# 2023–24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

The 2023–24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the sixteenth edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, an annual Twenty20 tournament in India. Played from 16 October to 6 November 2023, it was contested by all 38 Ranji Trophy teams and won by Punjab, their first title. In the final, they defeated Baroda by 20 runs. All 38 senior state teams were divided into five groups, with eight teams in three groups, and seven teams in two groups. The tournament formed part of the 2023–24 Indian domestic cricket season as announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in April 2023. Mumbai were the defending champions. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Mumbai | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1.976 | Advanced to Quarter-final |
| 2 | Baroda | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1.583 | Advanced to Quarter-final |
| 3 | Hyderabad | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1.371 | |
| 4 | Haryana | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.995 | |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.005 | |
| 6 | Jammu & Kashmir | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | −0.431 | |
| 7 | Mizoram | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −2.291 | |
| 8 | Meghalaya | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | −2.932 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Kerala | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2.052 | Advanced to Quarter-final |
| 2 | Assam | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1.125 | Advanced to Preliminary quarter-final |
| 3 | HimachalPradesh | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1.813 | |
| 4 | Services | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0.454 | |
| 5 | Odisha | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0.453 | |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.569 | |
| 7 | Bihar | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −1.122 | |
| 8 | Sikkim | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | −5.387 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Punjab | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3.727 | Advanced to Quarter-final |
| 2 | Gujarat | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1.842 | Advanced to Preliminary quarter-final |
| 3 | Saurashtra | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2.324 | |
| 4 | Goa | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0.747 | |
| 5 | Railways | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0.748 | |
| 6 | Andhra | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.167 | |
| 7 | Manipur | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −3.067 | |
| 8 | Arunachal Pradesh | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | −6.946 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Vidarbha | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.913 | Advanced to Quarter-final |
| 2 | Bengal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.404 | Advanced to Preliminary quarter-final |
| 3 | Jharkhand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.154 | |
| 4 | Rajasthan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0.453 | |
| 5 | Maharashtra | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0.428 | |
| 6 | Uttarakhand | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.046 | |
| 7 | Pondicherry | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | −2.660 | |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Delhi | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2.973 | Advanced to Quarter-final |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1.816 | Advanced to Preliminary quarter-final |
| 3 | Karnataka | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1.358 | |
| 4 | Madhya Pradesh | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0.181 | |
| 5 | Tamil Nadu | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | −0.282 | |
| 6 | Tripura | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | −2.387 | |
| 7 | Nagaland | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | −3.226 | |

## Knockout Stage

| Preliminary QF | Preliminary QF | Preliminary QF | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | C1 | Punjab | 174/5 (19.1 overs) | | | | | | |
| C2 | Gujarat | 127/8 (20 overs) | E2 | Uttar Pradesh | 169/3 (20 overs) | | | | | | |
| E2 | Uttar Pradesh | 130/4 (18.4 overs) | | | | C1 | Punjab | 184/4 (18.4 overs) | | | |
| | | | | | | D1 | Delhi | 183/7 (20 overs) | | | |
| | | | E1 | Delhi | 176/6 (20 overs) | | | | | | |
| | | | D1 | Vidarbha | 137/9 (20 overs) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | C1 | Punjab | 223/4 (20 overs) |
| | | | | | | | | | A2 | Baroda | 203/7 (20 overs) |
| | | | B1 | Kerala | 158/6 (20 overs) | | | | | | |
| B2 | Assam | 142/2 (17.5 overs) | B2 | Assam | 162/4 (17.1 overs) | | | | | | |
| D2 | Bengal | 138/8 (20 overs) | | | | A2 | Baroda | 146/4 (16.1 overs) | | | |
| | | | | | | B2 | Assam | 143 (20 overs) | | | |
| | | | A1 | Mumbai | 148/8 (20 overs) | | | | | | |
| | | | A2 | Baroda | 149/7 (18.5 overs) | | | | | | |

### Preliminary quarter-finals

* 1st Preliminary quarter-final 31 October 2023 Scorecard
| Gujarat 127/8 (20 overs) | v | Uttar Pradesh 130/4 (18.4 overs) |
| Saurav Chauhan 32 (21) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/21 (4 overs) | | Nitish Rana 71* (49) Ravi Bishnoi 2/29 (4 overs) |
* Uttar Pradesh won by 6 wickets Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Rohan Pandit and Saidharshan Kumar Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Uttar Pradesh)
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* 2nd Preliminary quarter-final 31 October 2023 Scorecard
| Bengal 138/8 (20 overs) | v | Assam 142/2 (17.5 overs) |
| Karan Lal 24 (20) Akash Sengupta 3/29 (4 overs) | | Riyan Parag 50* (31) Mukesh Kumar 1/29 (4 overs) |
* Assam won by 8 wickets Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: KN Ananthapadmanabhan and Saiyed Khalid Player of the match: Riyan Parag
* Assam won the toss and elected to field.

### Quarter-finals

* 1st Quarter-final 2 November 2023 Scorecard
| Uttar Pradesh 169/3 (20 overs) | v | Punjab 174/5 (19.1 overs) |
| Rinku Singh 77 (33) Harpreet Brar 1/28 (4 overs) | | Nehal Wadhera 52 (39) Mohsin Khan 3/34 (4 overs) |
* Punjab won by 5 wickets Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Rohan Pandit Player of the match: Nehal Wadhera (Punjab)
* Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* 2nd Quarter-final 2 November 2023 Scorecard
| Kerala 158/6 (20 overs) | v | Assam 162/4 (17.1 overs) |
| Salman Nizar 57 (44) Akash Sengupta 3/29 (4 overs) | | Sumit Ghadigaonkar 75 (50) Sijomon Joseph 2/17 (3 overs) |
* Assam won by 6 wickets Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Jayaraman Madanagopal Player of the match: Sumit Ghadigaonkar (Assam)
* Assam won the toss and elected to field.
* 3rd Quarter-final 2 November 2023 Scorecard
| Mumbai 148/8 (20 overs) | v | Baroda 149/7 (18.5 overs) |
| Shivam Dube 48 (36) Soyeb Sopariya 3/16 (4 overs) | | Vishnu Solanki 49* (30) Mohit Avasthi 2/38 (4 overs) |
* Baroda won by 3 wickets Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mohali Umpires: KN Ananthapadmanabhan and Saidharshan Kumar Player of the match: Vishnu Solanki (Baroda)
* Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
* 4th Quarter-final 2 November 2023 Scorecard
| Delhi 176/6 (20 overs) | v | Vidarbha 137/9 (20 overs) |
| Anuj Rawat 68 (53) Umesh Yadav 4/30 (4 overs) | | Shubham Dubey 44 (34) Lalit Yadav 2/16 (4 overs) |
* Delhi won by 39 runs Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mohali Umpires: KN Ananthapadmanabhan and Saidharshan Kumar Player of the match: Anuj Rawat (Delhi)
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.

### Semi-finals

* 1st Semi-final 4 November 2023 Scorecard
| Delhi 183/7 (20 overs) | v | Punjab 184/4 (18.4 overs) |
| Ayush Badoni 80 (57) Siddarth Kaul 3/27 (4 overs) | | Abhishek Sharma 77 (45) Mayank Yadav 2/28 (4 overs) |
* Punjab won by 6 wickets Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Jayaraman Madanagopal Player of the match: Abhishek Sharma (Punjab)
* Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* 2nd Semi-final 4 November 2023 Scorecard
| Baroda 142 (20 overs) | v | Assam 146/4 (16.1 overs) |
| Rishav Das 48 (41) Abhimanyusingh Rajput 4/29 (4 overs) | | Ninad Rathva 44 (26) Akash Sengupta 2/32 (3.1 overs) |
* Baroda won by 6 wickets Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: KN Ananthapadmanabhan and Saiyed Khalid Player of the match: Abhimanyusingh Rajput (Baroda)
* Baroda won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* Final 6 November 2023 16:30 Scorecard
| Punjab 223/4 (20 overs) | v | Baroda 203/7 (20 overs) |
| Anmolpreet Singh 113 (61) Krunal Pandya 1/30 (4 overs) | | Abhimanyusingh Rajput 61 (42) Arshdeep Singh 4/23 (4 overs) |
* Punjab won by 20 runs Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Rohan Pandit Player of the match: Anmolpreet Singh (Punjab)
* Baroda won the toss and elected to field.