2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group A
| Dates | 8 – 17 November 2019 | 
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI | 
| Cricket format | Twenty20 cricket | 
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin | 
| Participants | 7 | 
The 2019–20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was the eleventh season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20 cricket tournament in India.[1] It was contested by 38 teams, divided into five groups, with seven teams in Group A.[2] The group stage started on 8 November 2019.[3] The top two teams from Group A progressed to the Super League section of the competition.[4]
A day before the start of tournament, Goa sacked their captain C. M. Gautam after he was arrested due to his alleged involvement in match fixing in Karnataka Premier League. Darshan Misal was appointed as their new captain.[5] On the opening day of the tournament, Karnataka beat Uttarakhand by nine wickets, setting a new record for the most consecutive wins in T20 matches in India, with fifteen.[6]
Following the conclusion of matches played on 17 November 2019, Baroda and Karnataka had progressed to the Super League stage of the tournament.[7]
Points table[edit]
Team[8] 
 | 
Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baroda | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +1.351 | 
| Karnataka | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +2.052 | 
| Services | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.234 | 
| Andhra | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +0.797 | 
| Uttarakhand | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.448 | 
| Goa | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.917 | 
| Bihar | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.972 | 
- Top two teams advanced to the Super League
 
Fixtures[edit]
Round 1[edit]
 8 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Uttarakhand 
132/6 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Karnataka 
133/1 (15.4 overs)  | 
- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Devdutt Padikkal (Karnataka), Arya Sethi, Avneesh Sudha, Dikshanshu Negi, Dhanraj Sharma, Akash Madhwal and Pradeep Chamoli (Uttarakhand) all made their T20 debuts.
 
 8 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Bihar 
97/7 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Andhra 
98/0 (11.5 overs)  | 
Ashwin Hebbar 52* (39)  
 | 
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
 - Anshuman Gautam, Rajesh Singh, Shivam Kumar and Vipul Krishna (Bihar) all made their T20 debuts.
 
 8 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Baroda 
149/9 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Goa 
152/6 (19.4 overs)  | 
- Baroda won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Heramb Parab and Shubham Desai (Goa) both made their T20 debuts.
 
Round 2[edit]
 9 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Baroda 
196/4 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Karnataka 
182/9 (20 overs)  | 
- Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
 - Prateek Jain (Karnataka) made his T20 debut.
 
 9 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Goa 
202/4 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Bihar 
173/8 (20 overs)  | 
- Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
 
 9 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Uttarakhand 
134/8 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Services 
137/4 (18.5 overs)  | 
- Services won the toss and elected to field.
 - Pulkit Narang, Varun Choudhary (Services) and Harshit Shatrughan Bisht (Uttarakhand) all made their T20 debuts.
 
Round 3[edit]
 11 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Services 
184/7 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Bihar 
90/9 (20 overs)  | 
- Bihar won the toss and elected to field.
 - Eshaan Ravi and Shashi Shekhar (Bihar) both made their T20 debuts.
 
 11 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Baroda 
201/4 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Uttarakhand 
168 (19.2 overs)  | 
- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
 
 11 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Andhra 
184/5 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Karnataka 
189/5 (18.5 overs)  | 
- Karnataka won the toss and elected to field.
 - Kranthi Kumar and Manish Golamaru (Andhra) both made their T20 debuts.
 
Round 4[edit]
 12 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Andhra 
168/6 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Baroda 
172/3 (18.5 overs)  | 
- Baroda won the toss and elected to field.
 
 12 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Karnataka 
250/3 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Services 
170/7 (20 overs)  | 
- Services won the toss and elected to field.
 
 12 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Goa 
119/9 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Uttarakhand 
120/2 (16.4 overs)  | 
- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
 
Round 5[edit]
 14 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Services 
190/6 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Goa 
169 (19.5 overs)  | 
- Goa won the toss and elected to field.
 - Prathamesh Gawas (Goa) made his T20 debut.
 
 14 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Uttarakhand 
129/8 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Andhra 
130/6 (18.5 overs)  | 
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
 
 14 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Bihar 
124/7 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Baroda 
125/0 (12.3 overs)  | 
Kedar Devdhar 64* (41)  
 | 
- Bihar won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Kunal Dabas and Harsh Singh (Bihar) both made their T20 debuts.
 
Round 6[edit]
 15 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Goa 
113 (19.3 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Andhra 
114/1 (13 overs)  | 
- Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
 
 15 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Baroda 
195/6 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Services 
160/8 (20 overs)  | 
- Services won the toss and elected to field.
 
 15 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Bihar 
106 (19.3 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Karnataka 
107/1 (11.2 overs)  | 
- Bihar won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Abhijeet Saket (Bihar) made his T20 debut.
 
Round 7[edit]
 17 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Bihar 
134/8 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Uttarakhand 
138/4 (19.1 overs)  | 
- Uttarakhand won the toss and elected to field.
 - Ashish Joshi (Uttarakhand) made his T20 debut.
 
 17 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Karnataka 
172/9 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Goa 
137 (19.3 overs)  | 
- Goa won the toss and elected to field.
 
 17 November 2019     
Scorecard  | 
Andhra 
147/7 (20 overs)  | 
v 
 | 
Services 
151/5 (18.4 overs)  | 
- Andhra won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Navneet Singh (Services) made his T20 debut.
 
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ranji Trophy set to finish in March; Mushtaq Ali T20s gets pre-IPL auction window". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
 - ↑ "BCCI Domestic Schedule 2019–20" (PDF). Board of Control for Cricket in India. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
 - ↑ "Neutral curators to pick wickets in Ranji Trophy, 2019–20 domestic season to begin in August with Duleep Trophy". Cricket Country. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
 - ↑ "Mushtaq Ali Trophy to be held ahead of IPL auction as BCCI announces domestic schedule". Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
 - ↑ "Goa Terminates CM Gautam's Contract After Being Arrested for Fixing Allegations". CricketNext(News18). 8 November 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
 - ↑ "Karnataka create Indian record with 15th T20 win in a row". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
 - ↑ "Prithvi Shaw, Bhuvneshwar Kumar back in action in contrasting styles". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
 - ↑ "Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
 
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