# 2021–22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group D

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 D. The tournament was announced by BCCI on 3 July 2021.
Gujarat won four of their five matches, with Kerala winning three matches. Therefore, Gujarat advanced to the quarter-finals and Kerala progressed to the preliminary quarter-finals by winning their last league match against Madhya Pradesh.

## Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Gujarat | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1.109 |
| 2 | Kerala | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0.363 |
| 3 | Madhya Pradesh | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1.147 |
| 4 | Assam | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −0.533 |
| 5 | Railways | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −0.654 |
| 6 | Bihar | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −1.370 |
* ↑ Kerala finishing second and qualified for the knockout stage by winning their last league match against Madhya Pradesh, 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
| Assam 103/9 (20 overs) | v | Madhya Pradesh 105/4 (14 overs) |
| Abhishek Thakuri 35 (41) Avesh Khan 3/14 (4 overs) | | Venkatesh Iyer 37 (23) Roshan Alam 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Madhya Pradesh won by 6 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Virender Sharma
* Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Kuldeep Gehi and Shubham Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) both made their T20 debuts.
* 4 November 2021 Scorecard
| Bihar 169/4 (20 overs) | v | Railways 134 (18 overs) |
| Bipin Saurabh 72 (54) Himanshu Sangwan 2/31 (4 overs) | | Pratham Singh 61 (48) Abhijeet Saket 3/15 (3 overs) |
* Bihar won by 35 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Virender Sharma
* Railways won the toss and elected to field.
* Yashasvi Rishav, Hirshi Raj and Bipin Saurabh (Bihar) all made their T20 debuts.
* 4 November 2021 Scorecard
| Kerala 123/5 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat 126/1 (15.3 overs) |
| Sanju Samson 54* (43) Roosh Kalaria 2/31 (4 overs) | | Priyank Panchal 66 (46) KM Asif 1/24 (3.3 overs) |
* Gujarat won by 9 wickets Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Saiyed Khalid
* Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
* Het Patel, Saurav Chauhan (Gujarat), Rojith Ganesh and Sharafuddeen (Kerala) all made their T20 debuts.

### Round 2

* 5 November 2021 Scorecard
| Railways 97/9 (16 overs) | v | Madhya Pradesh 100/3 (13.5 overs) |
| Shubham Chaubey 24 (22) Avesh Khan 3/23 (4 overs) | | Venkatesh Iyer 50* (41) Karn Sharma 1/13 (3 overs) |
* Madhya Pradesh won by 7 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Saiyed Khalid
* Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 16 overs per side due to bad weather.
* Ananta Saha (Railways) made his T20 debut.
* 5 November 2021 Scorecard
| Gujarat 89 (19.2 overs) | v | Assam 90/3 (13.1 overs) |
| Ripal Patel 21 (25) Mukhtar Hussain 3/20 (4 overs) | | Abhishek Thakuri 23 (32) Piyush Chawla 2/29 (4 overs) |
* Assam won by 7 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Saiyed Khalid
* Gujarat won the toss and elected to bat.
* 5 November 2021 Scorecard
| Bihar 131/5 (20 overs) | v | Kerala 132/3 (14.1 overs) |
| Sakibul Gani 53* (41) Basil Thampi 3/19 (4 overs) | | Robin Uthappa 57* (34) Ashutosh Aman 2/31 (4 overs) |
* Kerala won by 7 wickets Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Sundaram Ravi
* Bihar won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 3

* 6 November 2021 Scorecard
| Railways 144/6 (20 overs) | v | Kerala 138/6 (20 overs) |
| Upendra Yadav 39* (37) Sudhesan Midhun 3/24 (4 overs) | | Vishnu Vinod 62* (43) Yuvraj Singh 3/23 (4 overs) |
* Railways won by 6 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Sundaram Ravi
* Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
* 6 November 2021 Scorecard
| Bihar 135/8 (20 overs) | v | Assam 136/7 (18.5 overs) |
| Babul Kumar 82 (57) Rajjakuddin Ahmed 3/24 (4 overs) | | Riyan Parag 58 (33) Abhijeet Saket 2/25 (4 overs) |
* Assam won by 3 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Sundaram Ravi
* Bihar won the toss and elected to bat.
* Kumar Rajnish and Malay Raj (Bihar) both made their T20 debuts.
* 6 November 2021 Scorecard
| Gujarat 162/3 (20 overs) | v | Madhya Pradesh 112 (18.3 overs) |
| Priyank Panchal 79 (57) Mihir Hirwani 1/16 (4 overs) | | Venkatesh Iyer 31 (24) Arzan Nagwaswalla 3/25 (3.3 overs) |
* Gujarat won by 50 runs Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Virender Sharma
* Madhya Pradesh won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 4

* 8 November 2021 Scorecard
| Assam 121/8 (20 overs) | v | Kerala 122/2 (18 overs) |
| Riyan Parag 24 (24) Basil Thampi 3/21 (4 overs) | | Rohan Kunnummal 56* (53) Rajjakuddin Ahmed 1/6 (2 overs) |
* Kerala won by 8 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Virender Sharma
* Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
* Sajeevan Akhil (Kerala) made his T20 debut.
* 8 November 2021 Scorecard
| Railways 132/9 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat 133/2 (12 overs) |
| Upendra Yadav 41 (31) Hardik Patel 3/21 (4 overs) | | Urvil Patel 59 (29) Akshat Pandey 1/28 (2 overs) |
* Gujarat won by 8 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer and Virender Sharma
* Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
* 8 November 2021 Scorecard
| Bihar 59 (18 overs) | v | Madhya Pradesh 60/1 (5.4 overs) |
| Sakibul Gani 21 (19) Avesh Khan 3/6 (3 overs) | | Venkatesh Iyer 36* (20) Suraj Kashyap 1/11 (1 over) |
* Madhya Pradesh won by 9 wickets Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Saiyed Khalid
* Bihar won the toss and elected to bat.
* Shashi Anand and Shekhar Kumar Singh (Bihar) both made their T20 debuts.

### Round 5

* 9 November 2021 Scorecard
| Bihar 118/6 (20 overs) | v | Gujarat 121/5 (19.1 overs) |
| Mangal Mahrour 64* (51) Tejas Patel 3/27 (4 overs) | | Het Patel 45* (52) Ashutosh Aman 2/10 (4 overs) |
* Gujarat won by 5 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Sundaram Ravi
* Gujarat won the toss and elected to field.
* Anunay Singh (Bihar) made his T20 debut.
* 9 November 2021 Scorecard
| Madhya Pradesh 171/5 (20 overs) | v | Kerala 172/2 (18 overs) |
| Rajat Patidar 77 (49) Sajeevan Akhil 2/35 (4 overs) | | Sanju Samson 56* (33) Kumar Kartikeya 1/25 (4 overs) |
* Kerala won by 8 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Anil Dandekar and Sundaram Ravi
* Kerala won the toss and elected to field.
* 9 November 2021 Scorecard
| Railways 165/6 (20 overs) | v | Assam 117/6 (20 overs) |
| Mrunal Devdhar 51 (48) Mukhtar Hussain 3/26 (3 overs) | | Denish Das 35 (47) Dhrushant Soni 2/21 (3 overs) |
* Railways won by 48 runs Palam A Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal and Saiyed Khalid
* Railways won the toss and elected to bat.
* Akash Sengupta (Assam) and Mohammad Saif (Railways) both made their T20 debuts.