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

Due to Hardik Pandya’s craze in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025, the venue of Baroda vs Gujarat match has been changed. The Baroda vs Gujarat match has been shifted to Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad due to huge crowd and increased need for security arrangements. This decision has been taken because of the extraordinary crowd that gathered to see Hardik Pandya.

According to officials, an unusually large crowd of fans was seen outside the team hotel, practice venue and ticket counters. This was many times more than normal domestic matches. The organizers believe that such a huge crowd had gathered solely because of the passion to see Hardik Pandya.

A senior organizer said, “The enthusiasm for Hardik Pandya is unbelievable. The fan turnout, inquiries and crowd pressure were far beyond our expectations. It became necessary to shift the match to Rajiv Gandhi Stadium to ensure a safe and smooth event.”

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium is also known for international matches and IPL matches. Due to better security arrangements and high capacity, it was considered the best option to handle this unexpected crowd.

In the last two days, the same kind of bustle was seen in Hyderabad as it is during IPL matches. Fans are gathering outside practice sessions, carrying posters and banners, lines are forming for tickets and fans are expressing tremendous enthusiasm on social media. All this is happening regarding the presence of Hardik Pandya in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

India’s premier domestic T20 competition Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is expected to attract a record crowd after the venue of the Baroda vs Gujarat match was changed.

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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.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s bat finally made its debut in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Suryavanshi scored a brilliant century, but his team Bihar lost. Actually, on Tuesday, there was a match between Bihar and Maharashtra in the 2025 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. In this match, Prithvi Shaw’s team Maharashtra won in the last over.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi played an unbeaten inning of 108 runs in 61 balls. 7 fours and 7 sixes came from his bat. Thanks to Suryavanshi’s century, Bihar scored 176 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Prithvi Shaw’s Maharashtra won the match with five balls remaining in the last over. Shaw scored a spectacular 66 runs in 30 balls. 11 fours and one six came from his bat.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been retained by Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals bought 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi for Rs 1.10 crore in the IPL 2025 auction. Vaibhav performed beyond expectations and also scored a stormy century. Seeing Vaibhav’s explosive batting, the whole world became his fan. Rajasthan has also retained Vaibhav for IPL 2026.

Prithvi Shaw did not play IPL 2025, remained unsold in the auction

Prithvi Shaw, who was once called a mixture of Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, did not play in IPL 2025. Actually, he was not sold in the mega auction of IPL 2025, but after this he has improved a lot in his fitness. Shaw has been scoring runs continuously in domestic cricket for quite some time now. Shaw is also performing well in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy this year. In such a situation, this time he can be sold in the mini auction of IPL 2026. Shaw was a part of the Delhi Capitals team before being unsold, but this time many teams can bid on Shaw. He has debuted for India in all three formats.

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.

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament started from 26 November. Till now, many exciting matches have been seen. On 28 November, Mohammed Shami and Arjun Tendulkar contributed to the victory of their respective teams due to their strong bowling. Shami’s team Bengal has defeated Gujarat by 3 wickets and Arjun’s team Goa has defeated Chandigarh by 52 runs.

Shami and Tendulkar’s magic

Talking about Arjun Tendulkar, he plays for Goa in domestic cricket. Goa had scored 173 runs while playing first, Arjun Tendulkar opened, but was out after scoring 13 runs. When Chandigarh team came to chase the target, Arjun Tendulkar bowled 2 overs in his first bowling spell and took two wickets for just 5 runs. He bowled 4 overs in the entire match and took 3 wickets for just 17 runs.

Mohammed Shami improved his performance and took 2 wickets against Gujarat. While playing first, Gujarat team could not even play the full 20 overs and were limited to 127 runs. Mohammed Shami’s deadly bowling also contributed in doing this. He took 2 wickets for 31 runs in 3.3 overs. Earlier, Shami had also given strong performances in the first phase of Ranji Trophy matches. Now, by maintaining the rhythm in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy also, he has sent a message to the selectors. Bengal won over Gujarat by 3 wickets.

Kishan-Parag team won

Meanwhile, Ishan Kishan of Jharkhand and Riyan Parag could not score big for the Assam team, but their teams won their respective matches. Jharkhand defeated Karnataka by 2 wickets, on the other hand, Assam registered a 48-run win over Chhattisgarh. Kishan scored 15 runs and Parag also scored 15 runs in their respective matches.

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Gujarat captain Urvil Patel scored a stormy century against the Services team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. If we count only the runs of sixes and fours of Urvil in this innings, it becomes 108. The captain’s brilliant cross gave Gujarat a big win by 8 wickets. Seeing this innings, MS Dhoni and Chennai Super Kings management will also be happy, because they have retained Urvil for the upcoming edition (IPL 2026).

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26 edition started from today itself. Group stage match number 3 was played between Gujarat and Services at Gymkhana Ground. Gujarat captain Urvil Patel had won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Services scored 182 runs losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Gaurav Kochhar played a good inning of 60 runs.

Urvil Patel won the match by scoring a century in 31 balls.

Gujarat had a target of 183 runs to win, which is not less in T20. But the partnership of Arya Desai and captain Urvil Patel made it even shorter. Arya Desai scored 60 runs in 35 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 6 fours. He made a partnership of 174 runs with captain Urvil for the first wicket.

Captain Urvil Patel completed his century in 31 balls. This is Urvil’s second fastest century in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He is the joint fastest century batsman in the tournament. He scored a century in 28 balls against Tripura in 2024. Abhishek Sharma is at the top with him, he also scored a century in 28 balls last year.

On Wednesday, Urvil Patel played an inning of 119 runs in 37 balls against Services. Out of these, only 11 runs were scored by running while 108 runs were scored by boundaries only. In this innings, Urvil hit 10 sixes (60 runs) and 12 fours (48 runs).

Urvil Patel remained unsold, then joined CSK

Urvil Patel remained unsold in the mega auction held last year, but Chennai Super Kings included him in their team as a replacement. CSK made him a part of the team for his base price of Rs 30 lakh. Chennai Super Kings has retained Urvil Patel for IPL 2026.

Urvil Patel played his debut match in IPL 2025. He played a total of 3 matches for CSK, in which he scored 68 runs at a strike rate of 212.

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.

Nitish Rana has become the captain of Delhi team. Nitish will be seen captaining the Delhi team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy starting from 26th November. Delhi has been placed in Elite Group D along with Jharkhand, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Saurashta and Tripura. All the matches of Delhi will be played in Ahmedabad. Delhi has become the winner of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy only once so far. It won the title of 2017-18 season under the captaincy of Pradeep Sangwan.

Nitish Rana was playing for Uttar Pradesh for some time, but now he is going to make a comeback in the Delhi team. This will be the first time that Nitish will be captaining the Delhi team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He has captained the Delhi team in Ranji Trophy. Let us tell you that he could not play any match in the first phase of Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season. Let us tell you that Nitish Rana has also joined Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. Delhi has included him in their squad by trading with Rajasthan Royals.

He had earlier captained West Delhi Lions in Delhi Premier League 2025. Under his captaincy, he made the West Delhi Lions team the champion. It is also worth noting that spin bowler Digvesh Rathi has been kept out of the Delhi squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Rathi also had an argument with Nitish Rana during the qualifier match of DPL 2025.

Ishant Sharma is also not in this team, his playing will depend on how quickly he is able to recover from the injury. India A has been eliminated from the Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament, hence Suyyash Sharma and Priyansh Arya have also become available for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Delhi Squad: Nitish Rana (captain), Priyansh Arya, Sarthak Ranjan, Ayush Badoni, Arpit Rana, Ayush Doseja, Mayank Rawat, Tejashwi (wicketkeeper), Himmat Singh, Yash Dhull, Simarjeet Singh, Rahul Dagar, Yash Bhatia, Ankit Rajesh Kumar, Harsh Tyagi, Suyash Sharma, Prince Yadav, Mani Grewal, Rohan Rana, Dhruv Kaushik, Aryan Rana and Vaibhav Kandpal.

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