# 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Plate Group

The 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the twelfth season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket tournament played in India. It was contested by 38 teams, divided into six groups, with eight teams in the Plate Group. Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim were placed in the Plate Group, with all the matches taking place in Chennai. Bihar won the Plate Group to qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament.

## Points table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Bihar (Q) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +1.161 |
| Chandigarh | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | +5.738 |
| Nagaland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | +3.047 |
| Meghalaya | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +1.154 |
| Manipur | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | –0.560 |
| Sikkim | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –2.939 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2.393 |
| Mizoram | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –4.521 |
* First placed team advanced to the Knockout Stage

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 11 January 2021 Scorecard
| Chandigarh | v | Nagaland |
* Match abandoned India Cement Limited Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai Umpires: Madanagopal Kuppuraj and Rajeev Godara
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* 11 January 2021 Scorecard
| Meghalaya 62 (13 overs) | v | Manipur 66/4 (12.1 overs) |
| Dwaraka Ravi Teja 35 (31) Rex Rajkumar 2/7 (3 overs) Bishworjit Konthoujam 2/7 (3 overs) | | Narisingh Yadav 33* (31) Akash Choudhary 1/13 (2.1 overs) |
* Manipur won by 6 wickets Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Ground, Chennai Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath and Subrat Das
* Manipur won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 13 overs per side due to rain.
* Anish Charak, Dippu Sangma, Yogesh Tiwari (Meghalaya), Karnajit Yumnam, Kishan Singha and Langlonyamba Keishangbam (Manipur) all made their T20 debuts.
* 11 January 2021 Scorecard
| Bihar 122 (20 overs) | v | Arunachal Pradesh 93/8 (20 overs) |
| MD Rahmatullah 24 (22) Manvan Patel 4/20 (4 overs) | | Nazeeb Saiyed 23 (19) Ashutosh Aman 3/17 (4 overs) |
* Bihar won by 18 runs TI Cycles Ground, Chennai Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy and Somnath Jha
* Bihar won the toss and elected to bat.
* Amod Yadav, Rahul Kumar, Sachin Kumar, Sakibul Gani, Vikash Ranjan (Bihar), Kumar Nyompu, Manvan Patel, Nazeeb Saiyed, Rakesh Kumar and Takam Tallum (Arunachal Pradesh) all made their T20 debuts.
* 11 January 2021 Scorecard
| Mizoram 47/3 (5 overs) | v | Sikkim 50/0 (3.4 overs) |
| K. B. Pawan 27 (13) Anureet Singh 1/9 (2 overs) | | Anureet Singh 28* (12) |
* Sikkim won by 10 wickets Sri Ramachandra Medical College Ground, Chennai Umpires: K Prabhakar Rao and Pashchim Pathak
* Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.
* Hmar Zothanchhunga, Lalchhuanliana (Mizoram) and Mohammad Ronak (Sikkim) all made their T20 debuts.

### Round 2

* 13 January 2021 Scorecard
| Meghalaya 230/6 (20 overs) | v | Mizoram 100/9 (20 overs) |
| Punit Bisht 146* (51) Lalnunkima Varte 2/45 (4 overs) | | K. B. Pawan 33 (33) Aditya Singhania 4/15 (4 overs) |
* Meghalaya won by 130 runs India Cement Limited Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai Umpires: Mohamad Rafi and Prahlad Rawat
* Mizoram won the toss and elected to field.
* 13 January 2021 Scorecard
| Chandigarh 178/5 (20 overs) | v | Manipur 68/8 (20 overs) |
| Shivam Bhambri 56 (39) Bishworjit Konthoujam 2/33 (4 overs) | | Kishan Thokchom 22 (24) Gurinder Singh 3/10 (4 overs) |
* Chandigarh won by 110 runs TI Cycles Ground, Chennai Umpires: Madanagopal Kuppuraj and Rajeev Godara
* Chandigarh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Amrit Lubana and Mandeep Singh (Chandigarh) both made their T20 debuts.
* 13 January 2021 Scorecard
| Sikkim 110/8 (20 overs) | v | Bihar 111/2 (19.1 overs) |
| Varun Sood 28 (33) Ashutosh Aman 4/18 (4 overs) | | Mangal Mahrour 55 (46) Anureet Singh 1/20 (4 overs) |
* Bihar won by 8 wickets Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Ground, Chennai Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath and Subrat Das
* Sikkim won the toss and elected to bat.
* Md Saptulla and Rajiv Darjee (Sikkim) both made their T20 debuts.
* 13 January 2021 Scorecard
| Arunachal Pradesh 145/7 (20 overs) | v | Nagaland 149/1 (15.5 overs) |
| Techi Doria 36 (35) Khrievitso Kense 1/19 (4 overs) | | Shrikant Mundhe 69* (47) Nazeeb Saiyed 1/28 (2.5 overs) |
* Nagaland won by 9 wickets Sri Ramachandra Medical College Ground, Chennai Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy and Somnath Jha
* Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Hem Chetri, Joshua Ozukum and Khrievitso Kense (Nagaland) all made their T20 debuts.

### Round 3

* 15 January 2021 Scorecard
| Meghalaya 89/9 (20 overs) | v | Bihar 92/4 (16 overs) |
| Puneet Bisht 16 (12) Anuj Raj 3/15 (4 overs) | | Shasheem Rathour 33 (28) Sanjay Yadav 2/14 (4 overs) |
* Bihar won by 6 wickets Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Ground, Chennai Umpires: K Prabhakar Rao and Pashchim Pathak
* Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
* Akash Raj and Anuj Raj (Bihar) both made their T20 debuts.
* 15 January 2021 Scorecard
| Chandigarh 200/3 (20 overs) | v | Mizoram 111/6 (20 overs) |
| Manan Vohra 85 (44) Sumit Lama 2/38 (4 overs) | | Pratik Desai 27 (22) Gaurav Gambhir 3/11 (4 overs) |
* Chandigarh won by 89 runs Sri Ramachandra Medical College Ground, Chennai Umpires: Mohamad Rafi and Prahlad Rawat
* Chandigarh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Jagjit Singh (Chandigarh) made his T20 debut.
* 15 January 2021 Scorecard
| Nagaland 176/4 (20 overs) | v | Sikkim 76 (14.2 overs) |
| Rongsen Jonathan 56 (39) Ajay Pradhan 2/34 (4 overs) | | Anureet Singh 41 (26) Khrievitso Kense 3/27 (3.2 overs) |
* Nagaland won by 100 runs India Cement Limited Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai Umpires: Madanagopal Kuppuraj and Rajeev Godara
* Sikkim won the toss and elected to field.
* Ajay Pradhan (Sikkim) made his T20 debut.
* 15 January 2021 Scorecard
| Manipur 149/8 (20 overs) | v | Arunachal Pradesh 104 (19.4 overs) |
| Langlonyamba Keishangbam 29 (34) Techi Doria 3/29 (4 overs) | | Rahul Dalal 29 (27) Bishworjit Konthoujam 2/12 (3.4 overs) |
* Manipur won by 45 runs TI Cycles Ground, Chennai Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath and Subrat Das
* Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
* Faruque Hussain (Arunachal Pradesh) made his T20 debut.

### Round 4

* 17 January 2021 Scorecard
| Nagaland 178/6 (20 overs) | v | Mizoram 101 (19.1 overs) |
| Rongsen Jonathan 51 (32) Pratik Desai 2/19 (4 overs) | | Lalhmangaiha 39 (41) Nagaho Chishi 3/12 (4 overs) |
* Nagaland won by 77 runs Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Ground, Chennai Umpires: Madanagopal Kuppuraj and Rajeev Godara
* Nagaland won the toss and elected to bat.
* Chopise Hopongkyu (Nagaland) made his T20 debut.
* 17 January 2021 Scorecard
| Manipur 105/8 (20 overs) | v | Bihar 107/1 (17.1 overs) |
| Rex Rajkumar 29 (29) Amod Yadav 4/17 (4 overs) | | Shasheem Rathour 60* (40) Nongthombam Denin 1/14 (3 overs) |
* Bihar won by 9 wickets Sri Ramachandra Medical College Ground, Chennai Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy and Somnath Jha
* Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
* Nongthombam Denin and Nongthombam Sarojkumar (Manipur) both made their T20 debuts.
* 17 January 2021 Scorecard
| Arunachal Pradesh 84/8 (20 overs) | v | Meghalaya 88/1 (14.5 overs) |
| Akhilesh Sahani 41* (33) Abhay Negi 2/10 (4 overs) | | Dwaraka Ravi Teja 36* (44) Rakesh Kumar 1/22 (3.5 overs) |
* Meghalaya won by 9 wickets TI Cycles Ground, Chennai Umpires: K Prabhakar Rao and Pashchim Pathak
* Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Namam Tatang (Arunachal Pradesh) and Rohit Shah (Meghalaya) both made their T20 debuts.
* 17 January 2021 Scorecard
| Chandigarh 204/6 (20 overs) | v | Sikkim 73/4 (20 overs) |
| Shivam Bhambri 75 (46) Nitesh Gupta 2/23 (4 overs) | | Varun Sood 34* (39) Bipul Sharma 2/5 (3 overs) |
* Chandigarh won by 131 runs India Cement Limited Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai Umpires: Mohamad Rafi and Prahlad Rawat
* Chandigarh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Arslan Khan, Bhagmender Lather (Chandigarh) and Nitesh Gupta (Sikkim) all made their T20 debuts.

### Round 5

* 19 January 2021 Scorecard
| Arunachal Pradesh 56/8 (20 overs) | v | Chandigarh 61/3 (7.1 overs) |
| Nazeeb Saiyed 19 (32) Bipul Sharma 3/5 (4 overs) | | Arslan Khan 37 (19) Nabam Tempol 2/5 (2 overs) |
* Chandigarh won by 7 wickets India Cement Limited Guru Nanak College Ground, Chennai Umpires: Krishnaraj Srinath and Subrat Das
* Arunachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* 19 January 2021 Scorecard
| Sikkim 111/5 (20 overs) | v | Meghalaya 112/2 (17.3 overs) |
| Varun Sood 60* (50) Sanjay Yadav 2/24 (4 overs) | | Puneet Bisht 41* (27) Nitesh Gupta 1/17 (3 overs) |
* Meghalaya won by 8 wickets Sri Ramachandra Medical College Ground, Chennai Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy and Somnath Jha
* Meghalaya won the toss and elected to field.
* Bhushan Subba (Sikkim) made his T20 debut.
* 19 January 2021 Scorecard
| Mizoram 83/8 (20 overs) | v | Bihar 84/4 (12.4 overs) |
| Taruwar Kohli 33 (30) Ashutosh Aman 4/9 (4 overs) | | Babul Kumar 37* (34) Bobby Zothansanga 1/15 (3.4 overs) |
* Bihar won by 6 wickets Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering Ground, Chennai Umpires: K Prabhakar Rao and Pashchim Pathak
* Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
* Mohit Kumar (Bihar) made his T20 debut.
* 19 January 2021 Scorecard
| Manipur 129/8 (20 overs) | v | Nagaland 131/2 (17.1 overs) |
| Langlonyamba Keishangbam 50* (48) Stuart Binny 3/27 (4 overs) | | Chetan Bist 60 (43) Ajay Lamabam 1/30 (3.1 overs) |
* Nagaland won by 8 wickets TI Cycles Ground, Chennai Umpires: Mohamad Rafi and Prahlad Rawat
* Manipur won the toss and elected to bat.
* Gemson Singh (Manipur) made his T20 debut.