# 2022–23 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

The 2022–23 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the fifteenth edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, an annual Twenty20 tournament in India. Played from 11 October to 5 November 2022, it was contested by all 38 Ranji Trophy teams. Mumbai beat Himachal Pradesh by four wickets in the final to win their first title. The tournament was part of the 2022–23 Indian domestic cricket season, which was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in August 2022. Tamil Nadu were the defending champions.
The tournament was divided into five groups, with eight teams in Groups A, B, and C, and seven teams in Groups D and E. The winners of each group progressed directly to the quarter-finals, while the second-placed team in each group and the third-placed team with the best record across the five groups qualified for the preliminary quarter-finals. The tournament was played in six cities across the country, with Indore, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mohali, and Rajkot hosting the group stage, and Kolkata hosting all of the knockout matches.
On 11 October, following the introduction of the Impact Player rule, Delhi's Hrithik Shokeen was the first utilised impact player, replacing Hiten Dalal in their match against Manipur.

## New Rules
### Impact Player

* Along with the starting XI, teams would name four substitutes in their team sheet at the toss, and use one of the four during the match.
* The player can replace any member of the starting XI at any point before the end of the 14th over of either innings, and would be able to bat and bowl his full allotment of overs.
* The tactical scope of the Impact Player rule is vast, with no real restriction on the role he can play. For example, the Impact Player can replace a batter who has already been dismissed, and still get to bat - as long as the team only uses 11 batters or he could replace a bowler who has already sent down a few overs and still get to bowl his full four-over quota.

## Player transfers

The following player transfers were approved ahead of the season.
| Player | From | To |
| Varun Aaron | Jharkhand | Baroda |
| Sudip Chatterjee | Bengal | Tripura |
| Shreevats Goswami | Bengal | Mizoram |
| Arun Karthik | Tamil Nadu | Pondicherry |
| Siddhesh Lad | Mumbai | Goa |
| Ambati Rayudu | Andhra | Baroda |
| Abhishek Reddy | Karnataka | Andhra |
| Wriddhiman Saha | Bengal | Tripura |
| Ankit Sharma | Madhya Pradesh | Pondicherry |
| Jiwanjot Singh | Chhattisgarh | Uttarakhand |
| Aditya Tare | Mumbai | Uttarakhand |
| Arjun Tendulkar | Mumbai | Goa |
| Hanuma Vihari | Hyderabad | Andhra |
| Avinash Yadav | Railways | Mizoram |

## Knockout stage

| Preliminary QF | Preliminary QF | Preliminary QF | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | C1 | Karnataka | 216/6 (20 overs) | | | | | | |
| B2 | Punjab | 176/7 (20 overs) | B2 | Punjab | 225/4 (20 overs) | | | | | | |
| C3 | Haryana | 127/8 (20 overs) | | | | B2 | Punjab | 163/7 (20 overs) | | | |
| | | | | | | D1 | Himachal Pradesh | 176/7 (20 overs) | | | |
| | | | D1 | Himachal Pradesh | 200/6 (20 overs) | | | | | | |
| | | | E1 | Bengal | 199/6 (20 overs) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | D1 | Himachal Pradesh | 143/8 (20 overs) |
| | | | | | | | | | A1 | Mumbai | 146/7 (19.3 overs) |
| | | | B1 | Delhi | 156/6 (20 overs) | | | | | | |
| A2 | Vidarbha | 112/5 (18.4 overs) | A2 | Vidarbha | 157/5 (20 overs) | | | | | | |
| E2 | Chhattisgarh | 111/9 (20 overs) | | | | A2 | Vidarbha | 164/7 (20 overs) | | | |
| | | | | | | A1 | Mumbai | 169/5 (16.5 overs) | | | |
| | | | A1 | Mumbai | 168/8 (19.3 overs) | | | | | | |
| C2 | Kerala | 174/4 (20 overs) | D2 | Saurashtra | 166/8 (20 overs) | | | | | | |
| D2 | Saurashtra | 183/6 (20 overs) | | | | | | | | | |

### Preliminary quarter-finals

* Preliminary quarter-final 1 30 October 2022 Scorecard
| Punjab 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Haryana 127/8 (20 overs) |
| Prabhsimran Singh 64 (36) Anshul Kamboj 3/25 (4 overs) | | Nishant Sindhu 42 (25) Baltej Singh 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Punjab won by 49 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Vineet Kulkarni and Nikhil Patwardhan
* Haryana won the toss and elected to field.
* Impact Player Subs: Ashwani Kumar for Shubman Gill (Punjab) and Piyush Dahiya for Yuvraj Singh (Haryana).
* Preliminary quarter-final 2 30 October 2022 Scorecard
| Chhattisgarh 111/9 (20 overs) | v | Vidarbha 112/5 (18.4 overs) |
| Harpreet Singh Bhatia 27 (24) Umesh Yadav 3/27 (4 overs) | | Sanjay Raghunath 63 (52) Sumit Ruikar 1/17 (4 overs) |
* Vidarbha won by 5 wickets Jadavpur University Campus Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
* Impact Player Subs: Akshay Wakhare for Aditya Sarwate (Vidarbha) and Sanjeet Desai for Akhil Herwadkar (Chhattisgarh).
* Preliminary quarter-final 3 30 October 2022 Scorecard
| Saurashtra 183/6 (20 overs) | v | Kerala 174/4 (20 overs) |
| Sheldon Jackson 64 (44) KM Asif 3/33 (4 overs) | | Sachin Baby 64 (47) Prerak Mankad 2/26 (3 overs) |
* Saurashtra won by 9 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Vineet Kulkarni
* Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* Impact Player Subs: Sudhesan Midhun for Vaisakh Chandran (Kerala) and Visvaraj Jadeja for Harvik Desai (Saurashtra).

### Quarter-finals

* 1st Quarter-final 1 November 2022 Scorecard
| Punjab 225/4 (20 overs) | v | Karnataka 216/6 (20 overs) |
| Shubman Gill 126 (55) Vidhwath Kaverappa 3/44 (4 overs) | | Abhinav Manohar 62* (29) Ramandeep Singh 2/26 (2 overs) |
* Punjab won by 9 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Nand Kishore
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
* Rohan Patil (Karnataka) made his T20 debut.
* Impact Player Subs: Ashwani Kumar for Shubman Gill (Punjab) and Rohan Patil for Vijaykumar Vyshak (Karnataka).
* 2nd Quarter-final 1 November 2022 Scorecard
| Vidarbha 157/5 (20 overs) | v | Delhi 156/6 (20 overs) |
| Akshay Wadkar 63 (53) Mayank Yadav 1/16 (2 overs) | | Yash Dhull 39* (40) Yash Thakur 4/29 (4 overs) |
* Vidarbha won by 1 run Jadavpur University Campus Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Chirra Ravikanthreddy
* Delhi won the toss and elected to field.
* Impact Player Subs: Harsh Dubey for Shubham Dubey (Vidarbha) and Mayank Yadav for Navdeep Saini (Delhi).
* 3rd Quarter-final 1 November 2022 Scorecard
| Bengal 199/6 (20 overs) | v | Himachal Pradesh 200/6 (20 overs) |
| Shahbaz Ahmed 59 (32) Kanwar Abhinay 4/47 (4 overs) | | Akash Vasisht 76* (42) Ravi Kumar 2/29 (3 overs) |
* Himachal Pradesh won by 4 wickets Videocon Academy Ground, Kolkata Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Vineet Kulkarni
* Impact Player Subs: Karan Lal for Ranjot Khaira (Bengal) and Nitin Sharma for Ankush Bains (Himachal Pradesh).
* 4th Quarter-final 1 November 2022 Scorecard
| Saurashtra 166/8 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai 168/8 (19.3 overs) |
| Prerak Mankad 61 (25) Tushar Deshpande 3/37 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 40 (30) Chetan Sakariya 4/33 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai won by 2 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Nand Kishore and Nikhil Patwardhan
* Saurashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* Impact Player Subs: Visvaraj Jadeja for Harvik Desai (Saurashtra) and Sairaj Patil for Prithvi Shaw (Mumbai).

### Semi-finals

* 1st Semi-final 3 November 2022 Scorecard
| Himachal Pradesh 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Punjab 163/7 (20 overs) |
| Sumeet Verma 51 (25) Sanvir Singh 2/17 (2 overs) | | Shubman Gill 45 (32) Rishi Dhawan 3/25 (4 overs) |
* Himachal Pradesh won by 13 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Nand Kishore and Jayaraman Madanagopal
* Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* Impact Player Subs: Abhimanyu Rana for Prashant Chopra (Himachal Pradesh) and Pukhraj Mann for Prabhsimran Singh (Punjab).
* 2nd Semi-final 3 November 2022 Scorecard
| Vidarbha 164/7 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai 169/5 (16.5 overs) |
| Jitesh Sharma 46* (24) Shams Mulani 3/20 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 73 (44) Akshay Karnewar 2/24 (3 overs) |
* Mumbai won by 5 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Saiyed Khalid
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to bat.
* Impact Player Sub: Lalit Yadav for Shubham Dubey (Vidarbha).

### Final

* 5 November 2022 Scorecard
| Himachal Pradesh 143/8 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai 146/7 (19.3 overs) |
| Ekant Sen 37 (29) Tanush Kotian 3/15 (4 overs) | | Sarfaraz Khan 36* (31) Vaibhav Arora 3/27 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai won by 3 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Nikhil Patwardhan Player of the match: Tanush Kotian (Mumbai)
* Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
* Sidharth Sharma (Himachal Pradesh) made his T20 debut.
* Impact Player Sub: Nitin Sharma for Nikhil Gangta (Himachal Pradesh).