The 2021–22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the fourteenth season of the
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is a domestic T-20 cricket championship in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), among the teams from the Ranji Trophy. It is named after Indian former test cricketer Syed Mushtaq Al ...
, a
Twenty20 cricket
Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single inning ...
tournament played in India. It was contested by 38 teams, divided into six groups, with eight teams in Plate Group. The tournament was announced by BCCI on 3 July 2021.
On 8 November 2021, in the match between
Vidarbha and Manipur,
Akshay Karnewar
Akshay Karnewar (born 12 October 1992) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Vidarbha. He made his List A debut on 10 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He made his Twenty20 debut on 3 January 2016 in the 2015–16 Syed Mushtaq Al ...
of Vidarbha became the first bowler to bowl four overs in a Twenty20 cricket match without conceding a run. The following day, in Vidarbha's match against
Sikkim
Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligur ...
, Karnewar took a
hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three.
Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...
.
Vidarbha
Vidarbha (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, ‹id̪əɾbʱə is a geographical region in the east of the Indian state of Maharashtra and a Proposed states and union territories of India#Maharashtra, proposed state of central India, comprising th ...
topped the group with five wins out of five to qualify for the
preliminary quarter-finals.
Points table
Fixtures
Source:
Round 1
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Round 2
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Round 3
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Round 4
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Round 5
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References
2021 in Indian cricket
Domestic cricket competitions in 2021–22
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