# 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group A

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 six teams in Group A. Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Punjab, Railways, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh were placed in Group A, with all the matches taking place in Bengaluru. Punjab won Group A to qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament. Karnataka also qualified for the quarter-finals, finishing as one of the best two second placed teams across groups A to E.

## Points table

| Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Punjab (Q) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +2.483 |
| Karnataka (Q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.292 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.243 |
| Railways | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | –1.357 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.291 |
| Tripura | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.427 |
* Top team advanced to the Knockout Stage

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 10 January 2021 Scorecard
| Karnataka 150/5 (20 overs) | v | Jammu & Kashmir 107 (18.4 overs) |
| Krishnan Shrijith 48* (31) Parvez Rasool 2/18 (4 overs) | | Abdul Samad 30 (27) Prasidh Krishna 3/34 (3.4 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 43 runs KSCA Cricket Ground, Bengaluru Umpires: Saurabh Dhote and Sundaram Ravi
* Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
* Krishnan Shrijith (Karnataka) and Qamran Iqbal (Jammu & Kashmir) both made their T20 debuts.
* 10 January 2021 Scorecard
| Punjab 134/7 (20 overs) | v | Uttar Pradesh 123/5 (20 overs) |
| Prabhsimran Singh 43 (41) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/22 (4 overs) | | Suresh Raina 56* (50) Siddarth Kaul 2/28 (4 overs) |
* Punjab won by 11 runs KSCA Cricket Ground 2, Bengaluru Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Sivasubramaniyan Shankar
* Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* Dhruv Jurel and Karan Sharma (Uttar Pradesh) both made their T20 debuts.
* 10 January 2021 Scorecard
| Tripura 170/3 (20 overs) | v | Railways 173/4 (19.3 overs) |
| Milind Kumar 61* (40) Karn Sharma 1/23 (4 overs) | | Mrunal Devdhar 61* (50) Sankar Paul 3/17 (4 overs) |
* Railways won by 6 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground 3, Bengaluru Umpires: Dharmesh Bhardwaj and Nitin Pandit
* Railways won the toss and elected to field.
* Chandan Ray, Sankar Paul (Tripura), Abhishek Pandey, Dhrushant Soni and Navneet Virk (Railways) all made their T20 debuts.

### Round 2

* 12 January 2021 Scorecard
| Tripura 93 (18.1 overs) | v | Jammu & Kashmir 94/3 (14.5 overs) |
| Udiyan Bose 28 (28) Aquib Nabi 3/10 (2.1 overs) | | Suryansh Raina 33 (25) Manisankar Murasingh 2/19 (3 overs) |
* Jammu & Kashmir won by 7 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground 2, Bengaluru Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Sivasubramaniyan Shankar
* Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
* Puneet Kumar (Jammu & Kashmir) made his T20 debut.
* 12 January 2021 Scorecard
| Uttar Pradesh 133/9 (20 overs) | v | Railways 137/2 (17.4 overs) |
| Karan Sharma 55 (30) Harsh Tyagi 2/17 (3 overs) | | Mrunal Devdhar 57 (52) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/21 (4 overs) |
* Railways won by 8 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground 3, Bengaluru Umpires: Saurabh Dhote and Sundaram Ravi
* Railways won the toss and elected to field.
* 12 January 2021 Scorecard
| Karnataka 125/8 (20 overs) | v | Punjab 127/1 (14.4 overs) |
| Rohan Kadam 32 (33) Siddarth Kaul 4/26 (4 overs) | | Prabhsimran Singh 89* (52) Krishnappa Gowtham 1/28 (4 overs) |
* Punjab won by 9 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Bengaluru Umpires: Akshay Totre and Sanjay Kumar Singh
* Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 3

* 14 January 2021 Scorecard
| Punjab 200/4 (20 overs) | v | Railways 83 (17.1 overs) |
| Abhishek Sharma 107 (62) Dhrushant Soni 2/29 (4 overs) | | Harsh Tyagi 16 (17) Harpreet Brar 4/22 (4 overs) |
* Punjab won by 117 runs KSCA Cricket Ground 2, Bengaluru Umpires: Dharmesh Bhardwaj and Nitin Pandit
* Railways won the toss and elected to field.
* Akash Pandey and Vineet Dhaka (Railways) both made their T20 debuts.
* 14 January 2021 Scorecard
| Uttar Pradesh 124/5 (20 overs) | v | Jammu & Kashmir 126/2 (15 overs) |
| Priyam Garg 35 (36) Mujtaba Yousuf 3/14 (4 overs) | | Abdul Samad 54* (35) Mohsin Khan 2/17 (4 overs) |
* Jammu & Kashmir won by 8 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Bengaluru Umpires: Akshay Totre and Sanjay Kumar Singh
* Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
* 14 January 2021 Scorecard
| Karnataka 167/5 (20 overs) | v | Tripura 157/4 (20 overs) |
| Devdutt Padikkal 99* (67) Rana Dutta 2/41 (4 overs) | | Manisankar Murasingh 61* (33) Praveen Dubey 1/20 (2 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 10 runs KSCA Cricket Ground 3, Bengaluru Umpires: Saurabh Dhote and Sundaram Ravi
* Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
* Parvez Sultan (Tripura) made his T20 debut.

### Round 4

* 16 January 2021 Scorecard
| Tripura 122/6 (20 overs) | v | Uttar Pradesh 123/1 (13.1 overs) |
| Milind Kumar 48 (49) Shanu Saini 2/16 (4 overs) | | Karan Sharma 68* (36) Ajoy Sarkar 1/29 (4 overs) |
* Uttar Pradesh won by 9 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Bengaluru Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Sivasubramaniyan Shankar
* Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Abhishek Goswami, Aaqib Khan (Uttar Pradesh) and Dipayan Debbarma (Tripura) all made their T20 debuts.
* 16 January 2021 Scorecard
| Railways 152/5 (20 overs) | v | Karnataka 158/8 (19.4 overs) |
| Shivam Chaudhary 48 (38) Prasidh Krishna 2/25 (4 overs) | | Aniruddha Joshi 64* (40) T Pradeep 3/19 (4 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 2 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground 2, Bengaluru Umpires: Dharmesh Bhardwaj and Nitin Pandit
* Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
* Avijit Singh (Railways) made his T20 debut.
* 16 January 2021 Scorecard
| Jammu & Kashmir 139/8 (20 overs) | v | Punjab 140/0 (14.3 overs) |
| Shubham Pundir 42 (34) Siddarth Kaul 4/33 (4 overs) | | Prabhsimran Singh 73* (46) |
* Punjab won by 10 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground 3, Bengaluru Umpires: Akshay Totre and Sanjay Kumar Singh
* Punjab won the toss and elected to field

### Round 5

* 18 January 2021 Scorecard
| Railways 133/9 (20 overs) | v | Jammu & Kashmir 135/3 (15.5 overs) |
| Mrunal Devdhar 57 (48) Umran Malik 3/24 (4 overs) | | Suryansh Raina 48 (36) Karn Sharma 2/17 (4 overs) |
* Jammu & Kashmir won by 7 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground, Bengaluru Umpires: Saurabh Dhote and Sundaram Ravi
* Jammu & Kashmir won the toss and elected to field.
* Aamir Aziz, Jiyaad Magrey, Skalzang Kalyan, Umran Malik (Jammu & Kashmir) and Yuvraj Singh (Railways) all made their T20 debuts.
* 18 January 2021 Scorecard
| Uttar Pradesh 132/8 (20 overs) | v | Karnataka 136/5 (19.3 overs) |
| Abhishek Goswami 47 (32) Praveen Dubey 3/15 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Gopal 47* (28) Karan Sharma 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 5 wickets KSCA Cricket Ground 3, Bengaluru Umpires: Dharmesh Bhardwaj and Nitin Pandit
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
* Nalin Mishra (Uttar Pradesh) made his T20 debut.
* 18 January 2021 Scorecard
| Punjab 183/3 (20 overs) | v | Tripura 161/4 (20 overs) |
| Mandeep Singh 99* (66) Sankar Paul 1/21 (1 over) | | Milind Kumar 64* (40) Sandeep Sharma 1/21 (4 overs) |
* Punjab won by 22 runs KSCA Cricket Ground 2, Bengaluru Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan and Sivasubramaniyan Shankar
* Tripura won the toss and elected to field.
* Subham Ghosh (Tripura) made his T20 debut.