Thanks to the stormy half-centuries of Samant Jakhar and Ankit Kumar, Haryana defeated Hyderabad by 124 runs here on Tuesday and secured a place in the final of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy where it will face Jharkhand.

Apart from his innings of 57 runs in 27 balls, opener Ankit gave a great start to Haryana by making a partnership of 81 runs in 7.4 overs with Arsh Ranga (30), batting first, he hit six sixes and one four in his innings.

After this, Hyderabad took some wickets but Jakhar, who came to bat at sixth position, made an important contribution in helping the team reach a big score with his aggressive innings of 60 runs with the help of eight sixes and one four in 22 balls.

Parth Vats batted brilliantly in the last overs and scored 45 runs in 19 balls with four fours and three sixes and Haryana scored a big score of 246 runs for seven wickets.

While chasing the target, Hyderabad team was all out for 122 runs in 16.1 overs. Amit Rana performed brilliantly in bowling, taking three wickets for 14 runs, while Jakhar (two wickets for 16 runs), Ishant Bhardwaj (two wickets for 35 runs) and Anshul Kamboj (two wickets for 16 runs) took two wickets each.

For Hyderabad, Rahul Buddhi was the top scorer with 37 runs in 24 balls. Earlier, in the other match of the group, with the help of Ajinkya Rahane’s unbeaten 72 runs and Sarfaraz Khan’s 73 runs in 22 balls, Mumbai defeated Rajasthan by three wickets.

Rahane scored 72 runs in 41 balls with the help of seven fours and three sixes, but Sarfaraz hit seven sixes and six fours in his innings of 73 runs in 22 balls. In response to the target of 217 runs to win, Mumbai maintained the run pace despite losing wickets and achieved the target with 11 balls remaining. Rahane and Sarfaraz added 111 runs in 39 balls for the second wicket.

Sarfaraz was dismissed by Manav Sutar who took three wickets for 23 runs in four overs. After the cheap dismissal of Angkrish Raghuvanshi (0), Sairaj Patil (four), Suryansh Shedge (10) and captain Shardul Thakur (two), Rahane got support from Atharva Ankolekar.

Ankolekar, who came at number eight, scored 26 runs in nine balls. Earlier, batting first, Rajasthan scored 216 runs for four wickets on the basis of the innings of Deepak Hooda (51 runs in 31 balls) and Mukul Chaudhary (54 not out in 28 balls).

Thanks to the stormy batting of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan, Mumbai achieved a historic run chase against Haryana in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. After playing first in this match, Haryana had scored 234 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Mumbai chased the target by scoring 238 runs in just 17.3 overs. This is the second biggest run chase of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Yashasvi Jaiswal played an important role in defending champion Mumbai’s four-wicket victory over Haryana by scoring a century in 48 balls in the Super League B match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Sunday. After a one-sided defeat against Hyderabad in their first match of the Super League, Mumbai chased Haryana’s target of 235 runs and won by scoring 238 runs for six wickets in 17.3 overs with the innings of Jaiswal (101 runs in 50 balls) and Sarfaraz Khan (64 runs in 24 balls).

Jaiswal and Sarfaraz kept Mumbai’s hopes of qualifying for the final alive by adding 88 runs in just 6.1 overs. During the award distribution ceremony after the match, Jaiswal also called Sarfaraz along with him to receive a check of Rs 50,000 for the best player of the match. For Mumbai, Ajinkya Rahane played an inning of 21 runs in 10 balls.

Mumbai chased 235 runs in just 17.3 overs against Haryana in SMAT

Yashasvi Jaiswal – 101 (50)
Sarfaraz Khan – 64 (25)
Ajinkya Rahane – 21 (10)

The batting carnage of Jaiswal and Sarfaraz to claim the 2nd highest run chase in SMAT pic.twitter.com/dGkSpe6Pmd

— Tejash (@Tejashyyyyy) December 14, 2025

Earlier, Haryana captain Ankit Kumar (89 runs in 42 balls) and talented all-rounder Nishant Sindhu (63 runs in 38 balls) added 110 runs in just 8.1 overs, taking the team to 234 runs for three wickets in 20 overs.

Haryana’s fast bowlers bowled at a speed of 125 to 130 km per hour, which made it easy for Mumbai’s batsmen to score runs on the flat pitch. Jaiswal played pull and ramp shots. He hit 16 fours in his innings. Sarfaraz also strengthened his claim for the IPL auction with a half-century in just 16 balls.

Sarfaraz Khan may get a big bid in the IPL 2026 mini auction. His stormy innings of 64 runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is indicating something similar. Today, the match between Mumbai and Haryana was played in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, in which Sarfaraz played a brilliant inning of 64 runs in just 25 balls. His innings seems to be enough to attract the team owners.

hit superfast fifty

The Super League matches of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 started from December 12. In the first match of the Super League, Sarfaraz was able to score only 5 runs against Hyderabad, but he thrashed the Haryana bowlers. He scored a superfast fifty in 18 balls against Haryana. He played an inning of 64 runs in 25 balls, during which his strike rate was 256. In this innings, 9 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat.

472 runs scored in T20 match

In this match, Haryana had scored 234 runs while playing first. For Haryana, captain Ankit Kumar scored 89 runs and Nishant Sindhu scored 63 runs. In response to this, Mumbai made a stormy start. Meanwhile, Sarfaraz Khan made a partnership of 88 runs in 37 balls with Yashasvi Jaiswal, who opened for Mumbai. Jaiswal played a century inning of 101 runs in 50 balls in this match. Mumbai achieved this huge target with 15 balls remaining. A total of 472 runs were scored in this T20 match.

Sarfaraz Khan’s name is in the first set

The IPL 2026 auction is to be held on December 16 in Abu Dhabi, for which only 350 out of more than 1000 players were shortlisted. A total of 350 players’ names will be called in the auction, out of which Sarfaraz Khan’s name is included in the first set. The names of Sarfaraz Khan, Prithvi Shaw, Cameron Green, Tim David, Devon Conway and Jake Fraser McGurk are in the first set of auction list.

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The cricket world has once again become embarrassed due to the match fixing incident. This time an incident of match fixing has come to light in Indian domestic cricket. On Friday, Assam Cricket Association Secretary Sanatan Das told the media that four players have been suspended with immediate effect. The names of these four players are Amit Sinha, Ishan Ahmed, Aman Tripathi and Abhishek Thakuri.

Sanatan Das told that these 4 players were involved in corruption related activities in cricket. This matter is of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025.

Assam Cricket Association (ACA) Secretary Sanatan Das said in his statement, “These 4 cricketers, who have represented Assam at different levels. These 4 players are accused of influencing and instigating some players who played for Assam in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025. As soon as these allegations came to light, the Anti-Corruption Unit of BCCI investigated the matter. ACA has also started criminal proceedings.”

ACA said that it has also lodged an FIR in the Crime Branch of Guwahati against four players involved in match fixing. Meanwhile, according to Times of India, BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia has warned the players involved in such activities. Saikia clearly said that such actions will not be tolerated at all.

Assam team was placed in Elite Group A of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. India’s star cricketer Ryan Parag also plays in this team. The Assam team could register only three wins in 7 matches and stood 7th among the eight teams included in its group. Let us tell you that among the four players whose names came up in the match fixing case, none of them were part of Assam’s squad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

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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.