Countries India First tournament 2009/10 Number of teams 27 | Format Twenty 20 Last tournament 2016/17 | |
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Tournament format Round robin then knock out Administrator | ||
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The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is a Twenty20 cricket domestic championship in India, organized by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), among the teams from Ranji Trophy. The 2008-09 season was the inaugural season for this trophy. It is named after a famous Indian cricketer, Syed Mushtaq Ali. In June 2016, the BCCI announced that the championship would be scraped and replaced with a zonal-based competition.
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History
BCCI launched its own state structure in 2006-07 season with 27 Ranji teams divided in 5 Zones with the name of Inter-State T20 Championship which was renamed and relaunched as the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Maharashtra won the 2009-10 trophy defeating Hyderabad in a low-scoring final by 19 runs at the Maharani Usharaje Trust Cricket Ground in Indore.
Bengal won the final against Madhya Pradesh by one run at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
Baroda won the trophy in 2011-12 by defeating Punjab by 8 runs at Brabourne Stadium largely due to the all-round performance by Irfan Pathan. Irfan came in at No. 7 turned the game from 91 for 5 into a sturdier 149 for 6 and took two for 24 while bowling.
Gujarat won the trophy in 2012/13 defeating Punjab in the final by four wickets with 13 deliveries to spare. After winning the toss Punjab were reduced to 20 for 4, through the bowling of Mehul Patel, Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit Dahiya.
Baroda won the 2013/14 trophy by defeating Uttar Pradesh in the final by 3 runs After reaching 116 for 1 in the 17th over, Uttar Pradesh collapsed while chasing a target of 145 and lost the match by three runs.
Current teams
The competition featured 27 state teams which plays in Ranji Trophy which had previously competed in the Inter-State T20 Championship.