2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group A

The 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the twelfth season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket tournament played in India. It was contested by 38 teams, divided into six groups, with six teams in Group A.[1] Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Punjab, Railways, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh were placed in Group A, with all the matches taking place in Bengaluru.[2] Punjab won Group A to qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament.[3] Karnataka also qualified for the quarter-finals, finishing as one of the best two second placed teams across groups A to E.[4]

2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group A
Dates10 – 18 January 2021
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatTwenty20 cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Participants6

Points table

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Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
Punjab (Q) 5 5 0 0 0 20 +2.483
Karnataka (Q) 5 4 1 0 0 16 +0.292
Jammu & Kashmir 5 3 2 0 0 12 +0.243
Railways 5 2 3 0 0 8 –1.357
Uttar Pradesh 5 1 4 0 0 4 –0.291
Tripura 5 0 5 0 0 0 –1.427
  •   Top team advanced to the Knockout Stage


Fixtures

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Round 1

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10 January 2021
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Karnataka
150/5 (20 overs)
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Jammu & Kashmir
107 (18.4 overs)
Krishnan Shrijith 48* (31)
Parvez Rasool 2/18 (4 overs)
Abdul Samad 30 (27)
Prasidh Krishna 3/34 (3.4 overs)
Karnataka won by 43 runs
KSCA Cricket Ground, Bengaluru
Umpires: Saurabh Dhote and Sundaram Ravi
  • Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
  • Krishnan Shrijith (Karnataka) and Qamran Iqbal (Jammu & Kashmir) both made their T20 debuts.

10 January 2021
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Punjab
134/7 (20 overs)
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Uttar Pradesh
123/5 (20 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 43 (41)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/22 (4 overs)
Suresh Raina 56* (50)
Siddarth Kaul 2/28 (4 overs)

10 January 2021
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Tripura
170/3 (20 overs)
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Railways
173/4 (19.3 overs)
Milind Kumar 61* (40)
Karn Sharma 1/23 (4 overs)
Mrunal Devdhar 61* (50)
Sankar Paul 3/17 (4 overs)
Railways won by 6 wickets
KSCA Cricket Ground 3, Bengaluru
Umpires: Dharmesh Bhardwaj and Nitin Pandit

Round 2

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12 January 2021
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Tripura
93 (18.1 overs)
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Jammu & Kashmir
94/3 (14.5 overs)
Udiyan Bose 28 (28)
Aquib Nabi 3/10 (2.1 overs)
Suryansh Raina 33 (25)
Manisankar Murasingh 2/19 (3 overs)
Jammu & Kashmir won by 7 wickets
KSCA Cricket Ground 2, Bengaluru
Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Sivasubramaniyan Shankar
  • Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
  • Puneet Kumar (Jammu & Kashmir) made his T20 debut.

12 January 2021
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Uttar Pradesh
133/9 (20 overs)
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Railways
137/2 (17.4 overs)
Karan Sharma 55 (30)
Harsh Tyagi 2/17 (3 overs)
Mrunal Devdhar 57 (52)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/21 (4 overs)
Railways won by 8 wickets
KSCA Cricket Ground 3, Bengaluru
Umpires: Saurabh Dhote and Sundaram Ravi
  • Railways won the toss and elected to field.

12 January 2021
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Karnataka
125/8 (20 overs)
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Punjab
127/1 (14.4 overs)
Rohan Kadam 32 (33)
Siddarth Kaul 4/26 (4 overs)
Prabhsimran Singh 89* (52)
Krishnappa Gowtham 1/28 (4 overs)
Punjab won by 9 wickets
KSCA Cricket Ground, Bengaluru
Umpires: Akshay Totre and Sanjay Kumar Singh
  • Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

Round 3

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14 January 2021
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Punjab
200/4 (20 overs)
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Railways
83 (17.1 overs)
Abhishek Sharma 107 (62)
Dhrushant Soni 2/29 (4 overs)
Harsh Tyagi 16 (17)
Harpreet Brar 4/22 (4 overs)
Punjab won by 117 runs
KSCA Cricket Ground 2, Bengaluru
Umpires: Dharmesh Bhardwaj and Nitin Pandit

14 January 2021
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Uttar Pradesh
124/5 (20 overs)
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Jammu & Kashmir
126/2 (15 overs)
Priyam Garg 35 (36)
Mujtaba Yousuf 3/14 (4 overs)
Abdul Samad 54* (35)
Mohsin Khan 2/17 (4 overs)
Jammu & Kashmir won by 8 wickets
KSCA Cricket Ground, Bengaluru
Umpires: Akshay Totre and Sanjay Kumar Singh
  • Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.

14 January 2021
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Karnataka
167/5 (20 overs)
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Tripura
157/4 (20 overs)
Devdutt Padikkal 99* (67)
Rana Dutta 2/41 (4 overs)
Manisankar Murasingh 61* (33)
Praveen Dubey 1/20 (2 overs)
Karnataka won by 10 runs
KSCA Cricket Ground 3, Bengaluru
Umpires: Saurabh Dhote and Sundaram Ravi
  • Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
  • Parvez Sultan (Tripura) made his T20 debut.

Round 4

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16 January 2021
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Tripura
122/6 (20 overs)
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Uttar Pradesh
123/1 (13.1 overs)
Milind Kumar 48 (49)
Shanu Saini 2/16 (4 overs)
Karan Sharma 68* (36)
Ajoy Sarkar 1/29 (4 overs)
Uttar Pradesh won by 9 wickets
KSCA Cricket Ground, Bengaluru
Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Sivasubramaniyan Shankar

16 January 2021
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Railways
152/5 (20 overs)
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Karnataka
158/8 (19.4 overs)
Shivam Chaudhary 48 (38)
Prasidh Krishna 2/25 (4 overs)
Aniruddha Joshi 64* (40)
T Pradeep 3/19 (4 overs)
Karnataka won by 2 wickets
KSCA Cricket Ground 2, Bengaluru
Umpires: Dharmesh Bhardwaj and Nitin Pandit
  • Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Avijit Singh (Railways) made his T20 debut.

16 January 2021
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Jammu & Kashmir
139/8 (20 overs)
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Punjab
140/0 (14.3 overs)
Shubham Pundir 42 (34)
Siddarth Kaul 4/33 (4 overs)
Punjab won by 10 wickets
KSCA Cricket Ground 3, Bengaluru
Umpires: Akshay Totre and Sanjay Kumar Singh
  • Punjab won the toss and elected to field

Round 5

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18 January 2021
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Railways
133/9 (20 overs)
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Jammu & Kashmir
135/3 (15.5 overs)
Mrunal Devdhar 57 (48)
Umran Malik 3/24 (4 overs)
Suryansh Raina 48 (36)
Karn Sharma 2/17 (4 overs)
Jammu & Kashmir won by 7 wickets
KSCA Cricket Ground, Bengaluru
Umpires: Saurabh Dhote and Sundaram Ravi

18 January 2021
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Uttar Pradesh
132/8 (20 overs)
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Karnataka
136/5 (19.3 overs)
Abhishek Goswami 47 (32)
Praveen Dubey 3/15 (4 overs)
Shreyas Gopal 47* (28)
Karan Sharma 2/23 (4 overs)
Karnataka won by 5 wickets
KSCA Cricket Ground 3, Bengaluru
Umpires: Dharmesh Bhardwaj and Nitin Pandit
  • Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
  • Nalin Mishra (Uttar Pradesh) made his T20 debut.

18 January 2021
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Punjab
183/3 (20 overs)
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Tripura
161/4 (20 overs)
Mandeep Singh 99* (66)
Sankar Paul 1/21 (1 over)
Milind Kumar 64* (40)
Sandeep Sharma 1/21 (4 overs)
  • Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
  • Subham Ghosh (Tripura) made his T20 debut.

References

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  1. ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Ahmedabad to host final". Sport Star. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2020-21: Teams divided into six groups, Ahmedabad to host knockouts". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Karnataka wins to stay in the hunt for last-eight berth". SportStar. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Karnataka qualify for quarterfinal of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 19 January 2021.