# 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

The 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the eleventh edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, an annual Twenty20 tournament in India. Played from 24 March to 7 April 2015, it was contested by 37 Ranji Trophy teams, including the nine expansion teams who were introduced that season. Delhi were the defending champions. Karnataka won the 2018–19 championship, their first title.
The tournament had five groups, with three groups containing seven teams and two groups with eight teams. The top two teams in each group qualified for the Super League section of the tournament, with the teams split into two further groups of five teams. The top two teams, one from each of the Super League groups, progressed to the final.
In the opening round fixture between Mumbai and Sikkim, Mumbai's Shreyas Iyer scored 147 runs, the highest total by an Indian batsman in a T20 match. The second round saw Andhra beat Nagaland by 179 runs, the biggest winning margin by runs in a T20 match.
Jharkhand and Delhi from Group A, Vidarbha and Gujarat from Group B, Railways and Mumbai from Group C, Karnataka and Bengal from Group D, and Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh from Group E all progressed to the Super League phase of the tournament.
In the Super League stage of the tournament, Maharashtra won Group A and Karnataka won Group B to advance to the final. With their win in their final Super League match, Karnataka won a total of thirteen consecutive T20 matches, a record for an Indian state team. Karnataka won the tournament, after beating Maharashtra by eight wickets in the final. With the victory, Karnataka equalled the record for a winning streak for an India-based team with fourteen matches, tied with the Kolkata Knight Riders.

## Super League
### Points table

| Teamvte | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Maharashtra (E1) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.826 |
| Bengal (D2) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.827 |
| Jharkhand (A1) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | –0.786 |
| Gujarat (B2) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.262 |
| Railways (C1) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.175 |
| Teamvte | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Karnataka (D1) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +1.283 |
| Mumbai (C2) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.544 |
| Vidarbha (B1) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.756 |
| Delhi (A2) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.698 |
| Uttar Pradesh (E2) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –0.882 |

### Group A

* 8 March 2019 Scorecard
| Jharkhand 148/7 (18 overs) | v | Gujarat 147/8 (18 overs) |
| Anand Singh 45 (36) Hemang Patel 1/6 (1 over) | | Karan Patel 38 (26) Utkarsh Singh 2/22 (4 over) |
* Jharkhand won by 1 run Emerald High School Ground, Indore Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
* Supriyo Chakraborty (Jharkhand) and Yash Gardharia (Gujarat) both made their T20 debuts.
* 8 March 2019 Scorecard
| Railways 142/6 (20 overs) | v | Bengal 143/4 (18.1 overs) |
| Ashish Yadav 51 (44) Sayan Ghosh 2/26 (4 overs) | | Shreevats Goswami 80 (55) Ashish Yadav 2/20 (4 overs) |
* Bengal won by 6 wickets Emerald High School Ground, Indore Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
* 9 March 2019 Scorecard
| Bengal 138/7 (20 overs) | v | Maharashtra 139/3 (17.1 overs) |
| Shahbaz Ahmed 60* (44) Domnic Muthuswami 3/15 (4 overs) | | Rahul Tripathi 60* (46) Akash Deep 2/21 (4 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 7 wickets Emerald High School Ground, Indore Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
* Akash Deep (Bengal) made his T20 debut.
* 9 March 2019 Scorecard
| Railways 135/8 (20 overs) | v | Jharkhand 136/5 (19 overs) |
| Pratham Singh 41 (39) Rahul Shukla 2/19 (4 overs) | | Anand Singh 53 (39) Harsh Tyagi 2/25 (4 overs) |
* Jharkhand won by 5 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Virender Sharma
* Jharkhand won the toss and elected to field.
* Gandhar Bhatawadekar (Railways) made his T20 debut.
* 10 March 2019 Scorecard
| Jharkhand 126/9 (20 overs) | v | Bengal 127/2 (13 overs) |
| Anukul Roy 37* (25) Writtick Chatterjee 3/12 (4 overs) | | Shreevats Goswami 86* (50) Varun Aaron 2/24 (3 overs) |
* Bengal won by 8 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Virender Sharma and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Bengal won the toss and elected to field.
* 10 March 2019 Scorecard
| Gujarat 143/8 (20 overs) | v | Maharashtra 144/6 (19.5 overs) |
| Chirag Gandhi 35 (40) Divyang Hinganekar 2/23 (4 overs) | | Azim Kazi 39* (29) Hemang Patel 2/14 (2 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 4 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
* 11 March 2019 Scorecard
| Railways 110/9 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat 112/3 (14.1 overs) |
| Harsh Tyagi 32* (34) Piyush Chawla 3/12 (4 overs) | | Piyush Tanwar 55* (43) Ambikeshwar Mishra 1/15 (3 overs) |
* Gujarat won by 7 wickets Emerald High School Ground, Indore Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Rohan Pandit
* Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ambikeshwar Mishra (Railways) made his T20 debut.
* 11 March 2019 Scorecard
| Maharashtra 153/4 (20 overs) | v | Jharkhand 139/8 (20 overs) |
| Ankit Bawne 64* (46) Varun Aaron 2/22 (4 overs) | | Vikash Singh 46* (29) Satyajeet Bachhav 3/17 (4 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 14 runs Emerald High School Ground, Indore Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Rohan Pandit
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* 12 March 2019 Scorecard
| Maharashtra 177/5 (20 overs) | v | Railways 156 (20 overs) |
| Nikhil Naik 95* (58) Manjeet Singh 2/36 (4 overs) | | Mrunal Devdhar 55 (44) Samad Fallah 3/37 (4 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 21 runs Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Rohan Pandit
* Railways won the toss and elected to field.
* 12 March 2019 Scorecard
| Gujarat 121 (19.3 overs) | v | Bengal 125/3 (18.2 overs) |
| Axar Patel 53 (44) Sayan Ghosh 5/15 (3.3 overs) | | Wriddhiman Saha 53* (47) Jayveer Parmar 2/26 (4 overs) |
* Bengal won by 7 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Chettithody Shamshuddin
* Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.

### Group B

* 8 March 2019 Scorecard
| Delhi 83 (16.2 overs) | v | Vidarbha 88/1 (8.3 overs) |
| Hiten Dalal 42 (34) Umesh Yadav 2/10 (2.2 overs) | | Jitesh Sharma 41 (24) Suboth Bhati 1/20 (2 overs) |
* Vidarbha won by 9 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Yeshwant Barde and Virender Sharma
* Vidarbha won the toss and elected to field.
* 8 March 2019 Scorecard
| Mumbai 97/9 (20 overs) | v | Karnataka 98/1 (13.2 overs) |
| Akash Parkar 22 (32) Manoj Bhandage 2/11 (2 overs) | | Rohan Kadam 62* (45) Siddhesh Lad 1/12 (3 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 9 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Virender Sharma
* Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
* 9 March 2019 Scorecard
| Delhi 144/7 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai 148/2 (19 overs) |
| Lalit Yadav 33 (23) Tushar Deshpande 4/19 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 53* (47) Nitish Rana 1/7 (1 over) |
* Mumbai won by 8 wickets Emerald High School Ground, Indore Umpires: Saiyed Khalid and Krishnamachari Srinivasan
* Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
* 9 March 2019 Scorecard
| Karnataka 149/6 (20 overs) | v | Uttar Pradesh 139/8 (20 overs) |
| Rohan Kadam 35 (30) Ankit Chaudhary 1/26 (4 overs) | | Akshdeep Nath 46 (41) V Koushik 3/22 (4 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 10 runs Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Yeshwant Barde
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* 10 March 2019 Scorecard
| Delhi 109/9 (20 overs) | v | Karnataka 112/2 (15.3 overs) |
| Nitish Rana 37 (29) V Koushik 4/19 (4 overs) | | Mayank Agarwal 43* (47) Navdeep Saini 1/21 (3 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 8 wickets Emerald High School Ground, Indore Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Saiyed Khalid
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
* Manjot Kalra (Delhi) made his T20 debut.
* 10 March 2019 Scorecard
| Vidarbha 143/7 (20 overs) | v | Uttar Pradesh 133/9 (20 overs) |
| Atharva Taide 41 (37) Ankit Chaudhary 2/28 (4 overs) | | Samarth Singh 39 (39) Shrikant Wagh 2/24 (3.5 overs) |
* Vidarbha won by 10 runs Emerald High School Ground, Indore Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan and Saiyed Khalid
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* 11 March 2019 Scorecard
| Vidarbha 137/8 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai 138/4 (15.4 overs) |
| Rushabh Rathod 26 (21) Tushar Deshpande 3/38 (4 overs) | | Jay Bista 73* (51) Ravi Jangid 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai won by 6 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin and Sanjay Hazare
* Mumbai won the toss and elected to field.
* 11 March 2019 Scorecard
| Uttar Pradesh 140/6 (20 overs) | v | Delhi 142/6 (19.4 overs) |
| Priyam Garg 30 (19) Pawan Negi 3/9 (3 overs) | | Dhruv Shorey 62* (48) Ankit Rajpoot 2/20 (3.4 overs) |
* Delhi won by 4 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin and Nitin Menon
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* 12 March 2019 Scorecard
| Mumbai 183/7 (20 overs) | v | Uttar Pradesh 137 (19 overs) |
| Siddhesh Lad 62 (44) Ankit Rajpoot 3/47 (4 overs) | | Saurabh Kumar 24 (15) Shardul Thakur 3/15 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai won by 46 runs Emerald High School Ground, Indore Umpires: Sanjay Hazare and Nitin Menon
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Madhav Kaushik (Uttar Pradesh) made his T20 debut.
* 12 March 2019 Scorecard
| Vidarbha 138/7 (20 overs) | v | Karnataka 140/4 (19.2 overs) |
| Apoorv Wankhade 56* (41) Vinay Kumar 2/27 (4 overs) | | Manish Pandey 49* (35) Yash Thakur 1/18 (3 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 6 wickets Emerald High School Ground, Indore Umpires: Sanjay Hazare and Nitin Menon
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.

## Final

* 14 March 2019 Scorecard
| Maharashtra 155/4 (20 overs) | v | Karnataka 159/2 (18.3 overs) |
| Naushad Shaikh 69* (41) Abhimanyu Mithun 2/24 (4 overs) | | Mayank Agarwal 85* (57) Divyang Hinganekar 1/21 (3.3 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 8 wickets Holkar Stadium, Indore Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin and Nitin Menon Player of the match: Mayank Agarwal (Karnataka)
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.