# 2021–22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group A

The 2021–22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the fourteenth 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. The tournament was announced by BCCI on 3 July 2021.
Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu both won four matches, with Maharashtra topping the group on net run rate. Therefore, Tamil Nadu advanced to the quarter-finals by winning their last league match against Maharashtra and the latter progressed to the preliminary quarter-finals.

## Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Tamil Nadu | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0.564 |
| 2 | Maharashtra | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2.277 |
| 3 | Punjab | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1.619 |
| 4 | Goa | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −1.368 |
| 5 | Odisha | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −0.957 |
| 6 | Pondicherry | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −2.073 |
* ↑ Tamil Nadu finishing first and qualified for the quarter finals by winning their last league match against Maharashtra, despite having lesser net run rate than the latter team.
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## Fixtures

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### Round 1

* 4 November 2021 Scorecard
| Tamil Nadu 167/4 (20 overs) | v | Maharashtra 155/6 (20 overs) |
| Vijay Shankar 42* (21) Satyajeet Bachhav 2/35 (4 overs) | | Ruturaj Gaikwad 51 (30) Murugan Ashwin 2/18 (4 overs) |
* Tamil Nadu won by 12 runs BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Nand Kishore and Chettithody Shamshuddin
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
* Ashay Palkar (Maharashtra) and Sai Sudharsan (Tamil Nadu) both made their T20 debuts.
* 4 November 2021 Scorecard
| Pondicherry 106 (19.5 overs) | v | Punjab 107/2 (12.5 overs) |
| Sagar Trivedi 44 (33) Siddarth Kaul 3/6 (2.5 overs) | | Abhishek Sharma 54* (33) Sagar Trivedi 1/14 (2 overs) |
* Punjab won by 8 wickets BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Nand Kishore and Chettithody Shamshuddin
* Pondicherry won the toss and elected to bat.
* Bharat Sharma, Iqlas Naha (Pondicherry) and Sanvir Singh (Punjab) all made their T20 debuts.
* 4 November 2021 Scorecard
| Goa 101/8 (20 overs) | v | Odisha 107/6 (19.5 overs) |
| Shubham Ranjane 32 (32) Jayanta Behera 3/14 (4 overs) | | Anshuman Rath 29 (37) Lakshay Garg 2/11 (3 overs) |
* Odisha won by 4 wickets Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground, Lucknow Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy and Sanjay Kumar Singh
* Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
* Ishaan Gadekar (Goa) and Bikash Rout (Odisha) both made their T20 debuts.

### Round 2

* 5 November 2021 Scorecard
| Punjab 137/6 (20 overs) | v | Maharashtra 138/3 (17.3 overs) |
| Shubman Gill 44 (39) Divyang Hinganekar 2/17 (4 overs) | | Ruturaj Gaikwad 80 (54) Abhishek Sharma 1/13 (4 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 7 wickets BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy and Sanjay Kumar Singh
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to field.
* 5 November 2021 Scorecard
| Tamil Nadu 165/5 (20 overs) | v | Odisha 164/6 (20 overs) |
| Baba Aparajith 44* (28) Abhishek Raut 2/25 (3 overs) | | Subhranshu Senapati 67 (47) T. Natarajan 2/38 (4 overs) |
* Tamil Nadu won by 1 run BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy and Sanjay Kumar Singh
* Odisha won the toss and elected to field.
* 5 November 2021 Scorecard
| Goa 161/3 (20 overs) | v | Pondicherry 152/7 (20 overs) |
| Aditya Kaushik 69* (58) Raghu Sharma 1/25 (4 overs) | | Paras Dogra 84* (57) Amit Yadav 3/16 (4 overs) |
* Goa won by 9 runs Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground, Lucknow Umpires: C. K. Nandan and Vinod Seshan
* Goa won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 3

* 6 November 2021 Scorecard
| Punjab 197/4 (20 overs) | v | Goa 116/8 (20 overs) |
| Prabhsimran Singh 119* (61) Shubham Ranjane 2/27 (4 overs) | | Suyash Prabhudessai 30 (23) Siddarth Kaul 3/21 (4 overs) |
* Punjab won by 81 runs BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: C. K. Nandan and Vinod Seshan
* Goa won the toss and elected to field.
* Nihal Surlaker (Goa) made his T20 debut.
* 6 November 2021 Scorecard
| Pondicherry 129/8 (20 overs) | v | Tamil Nadu 130/2 (16.1 overs) |
| Ramachandran Ragupathy 32 (35) Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore 4/28 (4 overs) | | Chezhian Harinishanth 75* (49) Sagar Udeshi 2/22 (4 overs) |
* Tamil Nadu won by 8 wickets BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: C. K. Nandan and Vinod Seshan
* Tamil Nadu won the toss and elected to field.
* Ramachandran Ragupathy (Pondicherry) made his T20 debut.
* 6 November 2021 Scorecard
| Maharashtra 183/8 (20 overs) | v | Odisha 156 (18.5 overs) |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad 81 (47) Debabrata Pradhan 3/37 (4 overs) | | Anshuman Rath 34 (26) Divyang Hinganekar 4/35 (4 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 27 runs Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground, Lucknow Umpires: Nand Kishore and Chettithody Shamshuddin
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 4

* 8 November 2021 Scorecard
| Tamil Nadu 136/9 (20 overs) | v | Goa 140/3 (18.4 overs) |
| Sanjay Yadav 38 (29) Shrikant Wagh 4/36 (4 overs) | | Shubham Ranjane 52* (42) P Saravana Kumar 2/17 (2 overs) |
* Goa won by 7 wickets BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Nand Kishore and Chettithody Shamshuddin
* Goa won the toss and elected to field.
* P Saravana Kumar and Ragupathy Silambarasan (Tamil Nadu) both made their T20 debuts.
* 8 November 2021 Scorecard
| Punjab 189/4 (20 overs) | v | Odisha 129/7 (20 overs) |
| Ramandeep Singh 54 (23) Bikash Rout 2/34 (4 overs) | | Abhishek Raut 74* (56) Mayank Markande 2/25 (4 overs) |
* Punjab won by 60 runs BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Nand Kishore and Chettithody Shamshuddin
* Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* 8 November 2021 Scorecard
| Maharashtra 193/3 (20 overs) | v | Pondicherry 76 (13.5 overs) |
| Naushad Shaikh 55 (36) Raghu Sharma 2/34 (4 overs) | | Damodaran Rohit 16 (12) Naushad Shaikh 3/9 (2.5 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 117 runs Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground, Lucknow Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy and Sanjay Kumar Singh
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* Manogaran Pooviarasan and Logesh Prabagaran (Pondicherry) both made their T20 debuts.

### Round 5

* 9 November 2021 Scorecard
| Odisha 132/7 (20 overs) | v | Pondicherry 136/4 (19 overs) |
| Subhranshu Senapati 39 (30) Suboth Bhati 4/27 (4 overs) | | Paras Dogra 54* (44) Abhishek Raut 1/17 (4 overs) |
* Pondicherry won by 6 wickets BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: C. K. Nandan and Vinod Seshan
* Pondicherry won the toss and elected to field.
* B Shiva and Harshit Rathod (Odisha) both made their T20 debuts.
* 9 November 2021 Scorecard
| Maharashtra 177/3 (20 overs) | v | Goa 104 (18.1 overs) |
| Yash Nahar 103* (68) Shrikant Wagh 1/25 (4 overs) | | Shubham Ranjane 35 (30) Satyajeet Bachhav 3/27 (4 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 73 runs BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: C. K. Nandan and Vinod Seshan
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* 9 November 2021 Scorecard
| Punjab 145/6 (20 overs) | v | Tamil Nadu 148/3 (17.1 overs) |
| Gurkeerat Singh 43* (20) Sandeep Warrier 2/20 (4 overs) | | Narayan Jagadeesan 67 (47) Siddarth Kaul 1/28 (3.1 overs) |
* Tamil Nadu won by 7 wickets Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground, Lucknow Umpires: Chirra Ravikanthreddy and Sanjay Kumar Singh
* Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.