Good morning and welcome to the live coverage of the seventh and final round of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 before we move into the knockout stages of the competition.

A total of 18 matches are scheduled to be played on Thursday, December 5, with a few matches set for an early start at 9:00 am IST.

Live streaming of selected matches from the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 will be available on the JioCinema app and website.

Meghalaya bat first against Punjab in Rajkot.

Punjab Squad: Prabhsimran Singh(w), Abhishek Sharma(c), Anmolpreet Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Naman Dhir, Sanvir Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Harpreet Brar, Mayank Markande, Sohraab Dhaliwal, Ashwani Kumar, Sanyam Arora, Gurnoor Brar, Harnoor Singh, Jassinder Singh

Meghalaya Squad: Arien Sangma, Arpit Bhatewara(w), Roshan Warbah, Jaskirat Singh, Swarajeet Das, Larry Sangma, Anish Charak, Akash Choudhary, Aryan Bora(c), Himan Phukan, Wanlambok Nongkhlaw, Dippu Sangma, Ram Gurung, Roberth Sangma, Ibitlang Thabah

Baroda have won the toss and have opted to bat in Indore

Sikkim: Pranesh Chettri, Nilesh Lamichaney, Ashish Thapa(w), Parth Palawat, Anwesh Sharma, Palzor Tamang, Ankur Malik, Roshan Kumar, Saurav Prasad, Lee Yong Lepcha(c), Md Saptulla, Ronit More, Tarun Sharma, Bhim Luitel, Robin Limboo

Baroda: Shashwat Rawat, Abhimanyu Singh Rajput, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya(c), Shivalik Sharma, Vishnu Solanki(w), Atit Sheth, Mahesh Pithiya, Soyeb Sopariya, Lukman Meriwala, Bhanu Pania, Bhargav Bhatt, Mitesh Patel, Ninad Ashvinkumar Rathva, Shubham Shyamsunder Sharma, Akash Maharaj Singh, Chintal Gandhi, Jyotsnil Singh, Raj Limbani, Lakshit Toksiya

Arunachal Pradesh have won the toss and have opted to bat first against Delhi.

Full Squads:

Arunachal Pradesh: Sushant Rana, Prince Yadav, Nazeeb Saiyed, Hardik Varma, Nabam Tempol, Licha John, Techi Sonam(w), Nabam Abo(c), Tana Teti, Tadakamalla Mohith, Sagar Kisan Sakpal, Agnivesh Ayachi, Techi Doria, Nabam Hachang, Yorjum Sera, Akshay Jain, Suhas Pampana, Aditya Verma, Aryan Malik, Kara Hakap, Abhishek Pujari, Ramesh Rahul, Vivek Ranjan, Toko Techir, Deepak, Madhur, Alish, Lalit Kumar

Delhi: Priyansh Arya, Yash Dhull, Ayush Badoni(c), Himmat Singh, Anuj Rawat(w), Vaibhav Kandpal, Mayank Rawat, Harsh Tyagi, Prince Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Sarthak Ranjan, Jonty Sidhu, Simarjeet Singh, Prince Choudhary, Himanshu Chauhan, Akhil Chaudhary, Vansh Bedi, Mayank Gusain, Pranav Rajuvanshi, Dhruv Kaushik, Aryan Rana, Digvesh Rathi, Aayush Singh

The Hardik Pandya-less Baroda are batting first against Sikkim in Indore and their openers have given a flying start. Abhimanyu Singh made 53 off 17 balls and Shashwat Rawat scored 43 runs in just 16 balls. With the play of just nine overs till now, the score is 158/2.

Baroda batters are toying with Sikkim bowlers at the moment. Shivalik Sharma made 55 runs off 17 balls and Bhanu Pania is unbeaten on 66 off 30 balls. Baroda's score is 260/3 and they still have five overs left. They are eyeing a big total here.

Baroda batters are going hard against Sikkim and they also scored the biggest total in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy history surpassing Punjab's 275 which came against Andhra last year. They also became the first team to cross the 300-run mark in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Baroda's 349/5 against Sikkim in the round 7 match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is the highest total in T20 cricket ever. They surpassed Zimbabwe's 344/4 which they made against Gambia in October this year. Bhanu Pania hit four sixes in the last over to help his team achieve the highest team total in world cricket. He made 134 not out off just 51 balls which included 15 sixes.

Services have won the toss and have opted to field against Maharashtra.

Playing XIs

Maharashtra: Arshin Kulkarni, Ruturaj Gaikwad(w/c), Rahul Tripathi, Atharva Kale, Dhanraj Shinde, Divyang Hinganekar, RS Hangargekar, Siddharth Mhatre, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Sunny Pandit

Services: Kunwar Pathak, Shubham Rohilla, Gaurav Kochar, Mohit Ahlawat(w/c), Rajat Paliwal, Mohit Rathee, Vikas Hathwala, Vikas Umesh Yadav, Poonam Poonia, Amit Shukla, Vishal Gaur

Nagaland have won the toss and have opted to field against Goa.

Playing XIs

Nagaland: Dega Nischal, Hem Chetri, Joshua Ozukum, Rongsen Jonathan(c), Moakumzuk Tzudir, Chetan Bist(w), Afzal Hussain, Nagaho Chishi, Jagadeesha Suchith, Imliwati Lemtur, Khrievitso Kense

Goa: Ishaan Gadekar, Azaan Thota, Kashyap Bakhale, Suyash Prabhudessai, Deepraj Gaonkar(c), Darshan Misal, Vikash Kanwar Singh, Mohit Redkar, Krishnamurthy Siddharth(w), Shubham Tari, Felix Alemao

Railways have won the toss and have opted to field against Puducherry.

Playing XIs

Puducherry: Arun Karthik(w), Ajay Rohera, Akash Kargave, Sidak Gurvinder Singh, Jashwanth Shreeram, Fabid Ahmed(c), Ankit Sharma, Parameeswaran Sivaraman, Tejas Baroka, Sabhay Chadha, Adil Ayub Tunda

Railways: Mohammad Saif, Suraj Ahuja, Ravi Singh, Upendra Yadav(w/c), Ashutosh Sharma, Akshat Pandey, Raj Choudhary, Shivam Chaudhary, Akash Pandey, Kunal Yadav, Rahul Sharma

Chandigarh have won the toss and have opted to field against Odisha.

Playing XIs

Odisha: Swastik Samal, Gourav Choudhury, Govinda Poddar(c), Sandeep Pattnaik, Rakesh Pattnaik, Rajesh Mohanty, Aasirwad Swain(w), Tarani Sa, Debabrata Pradhan, Jamala Mohapatra, Subham Satrujit

Chandigarh: Manan Vohra(c), Arslan Khan, Shivam Bhambri, Raj Bawa, Gaurav Puri, Amrit Lubana, Pradeep Yadav(w), Nikhil Sharma, Nishunk Birla, Jagjit Singh, Sandeep Sharma

Jharkhand have won the toss and have opted to field against Uttar Pradesh.

Playing XIs

Uttar Pradesh: Madhav Kaushik, Aryan Juyal(w), Priyam Garg, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Sameer Rizvi, Vipraj Nigam, Shivam Mavi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Mohsin Khan, Vineet Panwar

Jharkhand: Ishan Kishan(w), Utkarsh Singh, Kumar Kushagra, Virat Singh(c), Anukul Roy, Pankaj Kishor Kumar, Robin Minz, Bal Krishna, Vivekanand Tiwari, Vikash Singh, Vikas Kumar

Karnataka have won the toss and have opted to field against Gujarat.

Playing XIs

Gujarat: Aarya Desai, Urvil Patel(w), Abhishek Desai, Axar Patel(c), Umang Kumar, Vishal Jayswal, Hemang Patel, Saurav Chauhan, Chintan Gaja, Ravi Bishnoi, Arzan Nagwaswalla

Karnataka: Manish Pandey, Mayank Agarawal(c), Krishnan Shrijith(w), Smaran Ravichandran, Shreyas Gopal, Macneil Hadley Noronha, Manoj Bhandage, Praveen Dubey, Manvanth Kumar L, Vasuki Koushik, Vidyadhar Patil

Bengal have won the toss and have opted to field against Rajasthan.

Playing XIs

Rajasthan: Abhijeet Tomar, Bharat Sharma(w), Deepak Hooda, Kartik Sharma, Mahipal Lomror(c), Shubham Garhwal, Deepak Chahar, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Rahul Chahar, Manav Suthar, Aniket Choudhary

Bengal: Abishek Porel(w), Karan Lal, Sudip Kumar Gharami(c), Shakir Gandhi, Writtick Chatterjee, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Kaif, Agniv Pan, Mohammed Shami, Pradipta Pramanik, Sayan Ghosh

Arunachal Pradesh batted first and were able to score only 89 runs in 20 overs. Delhi chased down the target in 6.1 overs as Priyansh Arya made an unbeaten fifty. Aayush Singh was named Player of the Match for his bowling spell.

Baroda set a 350-run target for Sikkim and restricted them to 86/7 in 20 overs. This is the biggest win by the margin of runs in SMAT history. Bhanu Pania was named Player of the Match for his unbeaten ton.

Meghalaya batted first and set a mere target of 143 runs for Punjab. In response, Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma hit 106 not out off just 29 balls to help his team win the match in 9.3 overs. He equalled Urvil Patel's record of the fastest T20 hundred by an Indian batter.

Abhishek Sharma hit his ton against Meghalaya in just 28 balls which is the joint-fastest by an Indian batter in T20 cricket and the second-fastest in world cricket. His unbeaten 106 came off just 29 balls and helped Punjab beat Meghalaya by seven wickets with 63 balls to spare while chasing a modest target of 143 runs.

Ruturaj Gaikwad played a big knock of 97 runs off just 48 balls. Dhanraj Shinde and Siddharth Mhatre played unbeaten knocks of 32 not out each to help their team post a respectable total of 231 runs.

Aarya Desai and Urvil Patel gave a blazing start for Gujarat's inning against Karnataka. Hemang Patel made 30 off just 12 balls and Axar Patel played an unbeaten knock of 56 runs which came in just 20 balls including six sixes. Now, Karnataka are chasing a big target of 252 runs.

Batting first Puducherry set a 176-run target for Railways in 20 overs. Akash Kargave made 58 off 44 balls to take Puducherry to a respectable total. Railways batters Ravi Singh and Ashutosh Sharma played unbeaten knocks of half-centuries to help their team win the match comfortably.

Mizoram have won the toss and have opted to bat against Hyderabad.

Playing XIs

Hyderabad: Rohit Rayudu, Rahul Buddhi, Tilak Varma(c), Mickil Jaiswal, Rahul Radesh(w), Aman Rao, Ajay Dev Goud, Telukupalli Ravi Teja, P Nitesh Reddy, Chama V Milind, Nitin Sai Yadav

Mizoram: Jehu Anderson(w), Agni Chopra, F Vanlalmuanzuala, Mohit Jangra, Joseph Lalthankhuma, KC Cariappa, Lalhriatrenga, Bobby Zothansanga(c), Parvez Ahmed, Khiangte Vanrotlinga, Vikash Kumar

Tripura have won the toss and have opted to bat against Saurashtra.

Playing XIs

Saurashtra: Harvik Desai(w), Tarang Gohel, Prerak Mankad, Ruchit Ahir, Sammar Gajjar, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Jaydev Unadkat(c), Jay Gohil, Ankur Panwar, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Chirag Jani

Tripura: Bikramkumar Das, Sridam Paul, Jiwanjot Singh, Mandeep Singh(c), Srinivas Sharath(w), Manisankar Murasingh, Parvez Sultan, Rajat Dey, Abhijit K Sarkar, Saurabh Das, Ajay Sarkar

Manipur have won the toss and have opted to bat against Himachal Pradesh.

Playing XIs

Himachal Pradesh: Ankit Kalsi, Mayank Dagar, Mani Sharma(w), Rishi Dhawan(c), Shubham Arora, Mridul Surroch, Sumeet Verma, Ankush Bedi, Kanwar Abhinay Singh, Divesh Sharma, Arpit Guleria

Manipur: Sougrakpam Singh, Kangabam Priyojit Singh, Johnson Singh, L Kishan Singha, Ahmed Shah(w), Soubam Rohit Kiran Singh, Chingakham Bidash, Rex Rajkumar(c), Ulenyai Khwairakpam, Pheiroijam Jotin, Bishworjit Konthoujam

Uttar Pradesh batted first and set a respectable target of 161 runs for Jharkhand in Mumbai. Rinku Singh was the highest run-scorer for UP. He made 45 off 28 balls. Jharkhand's Anukul Roy batted well and made 91 runs off just 44 balls. Bhuvnesh Kumar was named Player of the Match for his brilliant spell of 4-1-6-3.

Batting first, Rajasthan made 153 runs in 20 overs. Mohammed Shami bowled well and took three wickets. In response, Bengal chased down the target in 18.3 overs as Abishek Porel made 78 runs off 48 balls.

Gujarat batted first and set a 252-run target for Karnataka. Aarya Desai was the highest run-scorer for Gujarat with 73 off 40 balls. In response, Karnataka bowled out Gujarat for 201 runs in 19.1 overs. Ravi Bishnoi took three wickets for Gujarat.

Mumbai have won the toss and have opted to field against Andhra.

Playing XIs

Andhra: Srikar Bharat(w), Ashwin Hebbar, Shaik Rasheed, Pyla Avinash, Ricky Bhui(c), Bodhala Kumar, SDNV Prasad, KV Sasikanth, Kodavandla Sudharsan, Satyanarayana Raju, Cheepurapalli Stephen

Mumbai: Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Tamore(w), Shams Mulani, Shardul Thakur, Tanush Kotian, Mohit Avasthi

Uttarakhand have won the toss and have opted to field against Tamil Nadu.

Playing XIs

Tamil Nadu: Baba Indrajith, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, N Jagadeesan(w), Shahrukh Khan(c), Boopathi Kumar, Tushar Raheja, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohamed Ali, Sandeep Warrier, Varun Chakaravarthy, Manimaran Siddharth

Uttarakhand: Avneesh Sudha(c), Ravikumar Samarth, Kunal Chandela, Vijay Sharma, Aditya Tare(w), Sparsh Joshi, Swapnil Singh, Prashant Bhati, Himanshu Bisht, Piyush Singh, Agrim Tiwari

Jammu and Kashmir have won the toss and have opted to field against Haryana.

Playing XIs

Jammu and Kashmir: Qamran Iqbal, Shubham Khajuria(w), Paras Dogra(c), Vivrant Sharma, Abdul Samad, Abid Mushtaq, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Auqib Nabi Dar, Murugan Ashwin, Rasikh Dar Salam, Lone Nasir Muzaffar

Haryana: Yuvraj Yogender Singh, Ankit Kumar(c), Himanshu Rana, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul Tewatia, Sumit Kumar, Dinesh Bana(w), Harshal Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Amit Rana, Yuzvendra Chahal

Bihar have won the toss and have opted to bat against Madhya Pradesh.

Playing XIs

Madhya Pradesh: Subhranshu Senapati, Harsh Gawli(w), Rajat Patidar(c), Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Venkatesh Iyer, Tripuresh Singh, Rahul Batham, Kamal Tripathi, Kumar Kartikeya, Avesh Khan, Arpit Gaud

Bihar: Baljeet Singh Binny(w), Sakibul Gani(c), Nawaz Khan, Bipin Saurabh, Prashant Singh, Sachin Kumar, Ayush Loharuka, Gajendra Singh, Kumar Rajnish, Mrityunjay Singh, Himanshu Singh

Manipur batted first and set a 135-run target for Himachal Pradesh. HP opener batter Shubham Arora made 72 not out to help his team secure a comfortable win in 13.5 overs.

Batting first, Tripura made 136 all out in 19.3 overs. In response, Saurashtra's Prerak Mankad made 46 off 19 balls and Ruchit Ahir's 37 not out off just 19 balls helped them win the match by four wickets.

Andhra batted first in final round match of the Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy 2024 and made 229 runs in 20 overs. Srikar Bharat played a big knock of 93 runs and captain Ricky Bhui also made 68 off 31 balls to help his team cross the 200-run mark.

Chhattisgarh managed to post a solid total of 203/7 in their 20 overs against Assam. While none of the batters reached the half-century mark, key contributions came from Ashutosh Singh, who scored a brisk 47 off 30 balls, and a blistering knock from Ajay Jadav Mandal, who blasted 46 runs off just 16 balls.

CG: 203/7 (20)

Haryana could only manage a total of 128/4 in 20 overs. Skipper Ankit Kumar top-scored with 59 runs off 49 balls, including 6 boundaries, while Yuvraj Singh contributed with 23 runs off 20 balls. The Jammu and Kashmir bowling lineup put in a strong performance, with Murugan Ashwin claiming two wickets, while Yudhvir Singh Charak and Rasikh Dar picked up one wicket each.

HAR: 128/4 (20)

Madhya Pradesh beat Bihar by 8 wickets at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot.

Batting first, Bihar managed only 117/9 in 20 overs, with MP's Tripuresh Singh, Avesh Khan, and Kumar Kartikeya each claiming two wickets. Bihar Captain S Gani top-scored with 27 off 32 balls. Madhya Pradesh made light work of the chase, comfortably reaching 118/2 in just 17.3 overs.

BIH: 117/9 (20)

MP: 118/2 (17.3)

Jammu and Kashmir beat Haryana by 6 wickets at the Wakhande Stadium in Mumbai.

A solid knock from Captain Paras Dogra, who scored 63 off 42 balls, led Jammu & Kashmir to a comfortable 6-wicket victory in the chase of 129 runs. After struggling with the bat in the first innings, Haryana’s bowling attack faltered, with only Anshul Kamboj (2 wickets) and Amit Rana (1 wicket) making an impact.

HAR: 128/4 (20)

JK: 130/4 (17.3)

Tamil Nadu beat Uttarakhand by 94 runs at the  Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore.

Uttarakhand's decision to field first backfired as Tamil Nadu posted a strong total of 194/5 in their 20 overs. Tushar Raheja (55 off 35) and N Jagadeesan (57 off 37) led the charge with half-centuries. In response, Uttarakhand's batting crumbled with Sandeep Warrier taking four wickets, Varun Chakravarthy and Shahrukh Khan picking two wickets each. Uttarakhand were bowled out for a mere 100 runs in 20 overs.

TN: 194/5 (20)

UTK: 100 (20)

Chhattisgarh thrashed Assam by 124 runs at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam.

After posting an imposing total of 203/7 in 20 overs, they bowled Assam out for just 79 in 12.3 overs. Ajay Jadav Mandal was the star with the ball, claiming a remarkable 5/10 in 3 overs. Shubham Agarwal also contributed well the ball, picking up 3 wickets for 18 runs.

CG: 203/7 (20)

ASM: 79 (12.3)

Mumbai beat Andhra Pradesh by 4 wickets at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.

Mumbai ended Andhra's unbeaten streak chasing down a daunting target of 230 runs. Despite Andhra posting a massive 229/4 in their 20 overs, Mumbai held their nerve. Ajinkya Rahane starred with the bat, scoring a brilliant 95 off 54 balls, including 9 boundaries and 4 sixes. Suryansh Shedge’s quick-fire 30 off just 8 balls further propelled Mumbai’s victory.

Both Mumbai And Andhra have qualified for the quarterfinals.

AP: 229/4 (20)

MUM: 233/6 (19.3)

1. Baroda – 24 points (+2.353) – Group B topper

2. Delhi – 24 points (+2.224) – Group C topper

3. Madhya Pradesh – 24 points (+1.533) – Group A topper

4. Mumbai – 20 points (+1.246) – Group E topper

5. Vidarbha – 18 points (+1.839) – Group D topper

6. Saurashtra – 24 points (+2.257) – 2nd place in Group B

7. Bengal – 24 points (+1.607) – 2nd place in Group A

8. Andhra – 20 points (+2.527) – 2nd place in Group E

9. Uttar Pradesh – 20 points (+1.942) – 2nd place in Group C

10. Chandigarh – 16 points (+0.224) – 2nd place in Group D

December 9, 2024 – Pre-Quarters
Pre-Quarter final 1 – Bengal Vs Chandigarh – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – 11 AM IST
Pre-Quarter final 2 – Andhra Vs Uttar Pradesh – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – 4:30 PM IST

December 11, 2024 – Quarterfinals

QF 1 – Baroda Vs Winner PQF 1 – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – 11 AM IST
QF 2 – Delhi Vs Winner PQF 2 – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – 4:30 PM IST
QF 3 – Madhya Pradesh Vs Saurashtra – Alur Cricket Stadium, Alur – 9:00 AM IST
QF 4 – Mumbai Vs Vidarbha – Alur Cricket Stadium, Alur – 1:30 PM IST

December 13, 2024 – Semifinals
SF1 – Winner QF1 v Winner QF4 – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – 11 AM IST
SF2 – Winner QF2 v Winner QF3 – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – 4:30 PM IST

December 15, 2024
Final – M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – 4:30 PM IST