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| Countries | India |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Format | Twenty20 |
| First edition | 2006–07 |
| Latest edition | 2025–26 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin andknockout |
| Number of teams | 38 |
| Current champion | Jharkhand (1st title) |
| Most successful | Tamil Nadu (3 titles) |
| Website | BCCI |
TheSyed Mushtaq Ali Trophy[1] is a domesticTwenty20 cricket championship in India, organized by theBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). It is named after former Test cricketerSyed Mushtaq Ali.
It is played by the teams from theRanji Trophy, which is the premier domesticfirst-class cricket championship in the country. In2006–07, the inaugural competition was won byTamil Nadu under the captaincy ofDinesh Karthik. The2025–26 tournament was won byJharkhand, who defeatedHaryana in the final.Tamil Nadu has been the most successful team, winning the trophy three times.[2]
The tournament is played underTwenty20 (T20) rules. Originally known as theInter-State T20 Championship, it was inaugurated by theBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the2006–07 season. Except in 2016–17, the tournament has been contested by teams involved in theRanji Trophy, 27 at first and currently (2023) 38. The format begun with around-robin stage with the teams divided into zonal groups, with the top teams in each group qualifying for aknockout stage culminating in the final tie. In 2012–13, the BCCI decided to replace the knockout with a Super League consisting of two groups, the winners of which qualified for the final. In June 2016, the BCCI relaunched the competition using zonal teams, as in theDuleep Trophy, but they reverted to the Ranji teams in 2017. Since then, the number of competing teams have increased to 38 and the knockout stage has been restored.[3]
The 38 teams are divided into five Elite groups, namely A, B, C, D, and E. There used to be a Plate group for newer teams but it has been discontinued. There are eight teams in groups A, B, and C who play seven matches each. Groups D and E have seven teams who play six matches each. The top-ranked teams in each group qualify for the knockout stage along with the three best runners-up. The knockout consists of four quarter-final matches, two semi-finals and the final.[4]
The competition features the following 38 domestic teams, listed by their 2023–24 groups.[4]
| Team records[5] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Most Trophy wins | 3 | Tamil Nadu |
| Most consecutive wins including league | 15 | Karnataka |
| Most consecutive defeats | 22 | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Largest margin of victory (by runs) | By 263 runs | Baroda vsSikkim |
| Largest margin of victory (by wickets) | By 10 wickets | 30 times |
| Largest margin of victory (by balls remaining) | 100 balls | Jharkhand vsTripura |
| Score | By | Against | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 349/5 | Baroda | Sikkim | Emerald High School Ground,Indore[6] | 5 December 2024 |
| 275/6 | Punjab | Andhra | JSCA International Stadium Complex,Ranchi | 17 October 2023 |
| 262/3 | Jharkhand | Haryana | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium,Maharashtra | 18 December 2025 |
| 258/4 | Mumbai | Sikkim | Emerald High School Ground,Indore | 21 February 2019 |
| 252/4 | Gujarat | Manipur | ACA–KDCA Cricket Ground,Mulapadu | 2 March 2019 |
| Score | By | Against | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Tripura | Jharkhand | Tata Digwadih Stadium,Dhanbad | 20 October 2009 |
| 40 | Manipur | Punjab | Sawai Mansingh Stadium,Jaipur | 18 October 2022 |
| 44 | Assam | Delhi | Moti Bagh Stadium,Vadodara | 6 January 2016 |
| 49 | Sikkim | Gujarat | Lalabhai Contractor Stadium,Surat | 14 November 2019 |
| 50 | Mizoram | Uttarakhand | Niranjan Shah Stadium,Rajkot | 20 October 2022 |
| Score | Name | From | Against | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Tilak Varma | Hyderabad | Meghalaya | Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium C,Rajkot | 23 November 2024 |
| 147 | Shreyas Iyer | Mumbai | Sikkim | Emerald High School Ground,Indore | 21 February 2019 |
| 146* | Puneet Bisht | Meghalaya | Mizoram | Guru Nanak College Ground,Chennai | 13 January 2021 |
| 137* | Mohammed Azharuddeen | Kerala | Mumbai | Wankhede Stadium,Mumbai | |
| 134 | Prithvi Shaw | Mumbai | Assam | Niranjan Shah Stadium,Rajkot | 14 October 2022 |
