 −2.972   Top two teams advanced to the Super League Group B Main article: 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group B Team[18] v t e Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Tamil Nadu 6 5 1 0 0 20 +3.195 Rajasthan 6 4 2 0 0 16 +1.938 Vidarbha 6 4 2 0 0 16 +0.566 Kerala 6 4 2 0 0 16 +0.503 Uttar Pradesh 6 3 3 0 0 12 −0.509 Tripura 6 1 5 0 0 4 −1.983 Manipur 6 0 6 0 0 0 −3.929   Top two teams advanced to the Super League Group C Main article: 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group C Team[19] v t e Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Maharashtra 7 5 2 0 0 20 +0.510 Punjab 7 4 3 0 0 16 +1.026 Chandigarh 7 4 3 0 0 16 +0.701 Chhattisgarh 7 4 3 0 0 16 +0.686 Hyderabad 7 4 3 0 0 16 –0.255 Railways 7 4 3 0 0 16 –0.872 Himachal Pradesh 7 3 4 0 0 12 +0.564 Arunachal Pradesh 7 0 7 0 0 0 –2.685   Top two teams advanced to the Super League

Group D Main article: 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group D Team[20] v t e Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Mumbai 7 6 1 0 0 24 +2.126 Haryana 7 6 1 0 0 24 +1.744 Bengal 7 4 3 0 0 16 +1.289 Madhya Pradesh 7 4 3 0 0 16 +0.780 Pondicherry 7 4 3 0 0 16 +0.050 Meghalaya 7 3 4 0 0 12 −1.520 Assam 7 1 6 0 0 4 −0.490 Mizoram 7 0 7 0 0 0 −4.283   Top two teams advanced to the Super League Group E Main article: 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group E Team[21] v t e Pld W L T NR Pts NRR Delhi 7 5 1 0 1 22 +1.331 Jharkhand 7 5 1 0 1 22 +0.982 Gujarat 7 4 2 0 1 18 +1.974 Jammu & Kashmir 7 4 2 0 1 18 +0.449 Odisha 7 3 3 0 1 14 +0.576 Saurashtra 7 3 4 0 0 12 +0.559 Nagaland 7 1 6 0 0 4 −2.437 Sikkim 7 0 6 0 1 2 −3.002   Top two teams advanced to the Super League,

Super League

Points table

Group A Team v t e P W L T NR Pts NRR Haryana 4 3 1 0 0 12 +1.124 Rajasthan 4 2 2 0 0 8 –0.254 Maharashtra 4 2 2 0 0 8 –0.444 Baroda 4 2 2 0 0 8 –0.908 Delhi 4 1 3 0 0 4 +0.550   Top two teams from the group advances to the Semi-finals.

Group B Team v t e P W L T NR Pts NRR Tamil Nadu 4 3 1 0 0 12 +0.869 Karnataka 4 3 1 0 0 12 +0.762 Mumbai 4 3 1 0 0 8 –0.194 Punjab 4 1 3 0 0 4 +0.746 Jharkhand 4 0 4 0 0 0 –2.323   Top two teams from the group advance to the Semi-finals.

Group A

21 November 2019 Scorecard

Delhi 167/5 (20 overs)	v	Maharashtra 90 (17.2 overs)
Dhruv Shorey 48* (37) Shamshuzama Kazi 2/20 (3 overs)		Ruturaj Gaikwad 42 (32) Nitish Rana 4/17 (3.2 overs)

Delhi won by 77 runs CB Patel International Cricket Stadium, Surat Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Sundaram Ravi

• Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.

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21 November 2019 Scorecard

Baroda 201/5 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan 186/8 (20 overs)
Aditya Waghmode 88 (50) Aniket Choudhary 2/27 (4 overs)		Ankit Lamba 54 (37) Atit Sheth 3/34 (4 overs)

Baroda won by 15 runs Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Rohan Pandit

• Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.

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22 November 2019 Scorecard

Rajasthan 123/7 (20 overs)	v	Haryana 124/6 (15.2 overs)
Ankit Lamba 38 (41) Rahul Tewatia 3/18 (4 overs)		Harshal Patel 41 (25) Chandrapal Singh 2/16 (4 overs)

Haryana won by 4 wickets CB Patel International Cricket Stadium, Surat Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Virender Sharma

• Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.

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22 November 2019 Scorecard

Baroda 151/6 (20 overs)	v	Delhi 150/9 (20 overs)
Aditya Waghmode 36 (31) Nitish Rana 2/22 (4 overs)		Kunwar Bidhuri 68 (51) Babashafi Pathan 3/24 (4 overs)

Baroda won by 1 run Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Sundaram Ravi

• Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
• Kunwar Bidhuri (Delhi) made his T20 debut.

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24 November 2019 Scorecard

Maharashtra 165/2 (20 overs)	v	Baroda 98 (17.3 overs)
Azim Kazi 48* (33) Swapnil Singh 1/19 (4 overs)		Kedar Devdhar 27 (20) Samad Fallah 2/12 (2.3 overs)

Maharashtra won by 67 runs CB Patel International Cricket Stadium, Surat Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Rohan Pandit

• Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.

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24 November 2019 Scorecard

Haryana 181/6 (20 overs)	v	Delhi 151/8 (20 overs)
Himanshu Rana 59 (40) Simarjeet Singh 2/43 (4 overs)		Nitish Rana 37 (25) Yuzvendra Chahal 3/27 (3 overs)

Haryana won by 30 runs Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: Sundaram Ravi and Virender Sharma

• Delhi won the toss and elected to field.

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25 November 2019 Scorecard

Baroda 138/5 (20 overs)	v	Haryana 139/4 (17.3 overs)
Yusuf Pathan 45* (34) Jayant Yadav 1/7 (2 overs)		Shivam Chauhan 50* (37) Yusuf Pathan 2/11 (2.3 overs)

Haryana won by 6 wickets CB Patel International Cricket Stadium, Surat Umpires: Virender Sharma and Sundaram Ravi

• Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
• Jitesh Saroha (Haryana) made his T20 debut.

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25 November 2019 Scorecard

Maharashtra 99/9 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan 101/4 (16.2 overs)
Nikhil Naik 23 (27) Rahul Chahar 3/5 (4 overs)		Mahipal Lomror 35* (34) Naushad Shaikh 1/8 (2 overs)

Rajasthan won by 6 wickets Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Rohan Pandit

• Rajasthan won the toss and elected to field.

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27 November 2019 Scorecard

Rajasthan 133/7 (20 overs)	v	Delhi 131/9 (20 overs)
Deepak Chahar 55* (42) Suboth Bhati 2/20 (4 overs)		Lalit Yadav 30 (24) Arjit Gupta 3/12 (4 overs)

Rajasthan won by 2 runs CB Patel International Cricket Stadium, Surat Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Rohan Pandit

• Rajasthan won the toss and elected to bat.

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27 November 2019 Scorecard

Maharashtra 167/5 (20 overs)	v	Haryana 165/7 (20 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 61 (37) Sumit Kumar 3/32 (4 overs)		Shivam Chauhan 33 (35) Azim Kazi 2/41 (4 overs)

Maharashtra won by 2 runs Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: Sundaram Ravi and Virender Sharma

• Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.

Group B

21 November 2019 Scorecard

Punjab 199/4 (20 overs)	v	Jharkhand 90 (14.2 overs)
Mandeep Singh 81* (52) Shahbaz Nadeem 2/27 (4 overs)		Utkarsh Singh 24 (13) Harpreet Brar 2/20 (3.2 overs)

Punjab won by 109 runs CB Patel International Cricket Stadium, Surat Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Sundaram Ravi

• Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.

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21 November 2019 Scorecard

Tamil Nadu 158/7 (20 overs)	v	Karnataka 161/1 (16.2 overs)
Dinesh Karthik 43 (29) Vasuki Koushik 2/23 (4 overs)		KL Rahul 69* (46) Murugan Ashwin 1/27 (4 overs)

Karnataka won by 9 wickets Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Rohan Pandit

• Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.

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22 November 2019 Scorecard

Mumbai 121/9 (20 overs)	v	Tamil Nadu 122/3 (13.5 overs)
Shams Mulani 73 (52) Manimaran Siddharth 4/16 (4 overs)		Chezhian Harinishanth 73* (44) Shams Mulani 3/26 (4 overs)

Tamil Nadu won by 7 wickets CB Patel International Cricket Stadium, Surat Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Virender Sharma

• Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
• Manimaran Siddharth (Tamil Nadu) made his T20 debut.

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22 November 2019 Scorecard

Karnataka 189/6 (20 overs)	v	Jharkhand 176/5 (20 overs)
Devdutt Padikkal 63 (30) Sonu Singh 3/28 (4 overs)		Virat Singh 76* (44) Pavan Deshpande 2/34 (3 overs)

Karnataka won by 13 runs Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Sundaram Ravi

• Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.

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24 November 2019 Scorecard

Punjab 163/6 (20 overs)	v	Karnataka 167/3 (18 overs)
Mandeep Singh 76 (50) Ronit More 4/27 (4 overs)		KL Rahul 84* (48) Mayank Markande 1/27 (4 overs)

Karnataka won by 7 wickets CB Patel International Cricket Stadium, Surat Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Rohan Pandit

• Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.

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24 November 2019 Scorecard

Jharkhand 170/5 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai 171/5 (19.1 overs)
Kumar Deobrat 58 (30) Shubham Ranjane 2/17 (4 overs)		Prithvi Shaw 64 (39) Sonu Singh 2/34 (4 overs)

Mumbai won by 5 wickets Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Sundaram Ravi

• Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.

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25 November 2019 Scorecard

Karnataka 171/6 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai 174/3 (19 overs)
Rohan Kadam 71 (47) Shardul Thakur 2/29 (4 overs)		Suryakumar Yadav 94* (53) Shreyas Gopal 1/19 (3 overs)

Mumbai won by 7 wickets CB Patel International Cricket Stadium, Surat Umpires: Virender Sharma and Sundaram Ravi

• Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.

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25 November 2019 Scorecard

Punjab 94/8 (20 overs)	v	Tamil Nadu 98/6 (19.3 overs)
Mayank Markande 33* (26) Manimaran Siddharth 3/9 (4 overs)		Washington Sundar 45* (44) Abhishek Sharma 2/10 (3 overs)

Tamil Nadu won by 4 wickets Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Rohan Pandit

• Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.

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27 November 2019 Scorecard

Jharkhand 85 (18.1 overs)	v	Tamil Nadu 86/2 (13.5 overs)
Saurabh Tiwary 24 (27) Manimaran Siddharth 4/18 (4 overs)		Washington Sundar 38* (22) Utkarsh Singh 1/21 (4 overs)

Tamil Nadu won by 8 wickets CB Patel International Cricket Stadium, Surat Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Rohan Pandit

• Jharkhand won the toss and elected to bat.

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27 November 2019 Scorecard

Mumbai 243/3 (20 overs)	v	Punjab 221/6 (20 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 80 (35) Harpreet Brar 2/44 (4 overs)		Shubman Gill 78 (38) Tushar Deshpande 2/35 (4 overs)

Mumbai won by 22 runs Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: Virender Sharma and Sundaram Ravi

• Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

Finals

1st Semi-final 29 November 2019 Scorecard

Haryana 194/8 (20 overs)	v	Karnataka 195/2 (15 overs)
Himanshu Rana 61 (34) Abhimanyu Mithun 5/39 (4 overs)		Devdutt Padikkal 87 (42) Harshal Patel 1/28 (3 overs)

Karnataka won by 8 wickets Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Virender Sharma

• Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.

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2nd Semi-final 29 November 2019 Scorecard

Rajasthan 112/9 (20 overs)	v	Tamil Nadu 116/3 (17.5 overs)
Rajesh Bishnoi 23 (22) Vijay Shankar 2/13 (4 overs)		Washington Sundar 54* (46) Deepak Chahar 1/11 (2 overs)

Tamil Nadu won by 7 wickets Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: Virender Sharma and Rohan Pandit

• Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.

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Final 1 December 2019 Scorecard

Karnataka 180/5 (20 overs)	v	Tamil Nadu 179/6 (20 overs)
Manish Pandey 60* (45) Murugan Ashwin 2/33 (3 overs)		Vijay Shankar 44 (27) Ronit More 2/32 (4 overs)

Karnataka won by 1 run Lalabhai Contractor Stadium, Surat Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Rohan Pandit

• Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.