# 2021–22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

The 2021–22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (also known as the Paytm Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was the fourteenth edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, an annual Twenty20 tournament in India. Played from 4 to 22 November 2021, it was contested by all 38 Ranji Trophy teams and won by defending champions Tamil Nadu, their third title. The tournament formed part of the 2021–22 Indian domestic cricket season, which was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in July 2021.
The tournament was originally scheduled to begin on 20 October 2021, but was postponed to 27 October 2021. It eventually started on 4 November 2021. The teams were initially divided into five groups, with seven teams each in Groups A and B, and eight each in Groups C, D and E. However, in August 2021, the BCCI announced that the tournament would be divided into six groups, with six teams in the five Elite Groups, and eight teams in the Plate Group. The winners of each Elite Group progressed directly to the quarter-finals, with the second-placed teams and the winner of the Plate Group playing in pre-quarters matches to determine the final eight teams. It was played in six cities across the country (Baroda, Delhi, Guwahati, Haryana, Lucknow and Vijayawada), with all the knockout matches played in Delhi.
On 8 November 2021, in the Plate Group match between Vidarbha and Manipur, Akshay Karnewar of Vidarbha became the first bowler to bowl four overs in a Twenty20 cricket match without conceding a run.
Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Bengal, Hyderabad and Rajasthan all won their Elite Groups, advancing to the quarter-finals, with Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Saurashtra, Himachal Pradesh and Vidarbha progressing to the preliminary quarter-finals. Vidarbha, Karnataka and Kerala all won their preliminary quarter-final matches to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament. In the quarter-finals, Tamil Nadu, Vidarbha, Hyderabad and Karnataka all won their matches, with Karnataka winning a Super Over against Bengal.
In the first semi-final match, defending champions Tamil Nadu beat Hyderabad by eight wickets, after Hyderabad were bowled out for 90 runs. In the second semi-final, Karnataka scored 176/7 from their twenty overs against Vidarbha, winning by four runs to join Tamil Nadu in the final. In the final, Tamil Nadu beat Karnataka by four wickets to win the tournament and retain their title.

## Player transfers

The following player transfers were approved ahead of the season.
| Player | From | To |
| Subodh Bhati | Delhi | Pondicherry |
| Yudhvir Charak | Hyderabad | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Pavan Deshpande | Karnataka | Pondicherry |
| Deepak Hooda | Baroda | Rajasthan |
| Sheldon Jackson | Pondicherry | Saurashtra |
| Uday Kaul | Chandigarh | Mizoram |
| Liyan Khan | Karnataka | Sikkim |
| Chirag Khurana | Maharashtra | Meghalaya |
| Kranthi Kumar | Karnataka | Sikkim |
| Abu Nechim | Assam | Nagaland |
| Shubham Ranjane | Mumbai | Goa |
| Anshuman Rath | Hong Kong | Odisha |
| Rahil Shah | Uttarakhand | Tripura |
| Hanuma Vihari | Andhra | Hyderabad |
| Shrikant Wagh | Vidarbha | Goa |

## Knockout stage

| Preliminary QF | Preliminary QF | Preliminary QF | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | A1 | Tamil Nadu | 187/5 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Himachal Pradesh | 145/6 | D2 | Kerala | 181/4 | | | | | | |
| D2 | Kerala | 147/2 | | | | A1 | Tamil Nadu | 92/2 | | | |
| | | | | | | E1 | Hyderabad | 90 | | | |
| | | | D1 | Gujarat | 128/8 | | | | | | |
| | | | E1 | Hyderabad | 158/5 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | A1 | Tamil Nadu | 153/6 |
| | | | | | | | | | B2 | Karnataka | 151/7 |
| | | | C1 | Rajasthan | 84/8 | | | | | | |
| A2 | Maharashtra | 157/8 | P1 | Vidarbha | 87/1 | | | | | | |
| P1 | Vidarbha | 160/3 | | | | B2 | Karnataka | 176/7 | | | |
| | | | | | | P1 | Vidarbha | 172/6 | | | |
| | | | B1 | Bengal | 160/8 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Karnataka | 150/8 | B2 | Karnataka | 160/5 | | | | | | |
| E2 | Saurashtra | 145/7 | | | | | | | | | |

### Preliminary quarter-finals

* Preliminary quarter-final 1 16 November 2021 Scorecard
| Maharashtra 157/8 (20 overs) | v | Vidarbha 160/3 (17.5 overs) |
| Rahul Tripathi 66 (45) Yash Thakur 3/17 (4 overs) | | Akshay Wadkar 58* (47) Mukesh Choudhary 1/24 (3 overs) |
* Vidarbha won by 7 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
* Preliminary quarter-final 2 16 November 2021 Scorecard
| Saurashtra 145/7 (20 overs) | v | Karnataka 150/8 (19.5 overs) |
| Sheldon Jackson 50 (43) Vijaykumar Vyshak 2/19 (4 overs) | | Abhinav Manohar 70* (49) Jaydev Unadkat 4/22 (4 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 2 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* Abhinav Manohar (Karnataka) made his T20 debut.
* Preliminary quarter-final 3 16 November 2021 Scorecard
| Himachal Pradesh 145/6 (20 overs) | v | Kerala 147/2 (19.3 overs) |
| Raghav Dhawan 65 (52) Sudhesan Midhun 2/26 (3 overs) | | Mohammed Azharuddeen 60 (57) Pankaj Jaswal 1/13 (2 overs) |
* Kerala won by 8 wickets Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Pashchim Pathak
* Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
* Suresh Vishweshwar (Kerala) made his T20 debut.

### Quarter-finals

* 1st Quarter-final 18 November 2021 Scorecard
| Kerala 181/4 (20 overs) | v | Tamil Nadu 187/5 (19.3 overs) |
| Vishnu Vinod 65* (26) Sanjay Yadav 2/23 (4 overs) | | Sai Sudharshan 46 (31) Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan 3/26 (4 overs) |
* Tamil Nadu won by 5 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh and Ulhas Gandhe
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
* 2nd Quarter-final 18 November 2021 Scorecard
| Karnataka 160/5 (20 overs) | v | Bengal 160/8 (20 overs) |
| Karun Nair 55* (29) Writtick Chatterjee 1/23 (2 overs) | | Writtick Chatterjee 51 (40) MB Darshan 3/26 (4 overs) |
* Match tied (Karnataka won the Super Over) Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
* Super Over: Bengal 5/2 (0.4 overs), Karnataka 8/0 (0.2 overs).
* 3rd Quarter-final 18 November 2021 Scorecard
| Rajasthan 84/8 (20 overs) | v | Vidarbha 87/1 (14.1 overs) |
| Kamlesh Nagarkoti 39* (48) Yash Thakur 2/24 (4 overs) | | Atharva Taide 40* (42) Aniket Choudhary 1/4 (2 overs) |
* Vidarbha won by 9 wickets Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
* 4th Quarter-final 18 November 2021 Scorecard
| Hyderabad 158/5 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat 128/8 (20 overs) |
| Tilak Varma 75 (50) Piyush Chawla 2/9 (4 overs) | | Ripal Patel 35 (24) Ravi Teja 3/27 (4 overs) |
* Hyderabad won by 30 runs Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
* Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.

### Semi-finals

* 1st Semi-final 20 November 2021 Scorecard
| Hyderabad 90 (18.3 overs) | v | Tamil Nadu 92/2 (14.2 overs) |
| Tanay Thyagarajan 25 (24) P Saravana Kumar 5/21 (3.3 overs) | | Vijay Shankar 43* (40) Rakshann Readdi 2/23 (3.2 overs) |
* Tamil Nadu won by 8 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe and Pashchim Pathak
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
* 2nd Semi-final 20 November 2021 Scorecard
| Karnataka 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Vidarbha 172/6 (20 overs) |
| Rohan Kadam 87 (56) Darshan Nalkande 4/28 (4 overs) | | Atharva Taide 32 (16) K. C. Cariappa 2/27 (4 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 4 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* Final 22 November 2021 Scorecard
| Karnataka 151/7 (20 overs) | v | Tamil Nadu 153/6 (20 overs) |
| Abhinav Manohar 46 (37) Sai Kishore 3/12 (4 overs) | | Shahrukh Khan 33* (15) K. C. Cariappa 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Tamil Nadu won by 4 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Pashchim Pathak and Chirra Ravikanthreddy Player of the match: Shahrukh Khan (Tamil Nadu)
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.