Mumbai Vs Assam In SMAT 2025: The match between Mumbai and Assam in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. In this match, Mumbai captain Shardul Thakur bowled brilliantly and shook the entire batting line-up of Assam in the powerplay itself. The Assam team, which came to chase Mumbai’s target of 220 runs, disintegrated in the first 3 overs, in which the biggest contribution was made by captain Shardul. By taking 4 wickets in just 7 balls in his very first spell, he put Mumbai in a strong position. At the same time, Shardul Thakur’s excellent performance before IPL 2026 is a good sign for Mumbai Indians, because before the IPL auction, Mumbai had traded Shardul to Lucknow.

Shardul wreaked havoc with bowling

Assam team came on the field to chase the huge target of 220 runs. On the other hand, captain Shardul Thakur opened the bowling for Mumbai and took 3 wickets in his very first over. On the very first ball of the second innings, the Mumbai captain sent Assam’s opener Danish Das back to the pavilion, then took the wicket of Abdul Aziz Qureshi on the third ball of the over and also made Assam captain Riyan Parag his victim on the fifth ball. Due to which Assam’s innings got badly disintegrated.

Captain Shardul started with a wicket on the third ball of the innings and the first ball of his second over. Shardul was successful in taking 4 wickets in just 7 balls. After this, in the third over also he dismissed one batsman and took five wickets for just 23 runs.

Mumbai’s comfortable victory against Assam

Thanks to the lethal bowling of Shardul Thakur, Mumbai won the title by defeating Assam by 98 runs. Whereas Assam team, which was chasing the target of 221 runs, was all out for just 122 runs in 19.1 overs. During this, Mumbai bowlers Sairaj Patil and Atharva Ankolekar also took 2 wickets each, while Shams Mulani also managed to take 1 wicket in his name.

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025: The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match was played between Punjab and Baroda today i.e. on December 2, 2025 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. In this match, Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. Captain Abhishek, who came on the field to open, scored a half-century in just 18 balls. His bat again spoke fiercely and even defeated Team India’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya, playing for Baroda.

Hardik bowled 4 balls to Abhishek (including a wide) on which Punjab captain Sharma hit a four and a six and scored a total of 12 runs (including one wide). Batting in a explosive style, Abhishek Sharma scored 50 runs in just 19 balls with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes. His strike rate was 263.16.

Hardik, who is returning after injury, failed

Indian team’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya was injured in the Asia Cup, after which, Hardik is now returning to the cricket field in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Pandya flopped badly against Punjab. He gave 52 runs in 4 overs bowling with an economy of 13 and managed to take only one wicket.

Abhishek had scored a stormy century against Bengal

Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma had scored a century in just 32 balls against Bengal in the last match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and he had played an explosive inning of 148 runs in just 52 balls. Abhishek had hit 16 sixes and 8 fours in this innings.

T20 series starts from 9th December

The 5-match T20 series between India and South Africa is starting from December 9, 2025. Team India’s explosive opening batsman Abhishek Sharma is in excellent form at the moment and if Abhishek’s bat continues to perform like this in the T20 series against South Africa, then alarm bells will ring for the visiting team.

The biggest T20 tournament of the country’s domestic cricket i.e. Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is starting from tomorrow i.e. Wednesday. This year, in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament, all eyes will be on star all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who is returning from injury. Many star players of Indian cricket will be seen in action in this tournament. Also, young talented domestic cricketers would like to grab attention by performing well before the IPL auction.

Hardik Pandya has not played competitive cricket since suffering an injury during the Asia Cup in September. Before the T20 World Cup to be held in India in February-March, Hardik will play only T20 format. This tournament is his only chance to prove his fitness before the T20 series against South Africa starting on 9 December.

This year, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy matches will be played in Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Lucknow. The Mumbai team captained by Shardul Thakur will emerge as the defending champion. Baroda team will play seven group matches till December 8 and head coach Mukund Parmar expects Hardik Pandya to play in most of the matches. Baroda coach Mukund Parmar said, “He (Hardik Pandya) is not yet associated with the team, but we are hopeful that he will play most of the matches. His presence will boost the morale of the team.”

Captain Suryakumar Yadav will also play most of the group matches for Mumbai. Shivam Dubey is also a part of the Mumbai team. Whereas spinner Varun Chakraborty has been made the captain of Tamil Nadu who will play in the group stage. Kerala captain Sanju Samson will also be seen in the group stage.

Prithvi Shaw, who was once considered the future star of Indian cricket, was not bought by any IPL team in the auction last year. Now he plays not for Mumbai but for Maharashtra in domestic cricket. He would also like to stake his claim for a comeback by performing well.

Nitish Rana will captain Delhi. Assam captain Riyan Parag and Madhya Pradesh’s Venkatesh Iyer will also be eyeing better performance. Kolkata Knight Riders, who bought Iyer for Rs 23.75 crore, has released him.