How Much Salary Does BCCI Pay To Umpires In Domestic Cricket: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has increased the salaries of the players significantly in the last few years, be they international teams or domestic players, male or female cricketers, BCCI has increased the earnings of the players in the recent few years, which is highly praised by the players and cricket experts of other countries. However, there has been no change in the salaries of all the umpires under BCCI for the last 7 years. This has been revealed in a report, in which it has been told that BCCI There are currently 186 umpires under the ICC, which are divided into 4 different categories.

Vijay Hazare Trophy season continues in domestic cricket

In Indian domestic cricket, just a few days ago the season of Ranji Trophy and then Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was played, after which, now the season of Vijay Hazare Trophy has started. After its conclusion, the second part of Ranji Trophy will start again. Apart from these, there are also senior women’s ODI and T20 tournaments, while there are many matches at the junior level as well. In all these, the responsibility of umpiring is handled by a total of 186 current BCCI umpires.

How many umpires under BCCI and how much do they earn?

According to Cricbuzz reports, BCCI has divided umpires into 4 different categories. According to this, BCCI has divided umpires into A+, A, B and C categories. This is exactly the same as the senior men’s team’s annual contract grades. The number of umpires in these categories is also different.

According to the report, there are currently 9 umpires in A+, 20 in A, 58 in B and 99 in C. As far as salary is concerned, A+ and A umpires get the same amount of Rs 40,000 per day. Whereas B and C category umpires get Rs 30,000 per day. But this salary has not increased for the last 7 years.

Umpires committee recommended to BCCI

The Cricbuzz report mentions the recommendations of the BCCI Umpires Committee, which were presented in the BCCI Apex Council meeting. It was recommended that instead of 4 different categories, only 2 categories should be kept and everyone’s salary should be the same i.e. Rs 40,000 per day. However, for now the board has postponed it and has talked about forming a separate committee, which will present its report in the next Apex Council meeting.

Nitish Kumar Reddy gave a great start to Andhra Pradesh by taking a hat-trick against Madhya Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Batting first, his team was reduced to just 112 runs, in such a situation his hat-trick scattered the top order of Madhya Pradesh and made his team make a comeback. However, even after this Andhra lost the match.

In this match played at DY Patil College Ground, Madhya Pradesh captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl first. Wicket-keeper batsman Shrikar Bharat played an inning of 39 runs in 31 balls, but other opener Ashwin Hebbar could not even open his account. Shaik Rashid, who came at number three, was also out on zero. Then Nitish Kumar Reddy, coming at number four, made a partnership of 50 runs with Bharat. Reddy scored 25 runs, but after the break of this pair, the coming batsmen could not do anything special.

Nitish Kumar Reddy took a hat-trick

Batting first, Andhra Pradesh scored only 112 runs. The target was small for Madhya Pradesh, but Nitish Kumar Reddy’s hat-trick made the match even for Andhra. Reddy took the wicket of Harsh Gawli on the fourth ball of the third over, he scored 5 runs. This was the first wicket of Madhya Pradesh. On his next ball, he got the new batsman Harpreet Singh Bhatia caught out. Reddy bowled captain Rajat Patidar on the last ball of the over.

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Moment of sheer brilliance by Nitish Kumar Reddy as he completed a superb hat-trick against Madhya Pradesh in the Super League Stage in Pune #SMAT , @IDFCFIRSTBank , @NKReddy07 pic.twitter.com/3iv0wo1kFI

— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIDomestic) December 12, 2025

Madhya Pradesh team won by 4 wickets

After Nitish’s hat-trick, the pressure on the Madhya Pradesh team had increased; despite the small target, the team was in danger of defeat. After this, Venkatesh Iyer also returned to the pavilion after scoring 22 runs. Then Rishabh Chauhan and Rahul Batham made a partnership of 73 runs and took the team to the threshold of victory. Madhya Pradesh achieved the target in 17.3 overs and won by 4 wickets.

SMAT 2025: On Monday, in the group match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, such a feat took place, the echo of which is being heard throughout Indian domestic cricket. 26 year old Baroda batsman Amit Pasi created history in his debut T20 match itself. At the Gymkhana Ground in Hyderabad, he played such an innings by hitting fours and sixes that he has reached number 1 in the list of players who have played the biggest innings in a T20 debut match.

Smoldering century in debut match

Amit Pasi scored 114 runs in just 55 balls in his first T20 match against Services. His innings included 10 fours and 9 sixes. This was not just a century, but a statement by which he announced his arrival in Indian domestic cricket. With this performance, Amit has equaled the record made by Pakistani player Bilal Asif in 2015. Bilal had also scored only 114 runs.

List of biggest innings in debut T20

Amit Pasi has now joined the few batsmen who scored a century in his very first match. The top-5 list of biggest innings is now as follows,

114 runs – Bilal Asif (2015)

114 runs – Amit Pasi (2025)

112 runs – Moin Khan (2005)

108 runs unbeaten – m sports (2022)

106 runs – Shivam Bhambri (2019)

Third Indian to do so in Syed Mushtaq Ali

Amit Pasi has become only the third Indian batsman to score a century in his debut match in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Before him, Akshay Reddy in 2010 and Shivam Bhambri in 2019 had achieved this feat. That means, after about 6 years, an Indian has achieved this rare feat.

Baroda’s resounding victory with Amit’s century

Talking about the match, Amit’s innings helped Baroda score a huge score of 220 runs. In reply, Services did make a balanced start but under the pressure of a big target, their run pace slowed down. Kunwar Pathak and Ravi Chauhan scored 51-51 runs, while captain Mohit Ahlawat played a quick inning of 41 runs. The team, which was progressing from 156/2, faltered in the last overs and could score only 207 runs in 20 overs. Baroda won this match by 13 runs and registered its fourth win in the tournament.

In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Baroda’s wicketkeeper-batsman Amit Pasi equaled a 10-year-old world record in his first T20. He created a stir by scoring a century in his debut T20. On Monday, against Services, he played an inning of 114 runs in 55 balls, which included 9 sixes and 10 fours.

Amit Pasi has become the third Indian batsman to score a century in T20 debut. Let us tell you that 26 year old Amit Pasi was included in the team as a replacement for Jitesh Sharma, he has already made a name for himself by playing a historic inning in the first match.

Amit Pasi equaled the world record

Amit Pasi has become the joint highest run scorer on T20 debut. He has equaled the world record of Bilal Asif of Pakistan. Pakistani batsman Bilal scored 114 runs in his debut T20 while playing for Sialkot Stallions against Falcons.

Players who scored most centuries in T20 debut

• 114 runs- Amit Pasi- Baroda- (2015)
• 114 runs- Bilal Asif- Sialkot Stallions (2015)
• 112 runs- Moeen Khan- Karachi Dolphins (2005)
• 108 runs- M Spurs- Canada (2022)
• 106 runs- S Bhambri- Chandigarh (2019)
• 105 runs- PA Reddy- Hyderabad (2010)
• 104 runs- LA Dunba- Serbia (2019)
• 102 runs- Abdullah Shafiq- Central Punjab (2020)
• 101 runs- Ravindra Pal Singh- Canada (2019)
• 100 runs- Asif Ali- Faisalabad Wolves (2011)

Won Player of the Match award in debut match

With the help of Amit Pasi’s century, Baroda made a huge score of 220 runs in 20 overs. Although Services put up a tough fight, the team was seen fighting till the end. Kuwar Pathak (51) and Ravi Chauhan (51) scored half-centuries, although the team remained 14 runs short of the target. Baroda won the match by 13 runs. Amit Pasi was chosen the best player of the match.

After this victory, Baroda team is at third place in the points table of Group ‘C’ with 16 points. The team has won 4 out of 7 matches, while lost 3. This was the sixth defeat out of 7 for Services. Services is at the bottom of the points table, at number 8.

Group stage matches of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026 are ongoing. Most of the teams have played 6-6 matches. Ayush Mhatre, who was earlier the top run scorer, has now slipped to second place. Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma is in third place, although he will now be seen in the T20 series against South Africa. Currently, Rajasthan team’s Ashok Sharma has the most wickets in the tournament, Yash Thakur is at the second place.

On Saturday, against Tripura, Kunal Chandela of Uttarakhand played an inning of 51 runs in 37 balls and became the top run scorer of the tournament. Ayush Mhatre has come at second place, this was the sixth match of Uttarakhand, after which Kunal has scored a total of 343 runs in 6 innings. Ayush Mhatre, who reached second place, has scored 325 runs in 6 matches. Ayush has scored 2 centuries so far. Whereas Kunal’s highest innings is 94 runs.

Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma is at third place with 304 runs, but he will now join the national team for the 5-match T20 series against South Africa. Ishan Kishan is at number 7 in the top-10 list, who has scored 271 runs in 6 matches.

Top-10 run scorer in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

1. Kunal Chandela (Uttarakhand)- 343
2. Ayush Mhatre (Mumbai)- 325
3. Abhishek Sharma (Punjab)- 304
4. Ravichandran Smaran (Karnataka)- 295
5. Yashvardhan Dalal (Haryana)- 288
6. Devdutt Padikkal (Karnataka)- 277
7. Ishan Kishan (Jharkhand)- 271
8. Manan Vohra (Chandigarh)- 267
9. Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal)- 255
10. Priyojit Singh (Manipur)- 239

Ashok Sharma, currently playing for Rajasthan, has the most wickets in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026, who has taken 18 wickets in 6 matches. Yash Thakur of Vidarbha is at second place with 14 wickets.

Top 10 wicket takers in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

1. Ashok Sharma (Rajasthan)- 18
2. Yash Thakur (Vidarbha)- 14
3. KM Asif (Kerala)- 13
4. Anshul Kamboj (Haryana)- 13
5. Mukhtar Hussain (Assam)- 13
6. Vipraj Nigam (Uttar Pradesh)- 13
7. Rajesh Mohanty (Odisha)- 12
8. Aaqib Nabi (Jammu and Kashmir)- 12
9. Raj Limbani (Baroda)- 12
10. Rajan Kumar (Uttarakhand)- 12

Abhishek Sharma played another brilliant innings in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Punjab captain Abhishek scored 62 runs in 34 balls at a strike rate of more than 182 against Services on Saturday. In this innings he hit 3 sixes and 8 fours. With this, he has completed his 100 T20 sixes in the year 2025, becoming the first Indian player to do so.

Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma made a century partnership for the first wicket with Simran Singh, both scored 106 runs in 57 balls. Simran Singh also played an explosive innings, he scored 50 runs in 28 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 7 fours. Simran was dismissed by Mohit Rathi and Abhishek by Ravi Chauhan. After this, Naman Dhir also scored a quick half-century, he scored 54 runs in 22 balls at a strike rate of 245. In this innings, Naman hit 6 sixes and 2 fours.

Abhishek Sharma became ‘Sixer King’

Abhishek Sharma has become the first Indian to hit 100 T20 sixes in a calendar year. He has hit 101 sixes in 36 T20 innings played in the year 2025. Nicholas Pooran holds the record for hitting most sixes in a year. The explosive batsman from West Indies hit a total of 170 T20 sixes last year.

Just a few days ago, Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan also completed 100 T20 sixes in the year 2025. He also became the first player to do so for his country. Let us tell you that Abhishek is the sixth batsman in the world to hit 100 T20 sixes in a year.

Abhishek Sharma is second in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He has scored 304 runs in 6 innings, which includes a record inning of 148 runs. Ayush Mhatre is at number one with 325 runs. Abhishek has hit a total of 26 sixes so far in this tournament.

Batsmen who hit 100 T20 sixes in a year

This record was first made by former West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle in 2011. He has hit 100 T20 sixes not once or twice but 6 times in a year. The best year among these was 2015, when he hit a total of 135 sixes.

Nicholas Pooran is the batsman who has hit the most number of sixes in T20 in a calendar year, he has done this twice. In 2024, he hit a total of 170 sixes, whereas this year he has hit 103 sixes.

Austrian batsman Karanbir Singh has hit 122 sixes in T20 this year. Heinrich Klaasen had hit 105 sixes last year. Sahibzada Farhan hit 100 T20 sixes this year.

In a thrilling match in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Saturday, Gujarat defeated Himachal Pradesh by 1 wicket. The excitement can be gauged from the fact that Gujarat achieved the target of 194 on the last ball. The IPL saw the stormy innings of Urvil Patel, who played for Chennai Super Kings, and was Gujarat’s top run scorer.

Abhishek Sharma, Ayush Mhatre are also dominant in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26, they are batting stormily. CSK player Urvil Patel is also not far behind, who is playing for Gujarat in the tournament. He played an explosive inning of 39 runs against Himachal Pradesh.

Urvil Patel’s stormy innings

Urvil Patel is the captain of Gujarat team. To chase the target of 194 runs, Rishi Patel came to the opening along with wicket-keeper batsman Urvil, but he was out after scoring 18 runs. Urvil scored 39 runs in just 11 balls at a strike rate of more than 350. In this explosive innings he hit 5 sixes and 2 fours. This innings gave a fast start to the team, which played an important role in Gujarat’s victory.

Urvil Patel is at third place in the list of batsmen who have hit most sixes in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026. He has hit 18 sixes so far. Urvil has scored a total of 195 runs in 6 matches played in the tournament, which also includes a century.

Urvil Patel’s IPL record

Urvil Patel made his IPL debut in 2025, playing for Chennai Super Kings. In his first edition, he played only 3 matches for CSK, in which he scored a total of 68 runs. Let us tell you that Urvil Patel’s IPL price was Rs 30 lakh, and he had joined CSK as a replacement. CSK has retained him before the IPL 2026 auction.

Gujarat won the match on the last ball

In this match, Himachal Pradesh, batting first, scored 193 runs. Captain Mridul Praveen Suroch played an inning of 88 runs in 48 balls. He also took 3 wickets, but gave away 45 runs in 4 overs at an economy of 11.25. Apart from Urvil Patel, Arya Desai (37), Saurav Chauhan (35) played good innings for Gujarat. Harshal Patel scored unbeaten 12 runs in 8 balls and played an important role in the victory.

Ayush Mhatre, who plays for Mumbai, has created havoc in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. After scoring centuries in consecutive T20 matches, he has now scored a half-century in the match against Chhattisgarh. Mhatre made an important contribution in helping Mumbai win by 8 wickets by playing an inning of 69 runs in 49 balls. He has already scored centuries against Vidarbha and Andhra in the same T20 tournament.

Ayush Mhatre is also the highest run scorer in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He has scored 325 runs in 6 matches at an excellent average of 108.33.

In the match played on Saturday, Chhattisgarh team was limited to only 121 runs while playing first. In reply, Ayush Mhatre and Ajinkya Rahane started the innings for Mumbai and added 82 runs for the first wicket. Rahane scored 40 runs. Mhatre stood firm at one end and ensured his team’s victory by playing an innings of 69 runs.

Mumbai team is at the first position in the table in the Elite A group after registering five wins in 6 matches. Let us tell you that according to some media reports, Rohit Sharma can also be seen playing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy matches for Mumbai in the knockout matches.

CSK had retained

Ayush Mhatre was a part of the Chennai Super Kings squad in IPL 2025. CSK included him in their team in the middle of the season as a replacement for Ruturaj Gaikwad. Now before the mini auction of IPL 2026, Chennai team has retained Mhatre. 18 year old Ayush Mhatre scored 240 runs in 7 IPL matches. Seeing his amazing performance, CSK will have high expectations from him in IPL 2026 also.

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Rohit Sharma is showing so much commitment towards Indian domestic cricket that he is keen to make a comeback not only in List-A but also in T20 cricket. According to a media report, Rohit Sharma wants to play in the knockout stage of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025. Rohit has retired from T20 International cricket, but according to a report in Times of India, ‘Hitman’ has informed the Mumbai Cricket Association that he wants to play in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament.

According to Times of India, Rohit Sharma has expressed his desire to play in the knockout stage of the Indian domestic T20 tournament Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after the conclusion of the India vs South Africa ODI series. Recently, the topic of Rohit and Virat playing in Vijay Hazare Trophy, which is played in 50-over format, has been in discussion. According to reports, both Virat and Rohit have agreed to play in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

There is no update yet on Virat Kohli playing in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, but Rohit Sharma can also be seen playing in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy before the start of Vijay Hazare Trophy. This decision is also shocking because almost one and a half years have passed since Rohit retired from T20 International cricket.

In Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025, Mumbai team is present in Elite Group A, which has won four out of 5 matches so far. Currently, the Mumbai team is being captained by Shardul Thakur, who will also be seen playing with Rohit Sharma in Mumbai Indians in IPL 2026. Famous players like Ajinkya Rahane, Sarfaraz Khan and Ayush Mhatre are present in Mumbai’s squad in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Suryakumar Yadav has also played for Mumbai in this tournament.

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In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match played on Thursday, Goa defeated Bihar by 5 wickets. With this defeat, Bihar remains at the bottom in the points table of Group B, although Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a brilliant inning of 46 runs in this match. He also faced Arjun Tendulkar, who is playing for Goa.

In this match held at Cricket Association of Bengal Ground (Jadavpur University), Goa won the toss and chose to bowl first. Batting first, Bihar scored 180 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Bihar captain Saqibul Ghani and Vaibhav Suryavanshi had made a great start, making a partnership of 59 runs in 5.5 overs for the first wicket. Vaibhav scored 46 runs in 25 balls at a strike rate of 184, although he missed his half-century.

Arjun Tendulkar and Vaibhav Suryavanshi came face to face

Of course, Vaibhav played a brilliant inning of 46 runs, but it is a big thing that he could not hit even a single six in this innings. He hit 4 fours. He also faced Arjun Tendulkar. Arjun had given only 5 runs in the first over, Suryavanshi was able to hit a four off his ball. After this, Suryavanshi hit 3 fours in Arjun’s next over. Arjun Tendulkar gave only 16 runs in the first 2 overs, which can be called good bowling in front of Vaibhav who plays in an explosive style. In the second spell, Arjun took the wicket of Ayush Loharuka and then Suryaj Kashyap. Arjun took 2 wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs.

Apart from Vaibhav, captain Saqibul Ghani played a brilliant inning of 60 runs. The captain hit 3 sixes and 4 fours in 41 balls. Akash Raj scored 40 runs in 31 balls.

Goa won the match by 5 wickets with 1 ball remaining

Bihar vs Goa This match was very exciting, the result of which came on the fifth ball of the last over. Goa achieved the target in 19.5 overs and won by 5 wickets. However, Goa did not have a good start. Arjun Tendulkar came to open, who could score only 5 runs. After this Abhinav Tejarana was bowled on his first ball. But captain Suyyash Prabhudesai played the match-winning innings, scoring 79 runs in 46 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 6 fours. Lalit Yadav played an important inning of 21 runs in 12 balls in the end.

After this match in the Elite ‘B’ group, Goa has come at fourth position in the points table. The team has won 3 out of 5 matches. Goa is at the bottom of the table, having lost in all five matches.